"vitrain" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: vitrains [plural]
Etymology: From Latin vitreus (“vitreous”) + -ain in fusain; compare French -ain (“-ane”). Coined by British birth control campaigner and paleontologist Marie Stopes in 1918. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|vitreus|t=vitreous}} Latin vitreus (“vitreous”), {{cog|fr|-ain|t=-ane}} French -ain (“-ane”), {{coinage|en|Q442231|in=1918}} Coined by British birth control campaigner and paleontologist Marie Stopes in 1918, {{quote-gloss|armichael}} [armichael], {{nb...|44–47, St. Martin’s Lane, London, W.C.2.}} […] Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} vitrain (countable and uncountable, plural vitrains)
  1. A constituent of banded bituminous coal consisting of a horizontal glossy band of friable material. Wikipedia link: Royal Society Tags: countable, uncountable Coordinate_terms: fusain
    Sense id: en-vitrain-en-noun-tyl-iZzf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Coal

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