ligniet

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French lignite.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɪxˈnit/
  • Hyphenation: lig‧niet
  • Rhymes: -it

Noun

ligniet n or c (uncountable)

  1. lignite, brown coal
    Synonym: bruinkool

Usage notes
  • The common gender is obsolete, being mostly found during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
  • The specialist distinction between lignite and sub-bitumous coal is generally not made in Dutch.
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