lignite
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See also: Lignite
Etymology
From French lignite, from Latin lignum (“firewood”) + -ite.
Pronunciation
Noun
lignite (countable and uncountable, plural lignites)
- A low-grade, brownish-black coal.
- Synonyms: brown coal, dirty coal
- 1978 February 14, “Texas Turning to Its Reserves of Lignite”, in New York Times:
- Texas industry is turning to lignite, a kind of poor man's coal, to replace its dwindling allocations of natural gas. The Lone Star State now gets an estimated 12 percent of its electricity from lignite, and that figure is expected to double by 1985.
- 2023 January 10, Kate Connolly, “Climate activists ‘prepared to risk lives’ to stop German coalmine”, in The Guardian:
- [Robert] Habeck, who has found himself in the extremely uncomfortable position of turning from a long-term campaigner against fossil fuels to a short-term defender of them, said: “Putin’s war of aggression is forcing us to temporarily make greater use of lignite so that we save gas in electricity generation. This is painful but necessary in view of the shortage of gas.”
Translations
coal
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
lignite f (plural lignites)
- lignite (type of coal)
Further reading
- “lignite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Noun
lignite f (plural ligniti)
Related terms
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: lig‧ni‧te
Noun
lignite f (plural lignites)
- lignite (type of coal)
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