"novaculite" meaning in All languages combined

See novaculite on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: novaculites [plural]
Etymology: From Latin novācula (“dagger”) plus the suffix -ite. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|novācula||dagger}} Latin novācula (“dagger”), {{affix|en|-ite}} -ite Head templates: {{en-noun}} novaculite (plural novaculites)
  1. (geology, mineralogy) A variety of chert, very rich in quartz, that has been used to make whetstones Wikipedia link: novaculite Categories (topical): Geology, Minerals

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "novācula",
        "4": "",
        "5": "dagger"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin novācula (“dagger”)",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-ite"
      },
      "expansion": "-ite",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin novācula (“dagger”) plus the suffix -ite.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "novaculites",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "novaculite (plural novaculites)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ite",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English undefined derivations",
          "parents": [
            "Undefined derivations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Geology",
          "orig": "en:Geology",
          "parents": [
            "Earth sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Minerals",
          "orig": "en:Minerals",
          "parents": [
            "Matter",
            "Mineralogy",
            "Chemistry",
            "Nature",
            "Geology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Earth sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A variety of chert, very rich in quartz, that has been used to make whetstones"
      ],
      "id": "en-novaculite-en-noun-RbiEzvHH",
      "links": [
        [
          "geology",
          "geology"
        ],
        [
          "mineralogy",
          "mineralogy"
        ],
        [
          "variety",
          "variety"
        ],
        [
          "chert",
          "chert"
        ],
        [
          "quartz",
          "quartz"
        ],
        [
          "whetstone",
          "whetstone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geology, mineralogy) A variety of chert, very rich in quartz, that has been used to make whetstones"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "geography",
        "geology",
        "mineralogy",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "novaculite"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "novaculite"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "novācula",
        "4": "",
        "5": "dagger"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin novācula (“dagger”)",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-ite"
      },
      "expansion": "-ite",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin novācula (“dagger”) plus the suffix -ite.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "novaculites",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "novaculite (plural novaculites)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms suffixed with -ite",
        "English undefined derivations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "en:Geology",
        "en:Minerals"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A variety of chert, very rich in quartz, that has been used to make whetstones"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "geology",
          "geology"
        ],
        [
          "mineralogy",
          "mineralogy"
        ],
        [
          "variety",
          "variety"
        ],
        [
          "chert",
          "chert"
        ],
        [
          "quartz",
          "quartz"
        ],
        [
          "whetstone",
          "whetstone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geology, mineralogy) A variety of chert, very rich in quartz, that has been used to make whetstones"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "geography",
        "geology",
        "mineralogy",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "novaculite"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "novaculite"
}

Download raw JSONL data for novaculite meaning in All languages combined (1.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-09-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-08-20 using wiktextract (8e41825 and f99c758). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.