platiniferous

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adjective

yielding, or containing platinum

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adjectiveplatiniferous (comparative more platiniferous, superlative most platiniferous)

comparative more platiniferous · superlative most platiniferous

  1. yielding, or containing platinum

Origin

  1. Vulgar Latin*plattus
  2. Spanishplata
  3. Spanishplatina
  4. Englishplatinum
  5. Englishplatiniferous

From platinum + -ferous.

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Translations

French platinifère
  • platinifèreyielding or containing platinum
German platinhaltig
  • platinhaltigyielding or containing platinum
Irish platanmhar
  • platanmharyielding or containing platinum
Italian platinifero
  • platiniferoyielding or containing platinum
Spanish platinífero
  • platiníferoyielding or containing platinum

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APA

platiniferous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/platiniferous

MLA

“platiniferous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/platiniferous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “platiniferous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/platiniferous.

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