"perlite" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: perlites [plural]
Etymology: From French perle (“pearl”) + -ite. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|perle||pearl}} French perle (“pearl”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} perlite (plural perlites)
  1. (mineralogy) An amorphous volcanic glass formed by the hydration of obsidian. Categories (topical): Minerals
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  2. The lightweight insulating material and aggregate resulting from expanding perlite glass by heat.
    Sense id: en-perlite-en-noun-msCroMpy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (perlite): perlita [feminine] (Catalan), perliitti (Finnish), perlite [feminine] (French), Perlit [masculine] (German), perlite [feminine] (Italian), perlit [masculine] (Polish), perlita (Portuguese), perlită [feminine] (Romanian), perlita [feminine] (Spanish), perlit (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'perlite': 0 0

Noun [French]

Forms: perlites [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} perlite f (plural perlites)
  1. perlite Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-perlite-fr-noun-glQ8bhd9 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Italian]

Forms: perliti [plural]
Etymology: From perla + -lite. Etymology templates: {{suffix|it|perla|lite}} perla + -lite Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} perlite f (plural perliti)
  1. (mineralogy) perlite Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Minerals

Verb [Latin]

Head templates: {{head|la|participle form}} perlite
  1. vocative masculine singular of perlitus Tags: form-of, masculine, participle, singular, vocative Form of: perlitus
    Sense id: en-perlite-la-verb-TMxuAeW5 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "geography",
        "geology",
        "mineralogy",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "perlite"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "participle form"
      },
      "expansion": "perlite",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin participle forms",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "perlitus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vocative masculine singular of perlitus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "perlitus",
          "perlitus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "perlite"
}

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