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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-melting pot.ogg Forms: melting pots [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} melting pot (plural melting pots)
  1. A crucible, or similar pot, used to fuse mixtures of metals etc. Categories (topical): Sociology Translations (crucible or similar pot): χόανος (khóanos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), قِدْر صَهْر (qidr ṣahr) [feminine] (Arabic), тигел (tigel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), gresol [masculine] (Catalan), smeltkroes [masculine] (Dutch), fandujo (Esperanto), kaldrono (Esperanto), sulatuspata (Finnish), creuset [masculine] (French), χωνευτήριο (choneftírio) [neuter] (Greek), crogiolo [masculine] (Italian), griġjol [masculine] (Maltese), پوته (pota) (Ottoman Turkish), tygiel [masculine] (Polish), cadinho [masculine] (Portuguese)
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  2. (figurative) A place where many divergent things (often races or cultures, but also talents) come together and are homogenized. Tags: figuratively Translations (place where many divergent things come together and are homogenized): قِدْر صَهْر (qidr ṣahr) [feminine] (Arabic), gresol [masculine] (Catalan), 大熔爐 (Chinese Mandarin), 大熔炉 (dàrónglú) (Chinese Mandarin), smeltkroes [masculine] (Dutch), fandopoto (Esperanto), sulatusuuni (Finnish), melting pot [masculine] (French), სადნობი ქვაბი (sadnobi kvabi) (Georgian), Schmelztiegel [masculine] (German), Schmelztopf [masculine] (German), χωνευτήριο (choneftírio) [neuter] (Greek), χοάνη (choáni) [feminine] (Greek), כור היתוך (Hebrew), olvasztótégely (Hungarian), crogiolo [masculine] (Italian), melting pot [masculine] (Italian), calderone [masculine] (Italian), 人種のるつぼ (jinshunorutsubo) (alt: じんしゅのるつぼ) (Japanese), қайнаған қазан (qainağan qazan) (Kazakh), smeltedigel (Norwegian), پاتیل ذوب (pâtil-e zob) (Persian), tygiel [masculine] (Polish), caldeirão [masculine] (Portuguese), плави́льный котёл (plavílʹnyj kotjól) [masculine] (Russian), crisol (Spanish), smältdegel [common-gender] (Swedish), tawddlestr [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-melting_pot-en-noun-HNvsHFVu Disambiguation of 'place where many divergent things come together and are homogenized': 5 95

Noun [Italian]

Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English melting pot. Etymology templates: {{ubor|it|en|melting pot}} Unadapted borrowing from English melting pot Head templates: {{it-noun|m|#|nolinkhead=1}} melting pot m (invariable)
  1. melting pot Tags: invariable, masculine Categories (topical): Sociology
    Sense id: en-melting_pot-it-noun-QO87sNWr Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "he",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "alt": "じんしゅのるつぼ",
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      "word": "پاتیل ذوب"
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      "word": "tygiel"
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      "word": "caldeirão"
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      "word": "плави́льный котёл"
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