lignito

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin lignum

French lignitebor.

Galician lignito

Borrowed from French lignite, from Latin lignum (“firewood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liɡˈnito/

Noun

lignito m (plural lignitos)

1. lignite

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liɡˈnito/ [liɣ̞ˈni.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: lig‧ni‧to

Noun

lignito m (plural lignitos)

1. (geology) lignite

Further reading

• “lignito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025