Meanings
nounmeteorite (plural meteorites)
plural meteorites
- A metallic or stony object or body that is the remains of a meteoroid.
The Vestan, Lunar, and Martian meteorites are achondrites.
2011, Dieter Rehder, Chemistry in Space1 more example
Approximately 1.25 miles of Virginia Highway 58 was rerouted to merge with US Highway 25E south of the gap. This photograph shows the phenomenon of the “fogfall,” when fog trapped in the meteorite crater of Middlesboro escapes […]
2014, Martha Evans Wiley, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, page 117
Origin
Translations
Arabic حَجَر نَيْزَكِيّ
- حَجَر نَيْزَكِيّ (ḥajar nayzakiyy)remains of a meteor
Basque meteorito
- meteoritoremains of a meteor
Bengali উল্কাপিণ্ড
- উল্কাপিণ্ড (ulkapinḍo)remains of a meteor
Bulgarian метеори́т
- метеори́т (meteorít)remains of a meteor
Catalan meteorit
- meteoritremains of a meteor
Chinese Mandarin 隕石 /陨石
- 隕石 /陨石 (yǔnshí)remains of a meteor
Czech meteorit
- meteoritremains of a meteor
Danish meteorit
- meteoritremains of a meteor
Dutch meteoriet
- meteorietremains of a meteor
Esperanto meteorito, aerolito
- meteoritoremains of a meteor
- aerolitoremains of a meteor
- meteorŝtonoremains of a meteor
- aerŝtonoremains of a meteor
Estonian meteoriit
- meteoriitremains of a meteor
Finnish meteoriitti
- meteoriittiremains of a meteor
French météorite
- météoriteremains of a meteor
German Meteorit
- Meteoritremains of a meteor
Greek μετεωρίτης
- μετεωρίτης (meteorítis)remains of a meteor
Hebrew מֶטֶאוֹרִיט, כּוֹכָב נוֹפֵל
- מֶטֶאוֹרִיט (meteorít)remains of a meteor
- כּוֹכָב נוֹפֵלremains of a meteor
Hindi उल्कापिंड
- उल्कापिंड (ulkāpiṇḍ)remains of a meteor
Hungarian meteorit
- meteoritremains of a meteor
Icelandic loftsteinn
- loftsteinnremains of a meteor
Indonesian meteorit
- meteoritremains of a meteor
Irish dreigít
- dreigítremains of a meteor
Italian meteorite
- meteoriteremains of a meteor
Japanese 隕石
- 隕石 (inseki)remains of a meteor
Korean 운석
- 운석 (unseok)remains of a meteor
Latvian meteorīts
- meteorītsremains of a meteor
Lithuanian meteoritas
- meteoritasremains of a meteor
Malay meteorit
- meteoritremains of a meteor
Māori matakōkiri, whatu kōkiri
- matakōkiriremains of a meteor
- whatu kōkiriremains of a meteor
Norwegian Bokmål meteoritt
- meteorittremains of a meteor
Polish meteoryt
- meteorytremains of a meteor
Portuguese meteorito
- meteoritoremains of a meteor
Punjabi ਉਲਕਾ ਪਿੰਡ
- ਉਲਕਾ ਪਿੰਡ (ulakā piṇḍ)remains of a meteor
Romanian meteorit
- meteoritremains of a meteor
Russian метеори́т
- метеори́т (meteorít)remains of a meteor
Scottish Gaelic dreagag
- dreagagremains of a meteor
Slovak meteorit
- meteoritremains of a meteor
Spanish meteorito
- meteoritoremains of a meteor
Swahili jiwe la angani
- jiwe la anganiremains of a meteor
Swedish meteorit
- meteoritremains of a meteor
Tagalog bulalato, meteorita
- bulalatoremains of a meteor
- meteoritaremains of a meteor
Tamil விண்வீழ்கல், விண்கல்
- விண்வீழ்கல் (viṇvīḻkal)remains of a meteor
- விண்கல் (viṇkal)remains of a meteor
- எரிகல் (erikal)remains of a meteor
Thai อุกกาบาต
- อุกกาบาต (ùk-gaa-bàat)remains of a meteor
Turkish göktaşı, meteorit
- göktaşıremains of a meteor
- meteoritremains of a meteor
Ukrainian метеори́т
- метеори́т (meteorýt)remains of a meteor
Urdu شِہابی پَتَّھر
- شِہابی پَتَّھر (śihābī patthar)remains of a meteor
Vietnamese thiên thạch, vẫn thạch
- thiên thạchremains of a meteor
- vẫn thạchremains of a meteor
Cite this entry
APA
meteorite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meteorite
MLA
“meteorite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meteorite. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “meteorite,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meteorite.
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