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Meaning of Muscovite | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

ˈmʌs.kəˌvaɪt

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An inhabitant or native of Muscovy or Moscow.
A pale brown mineral of the mica group, being a basic potassium aluminosilicate with the chemical formula KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH,F)₂; used as an electrical insulator etc.
countable, uncountable
A Russian.
archaic, broadly

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العربية أحد سكان موسكو مُوسْكُوفِيّ

Bosanski московски

Català moscovita

Čeština moskevský Moskvan

Cymraeg Mosgofaidd Mosgofiad

Deutsch Kaliglimmer Moskauer Moskauerin moskauisch Moskowit Moskowiter moskowitisch Muskovit

Ελληνικά Μοσχοβίτης μοσχοβίτικος Μοσχοβίτισσα

Español moscovita muscovita

Suomi moskovalainen moskoviitti muskoviitti

Français Moscovite muscovite

Hrvatski московски

Magyar moszkvai

Italiano moscovita muscovite

日本語モスクワ人

ქართული მოსკოვის

Македонски московјанец московјанин московјанка московски

Nederlands Moskouer Moskous Moskouse Moskoviet Moskovitisch Moskovitische muscoviet

Polski Moskal moskiewski moskwianin moskwianka

Português moscovita

Română moscovit moscovită muscal

Русский жи́тель Моско́вии жи́тельница Моско́вии москвич москвичка московский

Српски московски

Svenska moskovitisk Moskvabo

Türkçe Moskovalı

Українська моска́ль москвич москвичка московський

Oʻzbekcha moskvalik

Examples

“Do you enjoy the amber glow seen through the isinglass window of a wood stove? […] Muscovite (colorless, white, or pale red or green) mica is also common[…]; it was named for Moskva (Moscow), where much of Europe's mica was mined. Isinglass, mentioned above, consists of thin, transparent sheets of muscovite.”

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Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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