"quartzite" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈk(w)ɔːtˌsaɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈk(w)ɔɹtˌsaɪt/ [General-American] Forms: quartzites [plural]
Etymology: From quartz + -ite. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|quartz|ite}} quartz + -ite Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} quartzite (countable and uncountable, plural quartzites)
  1. (mineralogy) A metamorphic rock from sandstone, consisting of interlocking grains of quartz. Wikipedia link: quartzite Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Minerals, Rocks Translations (metamorphic rock): կվարցիտ (kvarcʻit) (Armenian), кварцит (kvarcit) [masculine] (Bulgarian), quarsita [feminine] (Catalan), kvartsiitti (Finnish), quartzite [masculine] (French), Quarzit [masculine] (German), quarzite [feminine] (Italian), 珪岩 (keigan) (alt: けいがん) (Japanese), кварци́т (kvarcít) [masculine] (Macedonian), kohurau (Maori), kvartsitt [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kvartsitt [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), quartzito [masculine] (Portuguese), кварци́т (kvarcít) [masculine] (Russian), clach-èiteig [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), cuarzita [feminine] (Spanish), kuwarsita (Tagalog)

Noun [French]

IPA: /kwaʁt.sit/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-quartzite.wav
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|-}} quartzite m (uncountable)
  1. quartzite Wikipedia link: fr:quartzite Tags: masculine, uncountable Categories (topical): Rocks
    Sense id: en-quartzite-fr-noun-ZeX-Kitc Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
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        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French lemmas",
        "French masculine nouns",
        "French nouns",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "fr:Rocks"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "quartzite"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quartzite",
          "quartzite#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "fr:quartzite"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kwaʁt.sit/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-quartzite.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/54/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-quartzite.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-quartzite.wav.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "quartzite"
}

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