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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈstælæktaɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-lək-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /stəˈlæktaɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /stəˈlækˌtaɪt/ [General-American], /ˈstæləkˌtaɪt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stalactite.wav Forms: stalactites [plural]
Etymology: From New Latin stalactites, from Ancient Greek σταλακτός (stalaktós, “dripping; dropping”) + Latin -ītēs (suffix with the sense ‘belonging to’ forming adjectives) (modelled after the names of stones ending in -ites). Σταλακτός (Stalaktós) is derived from σταλάσσειν (stalássein, “to drip; to let (something) drip”) + -τός (-tós, suffix forming adjectives denoting possibility from verbs). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*-tós}}, {{bor|en|NL.|stalactites}} New Latin stalactites, {{der|en|grc|σταλακτός|t=dripping; dropping}} Ancient Greek σταλακτός (stalaktós, “dripping; dropping”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{der|en|la|-ītēs|pos=suffix with the sense ‘belonging to’ forming adjectives}} Latin -ītēs (suffix with the sense ‘belonging to’ forming adjectives), {{glossary|verb}} verb Head templates: {{en-noun}} stalactite (plural stalactites)
  1. (geology) A secondary mineral deposit of calcium carbonate or another mineral, in shapes similar to icicles, that hangs from the roof of a cave. Categories (topical): Geology Derived forms: snottite, stalactical, stalactic Related terms: calthemite, speleothem Translations (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave): շթաքար (štʻakʻar) (Armenian), сталакты́т (stalaktýt) [masculine] (Belarusian), сталякты́т (staljaktýt) [masculine] (Belarusian), сталакти́т (stalaktít) [masculine] (Bulgarian), estalactita [feminine] (Catalan), caramell [masculine] (Catalan), 鐘乳石 (Chinese Mandarin), 钟乳石 (zhōngrǔshí) (Chinese Mandarin), stalaktit [masculine] (Czech), druipsteenpegel [masculine] (Dutch), druipsteen [masculine] (Dutch), stalaktito (Esperanto), dropasteinur [masculine] (Faroese), tippukivipuikko (Finnish), stalaktiitti (Finnish), stalactite [feminine] (French), სტალაქტიტი (sṭalakṭiṭi) (Georgian), Stalaktit [masculine] (German), σταλακτίτης (stalaktítis) [masculine] (Greek), נָטִיף (natíf) [masculine] (Hebrew), sztalaktit (Hungarian), dropasteinn [masculine] (Icelandic), aolchuisne [masculine] (Irish), stalattite [feminine] (Italian), 鍾乳石 (shōnyūseki) (alt: しょうにゅうせき) (Japanese), 종유석 (jong'yuseok) (alt: 鐘乳石) (Korean), stalaktīts [masculine] (Latvian), keoiri (Maori), sopleniec [masculine] (Polish), stalaktyt [masculine] (Polish), estalactite [feminine] (Portuguese), сталакти́т (stalaktít) [masculine] (Russian), stalaktit [masculine] (Slovak), stalaktit [masculine] (Slovene), estalactita [feminine] (Spanish), stalaktit [common-gender] (Swedish), estalaktita (Tagalog), tulumbato (Tagalog), หินย้อย (hǐn-yɔ́ɔi) (Thai), sarkıt (Turkish), damla taş (Turkish), stalaktit (Turkish), сталакти́т (stalaktýt) [masculine] (Ukrainian), thạch nhũ (Vietnamese)
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Noun [French]

IPA: /sta.lak.tit/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-stalactite.wav Forms: stalactites [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin stalactites, from Ancient Greek σταλακτός (stalaktós). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|NL.|stalactites}} Borrowed from New Latin stalactites, {{der|fr|grc|σταλακτός}} Ancient Greek σταλακτός (stalaktós) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} stalactite f (plural stalactites)
  1. (geology) stalactite Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-stalactite-fr-noun-Lneciguw Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
  2. icicle Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-stalactite-fr-noun-RqeiVxFo

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave",
      "word": "鍾乳石"
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    "French terms derived from New Latin",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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      },
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    },
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      },
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    }
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    {
      "form": "stalactites",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
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      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "stalagmite"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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        "stalactite"
      ],
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          "geology",
          "geology"
        ],
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          "stalactite",
          "stalactite#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(geology) stalactite"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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        "geography",
        "geology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
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        [
          "icicle",
          "icicle"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/sta.lak.tit/"
    },
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    }
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}

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