Definitions For Kryptonite

Noun

KRYPTONITE (uncountable) (figuratively) The one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable, an achilles heel.

Translations

Catalan: kriptonita Chinese: : Mandarin: 克星 Danish: kryptonit Dutch: kryptoniet Esperanto: kriptonito Finnish: kryptoniitti French: kryptonite German: Kryptonit Italian: kryptonite Japanese: クリプトナイト (kuriputonaito) Marathi: क्रिप्टोनाइट Portuguese: kryptonita Romanian: kriptonită Russian: криптони́т, m Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: криптонит, m : Roman: kriptonit, m Slovak: kryptonit Spanish: kryptonita Swedish: kryptonit

Etymology

From a fictional radioactive element, , that has a detrimental effect on the otherwise invulnerable character . Apparently formed as krypton , -ite