"floating island" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: floating islands [plural]
Etymology: Calque of French île flottante. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|fr|île flottante}} Calque of French île flottante Head templates: {{en-noun}} floating island (plural floating islands)
  1. An aggregation of driftwood and roots, or vegetation, capable of bearing soil, which floats on the surface of (bog or lake) water or is floated out from a river delta or similar. Translations (an aggregation of driftwood, roots, etc.): flotoyggj (Faroese), lautta (Finnish), isola galleggiante [feminine] (Italian), flyteholme (Norwegian), лижма (ližma) (Russian), flottholme (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-floating_island-en-noun-8z1I6O~s Disambiguation of 'an aggregation of driftwood, roots, etc.': 86 3 11
  2. A French cold dessert consisting of an "island" of meringue, made of egg whites and sugar, floating in a "sea" of custard. Categories (topical): Desserts Translations (a dessert): 漂浮島 (Chinese Mandarin), 漂浮岛 (Chinese Mandarin), marenkipalloja vaniljakastikkeessa (Finnish), île flottante [feminine] (French), œufs à la neige [masculine, plural] (French), Schnee-Eier [neuter, plural] (German), Vogelmilch [feminine] (German), madártej (Hungarian), île flottante [feminine] (Italian), isola galleggiante [feminine] (Italian), Eeërcrème mat Schnéi [feminine] (Luxembourgish), zupa nic [feminine] (Polish), плавающий остров (plavajuščij ostrov) (Russian), šnenokle [Roman, feminine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), плаваючий острів (plavajučyj ostriv) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-floating_island-en-noun--BmDqV8E Disambiguation of Desserts: 15 49 35 Categories (other): Terms with French translations Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 10 66 24 Disambiguation of 'a dessert': 2 90 8
  3. Synonym of kitchen island Categories (place): Landforms Synonyms: kitchen island [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-floating_island-en-noun-D9jD4WQP Disambiguation of Landforms: 27 28 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Luxembourgish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 27 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 29 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 28 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 27 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 21 29 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 29 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 21 29 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 24 26 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 20 29 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Luxembourgish translations: 21 29 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 24 27 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 21 29 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 21 32 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 20 29 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 21 29 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 21 30 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 21 29 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: camalote, kirta, phumdi Related terms: flotant, sudd

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "šnenokle"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "plavajučyj ostriv",
      "sense": "a dessert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плаваючий острів"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Singapore"
  ],
  "word": "floating island"
}

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