"hematite" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhiː.məˌtaɪt/, /ˈhɛm.əˌtaɪt/ Forms: hematites [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French hematite, from Latin (lapis) haematites, from Ancient Greek αἱματίτης (haimatítēs) λίθος (líthos, “blood-red stone”), from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|hematite}} Middle French hematite, {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{m|la|lapis}} lapis, {{m|la|haematites}} haematites, {{uder|en|grc|αἱματίτης}} Ancient Greek αἱματίτης (haimatítēs), {{m|grc|λίθος||blood-red stone}} λίθος (líthos, “blood-red stone”), {{m|grc|αἷμα||blood}} αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} hematite (usually uncountable, plural hematites)
  1. (mineralogy) An iron ore, mainly peroxide of iron, Fe₂O₃. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Gems, Iron, Minerals Synonyms: kidney ore, martite, hæmatite [dated], haematite [UK] Derived forms: hematitic Related terms: black diamond Translations (mineral): հեմատիտ (hematit) (Armenian), hematit (Azerbaijani), 赤鐵礦 (Chinese Mandarin), 赤铁矿 (chìtiěkuàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 代赭石 (dàizhěshí) (Chinese Mandarin), ematite (Corsican), ematita (Corsican), hematit [masculine] (Czech), hæmatit [common-gender] (Danish), jernglans [common-gender] (Danish), hematiet [neuter] (Dutch), hematito (Esperanto), hematiit (Estonian), raudläik (Estonian), hematiitti (Finnish), verikivi (Finnish), punakivi (Finnish), hématite [feminine] (French), ჰემატიტი (hemaṭiṭi) (Georgian), Hämatit [masculine] (German), αιματίτης (aimatítis) [masculine] (Greek), המטיט (Hebrew), hematito (Ido), ematite [feminine] (Italian), 赤鉄鉱 (sekitekkō) (alt: せきてっこう) (Japanese), 적철석 (jeokcheolseok) (Korean), 적철광 (jeokcheolgwang) (Korean), ferrum rude [neuter] (Latin), hematīts [masculine] (Latvian), hematitas [masculine] (Lithuanian), hematit (Malay), chííh dootłʼizh (Navajo), ematita [feminine] (Occitan), hematyt [masculine] (Polish), hematita [feminine] (Portuguese), hematit [neuter] (Romanian), гемати́т (gematít) (Russian), hematit (Serbo-Croatian), hematita [feminine] (Spanish), hematit [common-gender] (Swedish), hematit (Turkish), gematit (Uzbek)

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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "המטיט"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "hematito"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ematite"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せきてっこう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sekitekkō",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "赤鉄鉱"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeokcheolseok",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "적철석"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeokcheolgwang",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "적철광"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ferrum rude"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hematīts"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hematitas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "hematit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "chííh dootłʼizh"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ematita"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hematyt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hematita"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hematit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gematít",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "гемати́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "hematit"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hematita"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hematit"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "hematit"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "gematit"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hematite"
}

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