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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AURIFEROUS

From Latin aurifer gold-bearing, from aurum gold + ferre to bear.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF AURIFEROUS

auriferous  [ɔːˈrɪfərəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AURIFEROUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Auriferous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES AURIFEROUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of auriferous in the English dictionary

The definition of auriferous in the dictionary is containing gold; gold-bearing.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AURIFEROUS


calcariferous
ˌkælkəˈrɪfərəs
ceriferous
sɪˈrɪfərəs
coniferous
kəˈnɪfərəs
cruciferous
kruːˈsɪfərəs
cupriferous
kjuːˈprɪfərəs
febriferous
fɪˈbrɪfərəs
ferriferous
fɛˈrɪfərəs
floriferous
flɔːˈrɪfərəs
nectariferous
ˌnektəˈrɪfərəs
odoriferous
ˌəʊdəˈrɪfərəs
poriferous
pɔːˈrɪfərəs
sacchariferous
ˌsækəˈrɪfərəs
seminiferous
ˌsɛmɪˈnɪfərəs
soporiferous
ˌsəʊpəˈrɪfərəs
spiriferous
spaɪəˈrɪfərəs
splendiferous
splɛnˈdɪfərəs
sudoriferous
ˌsjuːdəˈrɪfərəs
thuriferous
θjʊəˈrɪfərəs
umbriferous
ʌmˈbrɪfərəs
yttriferous
ɪˈtrɪfərəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AURIFEROUS

auric
auricle
auricled
auricula
auriculae
auricular
auricularly
auriculate
auriculated
auriculately
auriform
aurify
Auriga
Aurigae
Aurignacian
Aurigny
Auriol
auris
auriscope
auriscopic

WORDS THAT END LIKE AURIFEROUS

adulterous
boisterous
cadaverous
cancerous
dangerous
generous
humorous
lecherous
murderous
noncancerous
numerous
obstreperous
onerous
preposterous
prosperous
serous
slanderous
sorcerous
thunderous
treacherous
tuberous

Synonyms and antonyms of auriferous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «auriferous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AURIFEROUS

Find out the translation of auriferous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of auriferous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «auriferous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

含金
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aurífera
570 millions of speakers

English

auriferous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सुर्वणमिश्रित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تبري حامل ذهبا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

золотоносный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aurífera
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হিরণ্যগর্ভ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aurifère
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Auriferous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

goldhaltigen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

金を含む
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

금을 산출하는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Auriferous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có hàm chất vàng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொன் விளைகிற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उष्णतामान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

altınlı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

aurifero
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Auriferous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

золотоносний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aurifer
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

auriferous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

goud houdend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

auriferous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

auriferous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of auriferous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AURIFEROUS»

The term «auriferous» is regularly used and occupies the 93.918 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AURIFEROUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «auriferous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «auriferous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about auriferous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AURIFEROUS»

Discover the use of auriferous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to auriferous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Observations on the mode of occurrence and the treatment of ...
The quality of the three first portions of ore collected in the settling-pits is such, as to render them fit for direct metallurgical treatment, the auriferous portion being, however, previously submitted to gold extraction, as will be seen hereafter.
George H. F. ULRICH, Alfred Richard Cecil SELWYN, 1868
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The Banket, a Study of the Auriferous Conglomerates of the ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Robert B. Young, 2010
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Publication
Auriferous Beach Sands, Queensland Border to Port Macquarie, New South Wales — No. 198, p. 16. Auriferous Sands, South Coast of Queensland —No. 198, pp. 5-16. Auriferous Beach Sands. Wollongong vicinity, New South Wales— No.
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Origin of the Auriferous Barite-base Metal and Goethite ...
The goethite stage developed during weathering of the deposit that likely occurred during uplift and exposure around 9 to 7.7 Ma ago based on 40Ar/39Ar dates on jarosite.
Teresa Zimmerman Russin, 2009
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Publication - Geological Survey of Queensland
Auriferous Beach Sands, Queensland Border to Port Macquarie, New South Wales — No. 198, p. 16. Auriferous Sands, South Coast of Queensland —No. 198, pp. 5-16. Auriferous Beach Sands. Wollongong vicinity, New South Wales— No.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, ...
This was a regular vein of quartz, traversing a mountain of gneiss, and containing auriferous sulphuret of iron, and some fine specimens of native gold ; but it was bot sufficiently rich to defray the expence of the operations. Many of the rivers of ...
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Congressional serial set
Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
United States. Government Printing Office, 1910
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Congressional edition
Graham, W. A., Lincoln County — Auriferous sulphides. Graybeal, Joseph, Jefferson — Magnetite. Greenslюro Iron and Steel Company, Greensboro — Hematite. Griffin, J. W., Monroe — Auriferous limonite. Gullowhee Mining Company ...
United States. Congress, 1901
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Electrochemistry in Mineral and Metal Processing VII
In a comprehensive study of the compositional, textural and electrical properties of natural pyrites, Vaughan and co-workers (15) indicated that auriferous pyrite can contain in an excess of 3000 ppm Au. Arehart et al. (16) investigated the ...
Fiona M. Doyle, Geoff H. Kelsall, R. Woods, 2006
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
A, Varieties of auriferous pyrite, showing textural relations to hdydrothermal quartz. Cubic and framboidal crystals of pyrite (black grains) are scattered throughout silicified matrix, and larger pyrite grains tend to occur along margins of dolomite ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1985

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AURIFEROUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term auriferous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Renforth Discovers Quartz Veins in Pontiac Sediments at Western …
Grab and channel sampling in recent years shows that both the sulphidic wallrocks and the quartz veins are auriferous, and that coarse gold ... «Stockhouse, Jun 15»
2
Positioning For the Price Turn in Precious and Base Metals
“We have only drilled 3,000 metres, so the discovery of wide zones of auriferous silicification, including 50.4 metres of 0.54 g/t gold and 4. 77-g/t ... «bnn.ca, Jun 15»
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'I write… my pen is my God'
His auriferous pen took rest for several years but woke again with a start. As an admirer of the Kanchi Sankara Mutt, JK wrote Hara Hara ... «The Statesman, Jun 15»
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Greenland Resources Inc. Intersects 14.03 Metres Grading 4.11 g/t …
All three drill holes intercepted host rock amphibolite with Main Zone mineralization characterized by irregular auriferous quartz veins with ... «The Northern Miner, Jun 15»
5
Northern Vertex Files Third Quarter Fiscal 2015 Financial Results
... exposures on the property are auriferous at surface with others showing alteration and trace elements that indicate their surface expression is ... «Canadian Mining Journal, May 15»
6
Making a monument from scratch
Krauss, like the Davis professors, was smitten by the living treasures in his patch of auriferous hills. Knowing that the gold would play out in a ... «High Country News, May 15»
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Mershon: Uncovering information on Christian Hedges
“After being engaged in his profession, he was attracted to the Pacific Slope by the flowing reports which reached him from the auriferous beds ... «Mansfield News Journal, May 15»
8
GOLD: WPC releases new estimate for Ulu
The zone is hosted by iron rich tholeitic basalt and composted of multiple anastomosing shear hosted auriferous zones. WPC resources ... «Canadian Mining Journal, Apr 15»
9
Eastmain at new 52-wk. high on drill results
The drill program, designed to search for a second gold deposit on the property, tested auriferous quartz-tourmaline veins exposed by earlier ... «Baystreet.ca, Mar 15»
10
Getting Defensive
... through a crack in "the doors of perception" and dream once more of an auriferous future. A peyote-addled Morrison would no doubt approve. «The Liverpool Offside, Mar 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Auriferous [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/auriferous>. Apr 2024 ».
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