graphite

See also: Graphite

English

Etymology

(A. G. Werner 1789), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō, “I write”).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæfaɪt/
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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 and in "lead" pencils.
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.

Synonyms

• (allotrope of carbon): plumbago, black lead
• (composite plastic): carbon fiber reinforced plastic, carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer, graphite composite, CFRP, CRP

Translations

form of carbon

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bengali: কৃষ্ণসীস (kr̥ṣṇasīs)
• Bulgarian: графит m (grafit)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 石墨 (zh) (shímò)

• Czech: grafit (cs) m, tuha (cs) f
• Danish: grafit (da) c
• Dutch: grafiet (nl) n
• Esperanto: grafito (eo)
• Estonian: grafiit, metaantratsiidiks
• Finnish: grafiitti (fi)
• French: graphite (fr) m
• German: Graphit (de) m
• Greek: γραφίτης (el) m (grafítis)
• Greenlandic: torsummiutaq, aqerluusassaq
• Hindi: लिखिज (likhij)
• Icelandic: grafít (is) n, ritblý
• Ido: grafito (io)
• Italian: grafite (it) f
• Japanese: 石墨 (ja) (せきぼく, sekiboku), 黒鉛 (ja) (kokuen)
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• Korean: 석묵 (seongmuk), 흑연 (ko) (heugyeon)
• Maori: matāpango
• Mongolian: бал чулуу (bal čuluu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: grafitt m

  Nynorsk: grafitt m

• Polish: grafit (pl) m
• Portuguese: grafite (pt), grafita (pt)
• Romanian: grafit (ro) n
• Russian: графи́т (ru) m (grafít)
• Serbo-Croatian: grafit (sh) m
• Slovak: tuha
• Spanish: grafito (es) m
• Swedish: grafit (sv) c, blyerts (sv) c
• Tagalog: hitam, grapito
• Tamil: கடுங்கரி (kaṭuṅkari)
• Thai: ถ่านดำใช้ทำดินสอ
• Vietnamese: than chì (vi)
• Yiddish: גראַפֿיט m (grafit)

composite plastic

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

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• Finnish: hiilikuitu (fi), hiilikuitukomposiitti

colour

• Bulgarian: графит m (grafit)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

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• Finnish: grafiitinharmaa
• Swedish: blyerts (sv) c

See also

• diamond

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Graphite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “graphite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Anagrams

• earth pig, earth-pig, earthpig

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French

Noun

graphite m (plural graphites)

1. graphite (form of carbon)