lignite en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈlɪɡnaɪ̯t/
- lĭgnīt
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From French lignite, from Latin lignum (“firewood”) + -ite.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A low-grade, brownish-black coal.
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.
1978 February 14, “Texas Turning to Its Reserves of Lignite”, in New York Times:[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.”
2023 January 10, Kate Connolly, “Climate activists ‘prepared to risk lives’ to stop German coalmine”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lignites | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
pyrolignite · lignitic · lignitiferous
Synonyms
brown coal · Bovey coal · dirty coal
Translations (88)
ru лигни́т (coal) · uk лігні́т (coal) · af ligniet (coal) · cs hnědé uhlí (coal) · he ליגניט (coal) · ro cărbune brun (coal) · ko 아탄 (coal) · ro lignit (coal) · hy լիգնիտ (coal) · sq linjiti (coal) · de Braunkohle (coal) · bn লিগনাইট (coal) · hi लिग्नाइट (coal) · ar فحم بني (coal) · it lignite (coal) · dsb bruny wugel (coal) · pt lignito (coal) · yue 褐煤 (coal) · sh lìgnīt (coal) · te లిగ్నైట్ (coal) · kk лигнит (coal) · ga gual donn (coal) · fa زغال قهوهای (coal) · lt lignitas (coal) · nn brunkol (coal) · tr linyit (coal) · da brunkul (coal) · uz лигнит (coal) · ru бу́рый у́голь (coal) · ko 갈탄 (coal) · lv brūnogles (coal) · eu ikatz arrea (coal) · fr lignite (coal) · sv lignit (coal) · sh лѝгнӣт (coal) · fi ruskohiili (coal) · uk бу́ре вугі́лля (coal) · my ကျောက်မီးသွေးနု (coal) · dsb brunica (coal) · el λιγνίτης (coal) · ky күрөң көмүр (coal) · es lignito (coal) · is brúnkol (coal) · pt linhito (coal) · be лігніт (coal) · be бу́ры ву́галь (coal) · nb brunkull (coal) · hsb brune wuhlo (coal) · uz lignit (coal) · ast lignitu (coal) · vi than nâu (coal) · io lignito (coal) · la lignitus (coal) · hsb brunica (coal) · lv lignīts (coal) · eu lignito (coal) · th ลิกไนต์ (coal) · hy գորշ ածուխ (coal) · sk lignit (coal) · nb brunkol (coal) · pt linhite (coal) · mg linita (coal) · ja 褐炭 (coal) · sl lignit (coal) · hu lignit (coal) · nl bruinkool (coal) · sl rjavi premog (coal) · mn хүрэн нүүрс (coal) · cs lignit (coal) · lt rusvoji anglis (coal) · id lignit (coal) · nv łeejin (coal) · is surtarbrandur (coal) · cmn 褐煤 (coal) · gl lignito (coal) · bg лигнит (coal) · sk hnedé uhlie (coal) · ka მურა ნახშირი (coal) · sv brunkol (coal) · hu barnaszén (coal) · af bruinkool (coal) · ja 亜炭 (coal) · et pruunsüsi (coal) · pt lignite (coal) · pl węgiel brunatny (coal) · mk ли́гнит (coal) · ca lignit (coal) · eo lignito (coal)