pyrophyllite

1. 1.

   a white or greenish aluminum silicate mineral (resembles talc)

   Broadermineral

Other forms of pyrophyllite

plural

pyrophyllites·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pyrophyllite

What does pyrophyllite mean?

pyrophyllite means "a white or greenish aluminum silicate mineral (resembles talc)".

How many syllables are in pyrophyllite?

pyrophyllite has 4 syllables and divides as py-ro-phyl-lite under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.