See melinite on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"mélinite",
"mélinite#French"
],
[
"μήλινος",
"μήλινος#Ancient_Greek"
]
],
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},
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"name": "bor"
},
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"1": "en",
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"3": "μήλινος",
"t": "quince-yellow"
},
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"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from French mélinite, from Ancient Greek μήλινος (mḗlinos, “quince-yellow”).",
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{
"form": "melinites",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"1": "~"
},
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}
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{
"parts": [
"mel",
"i",
"nite"
]
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "melinitic"
}
],
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{
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"name": "Minerals",
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"parents": [],
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},
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}
],
"glosses": [
"A yellow clay mineral from Bavaria."
],
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"links": [
[
"mineralogy",
"mineralogy"
],
[
"clay",
"clay"
],
[
"mineral",
"mineral"
],
[
"Bavaria",
"Bavaria"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(mineralogy) A yellow clay mineral from Bavaria."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
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],
"topics": [
"chemistry",
"geography",
"geology",
"mineralogy",
"natural-sciences",
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]
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},
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}
],
"glosses": [
"An explosive containing picric acid and guncotton."
],
"id": "en-melinite-en-noun-Rkw6IiMg",
"links": [
[
"explosive",
"explosive"
],
[
"picric acid",
"picric acid"
],
[
"guncotton",
"guncotton"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"sense": "explosive",
"word": "lyddite"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛl.ɪ.naɪt/"
}
],
"word": "melinite"
}
{
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from French",
"English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"English terms derived from French",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"mélinite",
"mélinite#French"
],
[
"μήλινος",
"μήλινος#Ancient_Greek"
]
],
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"name": "bor"
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"1": "en",
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"t": "quince-yellow"
},
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"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from French mélinite, from Ancient Greek μήλινος (mḗlinos, “quince-yellow”).",
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{
"form": "melinites",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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},
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]
}
],
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{
"word": "melinitic"
}
],
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{
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"en:Minerals"
],
"glosses": [
"A yellow clay mineral from Bavaria."
],
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[
"mineralogy",
"mineralogy"
],
[
"clay",
"clay"
],
[
"mineral",
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],
[
"Bavaria",
"Bavaria"
]
],
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"(mineralogy) A yellow clay mineral from Bavaria."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
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],
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"chemistry",
"geography",
"geology",
"mineralogy",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"An explosive containing picric acid and guncotton."
],
"links": [
[
"explosive",
"explosive"
],
[
"picric acid",
"picric acid"
],
[
"guncotton",
"guncotton"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛl.ɪ.naɪt/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "explosive",
"word": "lyddite"
}
],
"word": "melinite"
}
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