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"word": "eccentric flint"
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"word": "fix someone's flint"
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"word": "Flint"
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"word": "flint corn"
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"word": "flint-hearted"
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"word": "flintiness"
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"word": "flint mill"
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"word": "flint paper"
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"word": "flintstone"
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"word": "flintwork"
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"word": "flinty"
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"word": "gunflint"
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"word": "iron flint"
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"word": "semiflint"
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"word": "skin a flint"
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"2": "enm",
"3": "flynt"
},
"expansion": "Middle English flynt",
"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "flint"
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"expansion": "flint",
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{
"args": {
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"2": "ang",
"3": "flint"
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"expansion": "Old English flint",
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"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*flint"
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"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *flint",
"name": "inh"
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"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*flintaz"
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"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *flintaz",
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"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "vlint"
},
"expansion": "Dutch vlint",
"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "flint",
"t": "flint, cobblestone"
},
"expansion": "flint (“flint, cobblestone”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Flins"
},
"expansion": "German Flins",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Flint",
"t": "flint, pebble"
},
"expansion": "Flint (“flint, pebble”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "flint",
"t": "flint"
},
"expansion": "Danish flint (“flint”)",
"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*(s)plind-",
"t": "to split, cleave"
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"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)plind- (“to split, cleave”)",
"name": "der"
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{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "slinn",
"t": "slate, shingle"
},
"expansion": "Irish slinn (“slate, shingle”)",
"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "πλίνθος"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek πλίνθος (plínthos)",
"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*(s)pley-",
"t": "to split"
},
"expansion": "*(s)pley- (“to split”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English flynt, flint, from Old English flint, from Proto-West Germanic *flint, from Proto-Germanic *flintaz (compare Dutch vlint, flint (“flint, cobblestone”), German Flins, Flint (“flint, pebble”), Danish flint (“flint”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)plind- (“to split, cleave”) (compare Irish slinn (“slate, shingle”), Ancient Greek πλίνθος (plínthos)), from *(s)pley- (“to split”). More at split.",
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"form": "flints",
"tags": [
"plural"
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}
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"word": "ferrocerium"
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"langcode": "en",
"name": "Maize (plant)",
"orig": "en:Maize (plant)",
"parents": [
"Andropogoneae tribe grasses",
"Grains",
"Grasses",
"Foods",
"Commelinids",
"Eating",
"Food and drink",
"Plants",
"Human behaviour",
"All topics",
"Lifeforms",
"Human",
"Fundamental",
"Life",
"Nature"
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"examples": [
{
"text": "He used flint to make a fire.",
"type": "example"
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"A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air."
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"conchoidal",
"conchoidal"
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[
"generate",
"generate"
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[
"spark",
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"tags": [
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣawwān",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "صَوَّان"
},
{
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ẓurar",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ظُرَر"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qaddāḥ",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "قَدَّاح"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kayckʻar",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "կայծքար"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "saqmataş",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "саҡматаш"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "sukarri"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "krémjenʹ",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "крэ́мень"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "krémǎk",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кре́мък"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "sílex"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "suìshí",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "燧石"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pazourek"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "ildsten"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "flint"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vuursteen"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "keisteen"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "siliko"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "fajroŝtono"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tinna"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "piikivi"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silex"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sílex"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳaži",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "კაჟი"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "de",
"english": "normal",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Feuerstein"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"dated",
"masculine",
"regional"
],
"word": "Flintstein"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Flint"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "de",
"english": "unusual",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"scientific",
"sciences"
],
"word": "Silex"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "cpg",
"lang": "Cappadocian Greek",
"roman": "kaskára",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "κασκάρα"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "cakmak",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "ચકમક"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "pyè"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tsór",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "צור"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "caqmaq",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "चक़मक़"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "cakmak",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "चकमक"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "kovakő"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tinna"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "piikivi"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "selce"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"alt": "ひうちいし, hiuchiishi, すいせき, suiseki",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "燧石"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "şaqpaq",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "шақпақ"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "peullinteu",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "플린트"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"alt": "燧石",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "suseok",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "수석"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "berdestê",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "بەردەستێ"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "kuçkawir",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "کوچکاوْر"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "berheste"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "kroms"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "silex"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "krams"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "titnagas"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kremen",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кремен"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "belutrak",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "белутрак"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "paea"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "mrw",
"lang": "Maranao",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "batolakit"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "nah",
"lang": "Nahuatl",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "tecpatl"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "béésh"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "cakamak",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "चकमक"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "new",
"lang": "Newar",
"roman": "cwalwahaṃ",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "च्वल्वहं"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pièrre à feu"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "flint"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pèira de fòc"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silèx"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pèira frejal"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pèira selze"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"roman": "kremy",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "кремꙑ"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "flint"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tinna"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "one",
"lang": "Oneida",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "kanhya̲’"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "os",
"lang": "Ossetian",
"roman": "æxson",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "ӕхсон"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "çakmak taşı",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "چاقماق طاشی"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "چقمک"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "čaxmâq",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "چخماق"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ātašzane",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "آتشزنه"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Fiasteen"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "krzemień"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "krzemyk"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 9 9 5 11",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
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],
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"tags": [
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "qaddāḥ",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "قَدَّاح"
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"roman": "kayckʻar",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "կայծքար"
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{
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"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "saqmataş",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "саҡматаш"
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{
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"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "sukarri"
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{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "krémjenʹ",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "крэ́мень"
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{
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "krémǎk",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кре́мък"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "sílex"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "suìshí",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "燧石"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pazourek"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "ildsten"
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{
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"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
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{
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
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"word": "vuursteen"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "keisteen"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "siliko"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "fajroŝtono"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tinna"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "piikivi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silex"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sílex"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳaži",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "კაჟი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"english": "normal",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
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"word": "Feuerstein"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"dated",
"masculine",
"regional"
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"word": "Flintstein"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
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"word": "Flint"
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{
"code": "de",
"english": "unusual",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
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"sciences"
],
"word": "Silex"
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{
"code": "cpg",
"lang": "Cappadocian Greek",
"roman": "kaskára",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "κασκάρα"
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{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "cakmak",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "ચકમક"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "pyè"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tsór",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "צור"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "caqmaq",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "चक़मक़"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "cakmak",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "चकमक"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "kovakő"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tinna"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "piikivi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "selce"
},
{
"alt": "ひうちいし, hiuchiishi, すいせき, suiseki",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "燧石"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "şaqpaq",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "шақпақ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "peullinteu",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "플린트"
},
{
"alt": "燧石",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "suseok",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "수석"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "berdestê",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "بەردەستێ"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "kuçkawir",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "کوچکاوْر"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "berheste"
},
{
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "kroms"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "silex"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "krams"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "titnagas"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kremen",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кремен"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "belutrak",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "белутрак"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "paea"
},
{
"code": "mrw",
"lang": "Maranao",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "batolakit"
},
{
"code": "nah",
"lang": "Nahuatl",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "tecpatl"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "béésh"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "cakamak",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "चकमक"
},
{
"code": "new",
"lang": "Newar",
"roman": "cwalwahaṃ",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "च्वल्वहं"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pièrre à feu"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "flint"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pèira de fòc"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silèx"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pèira frejal"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pèira selze"
},
{
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"roman": "kremy",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "кремꙑ"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "flint"
},
{
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tinna"
},
{
"code": "one",
"lang": "Oneida",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "kanhya̲’"
},
{
"code": "os",
"lang": "Ossetian",
"roman": "æxson",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "ӕхсон"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "çakmak taşı",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "چاقماق طاشی"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "چقمک"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "čaxmâq",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "چخماق"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ātašzane",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "آتشزنه"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Fiasteen"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "krzemień"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "krzemyk"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "sílex"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "silex"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "cremene"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kreménʹ",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "креме́нь"
},
{
"code": "str",
"lang": "Saanich",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "qentoles"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "кре̏ме̄н"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"masculine"
],
"word": "krȅmēn"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "silicit"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "rohovec"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "pazúrik"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "flint"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "buližník"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "kremen"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kśemjeń"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "křemjeń"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pedernal"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "sílex"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "flinta"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "panting"
},
{
"code": "rif",
"lang": "Tarifit",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "taẓrut"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "kimiḍi",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "కిమిడి"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "hǐn-lèk-fai",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "หินเหล็กไฟ"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "hǐn-fai",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "หินไฟ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "çakmak taşı"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kréminʹ",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кре́мінь"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "đá lửa"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"word": "flintoin"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "callestr"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "fflint"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "fayershteyn",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "פֿײַערשטיינ"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "kizlshteyn",
"sense": "hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "קיזלשטיינ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣawwāna",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "صَوَّانَة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ẓirr",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ظِرّ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ẓurara",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ظُرَرَة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qaddāḥa",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "قَدَّاحَة"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kayckʻar",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"word": "կայծքար"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "saqmataş",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"word": "саҡматаш"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pedrenyal"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pedrenyera"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pedra foguera"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pazourek"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "flint"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vuursteen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "fajroŝtono"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pierre à fusil"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pederneira"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Feuerstein"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Zündstein"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"word": "pyè"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kremen",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кремен"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "belutrak",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "белутрак"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pièrre à feu"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "çakmak taşı",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"word": "چاقماق طاشی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "krzesiwo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pederneira"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ognívo",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "огни́во"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pedernal"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kresálo",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "креса́ло"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"english": "old",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ohnývo",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "огни́во"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"english": "gun",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"word": "flintoin güna"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "callestr"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "piece of flint, such as gunflint used to produce a spark — see also firestriker",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "fflint"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kamǎče",
"sense": "small cylinder",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "камъче"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "small cylinder",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "flint"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "small cylinder",
"word": "kivi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "small cylinder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pierre à briquet"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "small cylinder",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pedernal"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "small cylinder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "piedra"
}
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"en:flint",
"en:flint (disambiguation)"
],
"word": "flint"
}
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"name": "der"
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"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "πλίνθος"
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