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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|de|Graphit}} (A. G. Werner 1789), from {{etyl|grc|en}} {{m|grc|γράφω||I write}}.
Borrowed from {{bor|en|de|Graphit}} (A. G. Werner 1789), from {{uder|en|grc|γράφω||I write}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{a|US}} {{IPA|en|/ˈɡɹæfaɪt/}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈɡɹæfaɪt/|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-graphite.ogg|Audio (US)}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-graphite.ogg|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|En-uk-graphite.ogg|Audio (UK)}}
* {{audio|en|En-uk-graphite.ogg|a=UK}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
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|passage=Technical terms like ferrite, perlite, '''graphite''', and hardenite were bandied to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder, […]}}
|passage=Technical terms like ferrite, perlite, '''graphite''', and hardenite were bandied to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder, […]}}
# Short for [[reinforced|graphite-reinforced]] [[plastic]], a [[composite]] [[plastic]] made with graphite fibers noted for light weight strength and stiffness.
# Short for [[reinforced|graphite-reinforced]] [[plastic]], a [[composite]] [[plastic]] made with graphite fibers noted for light weight strength and stiffness.
#: ''Modern tennis racquets are made of '''graphite''', fibreglass and other man-made materials.''
#: {{ux|en|Modern tennis racquets are made of '''graphite''', fibreglass and other man-made materials.}}
# A [[grey]] colour.
# A [[grey]] colour, resembling graphite or the marks made with a graphite pencil.
#: {{color panel|666666}}


====Synonyms====
====Synonyms====
* {{sense|allotrope of carbon}} {{l|en|plumbago}}, {{l|en|black lead}}
* {{sense|allotrope of carbon}} {{l|en|plumbago}}, {{l|en|black lead}}
* {{sense|composite plastic}} {{l|en|carbon fiber}} [[reinforced]] [[plastic]], carbon-fiber-reinforced [[polymer]], graphite [[composite]], [[CFRP]], [[CRP]]
* {{sense|composite plastic}} {{l|en|carbon fiber}} [[reinforced]] [[plastic]], carbon-fiber-reinforced [[polymer]], graphite [[composite]], [[CFRP]], [[CRP]]

====Derived terms====
* [[graphite fluoride]]


====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top|form of carbon}}
{{trans-top|form of carbon}}
* Arabic: {{t-needed|ar}}
* Arabic: {{t-needed|ar}}
* Bengali: {{t|bn|কৃষ্ণসীস}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|কৃষ্ণসীস}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|графит|m|sc=Cyrl}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|графит|m|sc=Cyrl}}
* Burmese: {{t-needed|my}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|grafit|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|grafit|m}}
* Chinese:
* Chinese:
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* Greek: {{t+|el|γραφίτης|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|γραφίτης|m}}
* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|torsummiutaq}}, {{t|kl|aqerluusassaq}}
* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|torsummiutaq}}, {{t|kl|aqerluusassaq}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|लिखिज}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|लिखिज}}, {{t|hi|ग्रेफाइट}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|grafit}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|grafit}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|grafít|n}}, {{t|is|ritblý}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|grafít|n}}, {{t|is|ritblý}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|grafito}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|grafito}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|graifít|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|grafite|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|grafite|f}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|石墨|tr=[[せきぼく]], sekiboku}}, {{t+|ja|黒鉛|tr=kokuen|sc=Jpan}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|石墨|tr=[[せきぼく]], sekiboku}}, {{t+|ja|黒鉛|tr=kokuen|sc=Jpan}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|석묵}}, {{t+|ko|흑연}}
* Khmer: {{t-needed|km}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|석묵(石墨)}}, {{t+|ko|흑연(黑鉛)}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ຫິນດຳ}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|plumbāgō|f}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|plumbāgō|f}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|matāpango}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|matāpango}}
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*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|grafitt|m}}
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|grafitt|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|grafitt|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|grafitt|m}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|گرافیت|tr=gerâfit}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Blie|n}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Blie|n}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|grafit|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|grafit|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|grafite}}, {{t+|pt|grafita}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|grafite}}, {{t+|pt|grafita}}
* Punjabi: {{t|pa|ਗਰੇਫ਼ਾਈਟ}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|grafit|n}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|grafit|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|графи́т|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|графи́т|m}}
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* Spanish: {{t+|es|grafito|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|grafito|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|grafit|c}}, {{t+|sv|blyerts|c}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|grafit|c}}, {{t+|sv|blyerts|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|hitam}}, {{t|tl|grapito}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|hitam}}, {{t+|tl|grapito}}
* Tamil: {{t|ta|கடுங்கரி|sc=Taml}}
* Tamil: {{t|ta|கடுங்கரி|sc=Taml}}
* Thai: {{t|th|ถ่านดำใช้ทำดินสอ}}
* Thai: {{t|th|ถ่านดำใช้ทำดินสอ}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|grafit}}
*: Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|غرافیت|tr=gırafit}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|than chì}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|than chì}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|graffit|m}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|גראַפֿיט|m}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|גראַפֿיט|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}
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* Chinese:
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t-needed|cmn}}
*: Mandarin: {{t-needed|cmn}}
⚫
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hiilikuitu}}, {{t+|fi|hiilikuitukomposiitti}}
{{trans-mid}}
⚫
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hiilikuitu}}, {{t|fi|hiilikuitukomposiitti}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


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* Chinese:
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t-needed|cmn}}
*: Mandarin: {{t-needed|cmn}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|grafiitinharmaa}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|grafiitinharmaa}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|blyerts|c}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|blyerts|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To apply graphite to.


===See also===
===See also===
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===Anagrams===
===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aeghiprt|earth pig|earth-pig|earthpig}}
* {{anagrams|en|a=aeghiprt|earthpig|hig-taper|earth-pig|earth pig}}


{{C|en|Allotropes of carbon|Minerals|Greys}}
[[Category:en:Colors]]
[[Category:en:Minerals]]

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==French==
==French==


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-graphite.wav|Audio}}
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-graphite.wav}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}
{{fr-noun|m}}


# [[#English|graphite]] (form of carbon)
# {{l|en|graphite}} (form of carbon)

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

Revision as of 23:56, 21 July 2024

See also: Graphite

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from German Graphit (A. G. Werner 1789), from Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō, “I write”).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹæfaɪt/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Audio (UK):(file)

Noun

graphite (countable and uncountable, plural graphites)

  1. An allotrope of carbon, consisting of planes of carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal arrays with the planes stacked loosely, that is used as a dry lubricant, in "lead" pencils, and as a moderator in some nuclear reactors.
    • 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 4, in Well Tackled!‎[1]:
      Technical terms like ferrite, perlite, graphite, and hardenite were bandied to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder, […]
  2. Short for graphite-reinforced plastic, a composite plastic made with graphite fibers noted for light weight strength and stiffness.
    Modern tennis racquets are made of graphite, fibreglass and other man-made materials.
  3. A grey colour, resembling graphite or the marks made with a graphite pencil.
    graphite:  

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

graphite (third-person singular simple present graphites, present participle graphiting, simple past and past participle graphited)

  1. (transitive) To apply graphite to.

See also

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Graphite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “graphite”, in Mindat.org‎[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Noun

graphite m (plural graphites)

  1. graphite (form of carbon)

Further reading

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