"emboîtement" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: From French emboîtement. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|emboîtement}} French emboîtement Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} emboîtement (uncountable)
  1. (biology, now historical) The outdated hypothesis that all living things proceed from pre-existing germs, and that these encase the germs of all future living things, enclosed one within another. Tags: historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-emboîtement-en-noun-nwqCZ3~T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: biology, natural-sciences

Noun [French]

IPA: /ɑ̃.bwat.mɑ̃/ Forms: emboîtements [plural]
Etymology: From emboîter (“to fit together”) + -ment. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|emboîter|-ment|id2=nominal|t1=to fit together}} emboîter (“to fit together”) + -ment Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} emboîtement m (plural emboîtements)
  1. interlocking, stacking Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-emboîtement-fr-noun-GBFYfazp Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -ment (nominal)

Inflected forms

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