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realgar

Meaningmine powder

Common meaning: red arsenic sulphide

Journey through time

  1. Arabicrahj al-ghar‘powder of the mine’source
  2. Spanishrejalgarsource
  3. Frenchrealgarsource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftspowder of the mine → red arsenic sulphiderealgar‘red arsenic sulphide’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Arabic rahj al-ghar ‘mine powder’.

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