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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsaɪlɛks/ [UK] Forms: silexes [plural], silices [plural]
Etymology: From Latin silex. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|silex}} Latin silex Head templates: {{en-noun|~|es|silices}} silex (countable and uncountable, plural silexes or silices)
  1. (archaic) Flint. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-silex-en-noun-UaVc~TsW Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 25 35 35 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 37 43 2 2
  2. A finely ground relatively pure form of silicas used as a paint filler etc. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-silex-en-noun-AvWJ0HpT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 25 35 35 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 37 43 2 2

Noun [French]

IPA: /si.lɛks/ Audio: Fr-silex.ogg Forms: silex [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin silex. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|la|silex}} Borrowed from Latin silex Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} silex m (plural silex)
  1. flint Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Rocks
    Sense id: en-silex-fr-noun-Bsyj2qan Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈsi.leks/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈs̠ɪɫ̪ɛks̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈsi.leks/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈsiːleks] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Uncertain. Sometimes compared to silīgō and siliqua, both of unclear origin as well. De Vaan suggests that these are derivatives of silex, which have undergone a semantic shift “pebble” > “small pod”. Etymology templates: {{unc|la}} Uncertain Head templates: {{la-noun|silex<3>|g=m|g2=f}} silex m or f (genitive silicis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|silex<3>}} Forms: silicis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], silex [nominative, singular], silicēs [nominative, plural], silicis [genitive, singular], silicum [genitive, plural], silicī [dative, singular], silicibus [dative, plural], silicem [accusative, singular], silicēs [accusative, plural], silice [ablative, singular], silicibus [ablative, plural], silex [singular, vocative], silicēs [plural, vocative]
  1. pebble, stone, flint Tags: declension-3, feminine, masculine Categories (topical): Rocks Synonyms: lapis, saxum, petra
    Sense id: en-silex-la-noun-khDRZawg Disambiguation of Rocks: 38 31 30 Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 25 35 35 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 37 43 2 2 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 87 9 4 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 34 30 35 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 34 30 36
  2. rock, crag Tags: declension-3, feminine, masculine Categories (topical): Rocks
    Sense id: en-silex-la-noun-Z~4T507L Disambiguation of Rocks: 38 31 30 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 34 30 35 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 34 30 36
  3. lava Tags: declension-3, feminine, masculine Categories (topical): Rocks
    Sense id: en-silex-la-noun-XtRVZvKd Disambiguation of Rocks: 38 31 30 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 34 30 35 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 34 30 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: silicārius, siliceus

Noun [Romanian]

Etymology: Borrowed from French silex, from Latin silex. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ro|fr|silex}} Borrowed from French silex, {{der|ro|la|silex}} Latin silex Head templates: {{ro-noun|n|silexuri}} silex n (plural silexuri) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|g=n|gpd=silexurilor|gpi=silexuri|gsd=silexului|gsi=silex|n=|npd=silexurile|npi=silexuri|nsd=silexul|nsi=silex|vp=silexurilor|vs=silexule|vs2=}} Forms: silexuri [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], silex [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], un silex [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], silexul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], silexuri [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], niște silexuri [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], silexurile [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], silex [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], unui silex [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], silexului [dative, definite, genitive, singular], silexuri [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], unor silexuri [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], silexurilor [dative, definite, genitive, plural], silexule [singular, vocative], silexurilor [plural, vocative]
  1. flint Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-silex-ro-noun-Bsyj2qan Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "form": "silexul",
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silexuri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niște silexuri",
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        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silexurile",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silex",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unui silex",
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        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silexului",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unor silexuri",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silexurilor",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silexule",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
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    }
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        "npi": "silexuri",
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        "vs": "silexule",
        "vs2": ""
      },
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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        [
          "flint",
          "flint"
        ]
      ],
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        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "silex"
}
{
  "categories": [
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
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        "3": "silex"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin silex.",
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    {
      "form": "silexes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silices",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "es",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Flint."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Flint",
          "flint"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) Flint."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1864, Fitz-Hugh Ludlow, The Atlantic:",
          "text": "Every little cold gust that I observed in the Colorado country had this corkscrew character […] an auger, of diameter varying from an inch to a thousand feet, capable of altering its direction so as to bore curved holes, revolving with incalculable rapidity, and armed with a cutting edge of silex.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A finely ground relatively pure form of silicas used as a paint filler etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "silica",
          "silica"
        ],
        [
          "paint",
          "paint"
        ],
        [
          "filler",
          "filler"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsaɪlɛks/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "silex"
}

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        "2": "la",
        "3": "silex"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Latin silex",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin silex.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "silex",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French 2-syllable words",
        "French countable nouns",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French lemmas",
        "French masculine nouns",
        "French nouns",
        "French terms borrowed from Latin",
        "French terms derived from Latin",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "fr:Rocks"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "flint"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flint",
          "flint"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/si.lɛks/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-silex.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/05/Fr-silex.ogg/Fr-silex.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Fr-silex.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "silex"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin nouns with multiple genders",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Rocks"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "silicārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "siliceus"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "sílex"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: sílex",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: sílex"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "silex"
          },
          "expansion": "English: silex",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: silex"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "silex"
          },
          "expansion": "French: silex",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: silex"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "selce",
            "3": "silice"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: selce, silice",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: selce, silice"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "sílex",
            "3": "sílice"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: sílex, sílice",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: sílex, sílice"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "silex"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: silex"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "sìlici"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: sìlici",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: sìlici"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "sílex",
            "3": "sílice"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: sílex, sílice",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: sílex, sílice"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Sometimes compared to silīgō and siliqua, both of unclear origin as well. De Vaan suggests that these are derivatives of silex, which have undergone a semantic shift “pebble” > “small pod”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "silicis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silex",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silicēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silicis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silicum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silicī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silicibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silicem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silicēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silice",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silicibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silex",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silicēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "silex<3>",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "silex m or f (genitive silicis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "silex<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pebble, stone, flint"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pebble",
          "pebble"
        ],
        [
          "stone",
          "stone"
        ],
        [
          "flint",
          "flint"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lapis"
        },
        {
          "word": "saxum"
        },
        {
          "word": "petra"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rock, crag"
      ],
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        [
          "rock",
          "rock"
        ],
        [
          "crag",
          "crag"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lava"
      ],
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        [
          "lava",
          "lava"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsi.leks/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈs̠ɪɫ̪ɛks̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsi.leks/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsiːleks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "silex"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "silex"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from French silex",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "silex"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin silex",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French silex, from Latin silex.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "silexuri",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ro-noun-n-uri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silex",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "un silex",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silexul",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silexuri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niște silexuri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silexurile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silex",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unui silex",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silexului",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silexuri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unor silexuri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silexurilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silexule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silexurilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "silexuri"
      },
      "expansion": "silex n (plural silexuri)",
      "name": "ro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "gpd": "silexurilor",
        "gpi": "silexuri",
        "gsd": "silexului",
        "gsi": "silex",
        "n": "",
        "npd": "silexurile",
        "npi": "silexuri",
        "nsd": "silexul",
        "nsi": "silex",
        "vp": "silexurilor",
        "vs": "silexule",
        "vs2": ""
      },
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    }
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  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Romanian countable nouns",
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian neuter nouns",
        "Romanian nouns",
        "Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines",
        "Romanian terms borrowed from French",
        "Romanian terms derived from French",
        "Romanian terms derived from Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "flint"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flint",
          "flint"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "silex"
}

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