"lignite" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /lɪɡnaɪ̯t/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lignite.wav [Southern-England] Forms: lignites [plural]
enPR: lĭgnīt Rhymes: -aɪt Etymology: From French lignite, from Latin lignum (“firewood”) + -ite. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|lignite}} French lignite, {{af|en|lignum|-ite|lang1=la|t1=firewood}} Latin lignum (“firewood”) + -ite Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lignite (countable and uncountable, plural lignites)
  1. A low-grade, brownish-black coal. Wikipedia link: lignite Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Coal, Rocks Synonyms: brown coal, dirty coal Translations (coal): bruinkool (Afrikaans), ligniet (Afrikaans), linjiti [masculine] (Albanian), فحم بني (faḥm bunniyy) [masculine] (Arabic), լիգնիտ (lignit) (Armenian), գորշ ածուխ (gorš acux) (Armenian), lignitu [masculine] (Asturian), lignito (Basque), ikatz arrea (Basque), бу́ры ву́галь (búry vúhalʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), лігніт (lihnit) [masculine] (Belarusian), লিগনাইট (ligonaiṭ) (Bengali), лигнит (lignit) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ကျောက်မီးသွေးနု (kyaukmi:swe:nu.) (Burmese), lignit [masculine] (Catalan), 褐煤 (hot³ mui⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 褐煤 (alt: hèméi (mainland China) / héméi (Taiwan)) (Chinese Mandarin), hnědé uhlí [neuter] (Czech), lignit [masculine] (Czech), brunkul [neuter] (Danish), bruinkool [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), lignito (Esperanto), pruunsüsi (Estonian), ruskohiili (Finnish), lignite [masculine] (French), lignito [masculine] (Galician), მურა ნახშირი (mura naxširi) (Georgian), Braunkohle [feminine] (German), λιγνίτης (lignítis) [masculine] (Greek), ליגניט (lignit) [masculine] (Hebrew), लिग्नाइट (lignāiṭ) (Hindi), barnaszén (Hungarian), lignit (Hungarian), surtarbrandur [masculine] (Icelandic), brúnkol [neuter] (Icelandic), lignito (Ido), lignit (Indonesian), gual donn [masculine] (Irish), lignite [feminine] (Italian), 褐炭 (kattan) (alt: かったん) (Japanese), 亜炭 (atan) (alt: あたん) (Japanese), лигнит (lignit) (Kazakh), 갈탄 (galtan) (Korean), 아탄 (atan) (Korean), күрөң көмүр (küröŋ kömür) (Kyrgyz), lignitus [masculine] (Latin), lignīts [masculine] (Latvian), brūnogles [masculine] (Latvian), lignitas [masculine] (Lithuanian), rusvoji anglis [feminine] (Lithuanian), brunica [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), bruny wugel [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), ли́гнит (lígnit) [masculine] (Macedonian), linita (Malagasy), хүрэн нүүрс (xüren nüürs) (Mongolian), łeejin (Navajo), brunkull [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), brunkol [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), brunkol [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), زغال قهوهای (zoğâl qahve-'i) (Persian), węgiel brunatny [masculine] (Polish), linhite [feminine] (Portuguese), lignite [feminine] (Portuguese), lignito [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), linhito [masculine] (Portuguese), lignit [neuter] (Romanian), cărbune brun [masculine] (Romanian), бу́рый у́голь (búryj úgolʹ) [masculine] (Russian), лигни́т (lignít) [masculine] (Russian), лѝгнӣт [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lìgnīt [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), hnedé uhlie [neuter] (Slovak), lignit [masculine] (Slovak), lignit [masculine] (Slovene), rjavi premog [masculine] (Slovene), lignito [masculine] (Spanish), brunkol [neuter] (Swedish), lignit (Swedish), లిగ్నైట్ (lignaiṭ) (Telugu), ลิกไนต์ (lík-nai) (Thai), linyit (Turkish), бу́ре вугі́лля (búre vuhíllja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), лігні́т (lihnít) [masculine] (Ukrainian), brunica [feminine] (Upper Sorbian), brune wuhlo [neuter] (Upper Sorbian), лигнит (lignit) [Cyrillic] (Uzbek), lignit [Roman] (Uzbek), than nâu (Vietnamese)

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          "code": "af",
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          "sense": "coal",
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          "word": "լիգնիտ"
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          "sense": "coal",
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          "sense": "coal",
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "coal",
          "word": "lignito"
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          "sense": "coal",
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "búry vúhalʹ",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "бу́ры ву́галь"
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "lihnit",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "ligonaiṭ",
          "sense": "coal",
          "word": "লিগনাইট"
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          "roman": "lignit",
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          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "kyaukmi:swe:nu.",
          "sense": "coal",
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          "lang": "Catalan",
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          "code": "yue",
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          "roman": "hot³ mui⁴",
          "sense": "coal",
          "word": "褐煤"
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          "sense": "coal",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "coal",
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          "word": "hnědé uhlí"
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          "sense": "coal",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "coal",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "coal",
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "coal",
          "word": "pruunsüsi"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "coal",
          "word": "ruskohiili"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "lignite"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "lignito"
        },
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mura naxširi",
          "sense": "coal",
          "word": "მურა ნახშირი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Braunkohle"
        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "lignítis",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "λιγνίτης"
        },
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "lignit",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "ליגניט"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "lignāiṭ",
          "sense": "coal",
          "word": "लिग्नाइट"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "coal",
          "word": "barnaszén"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "coal",
          "word": "lignit"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "surtarbrandur"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "brúnkol"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "coal",
          "word": "lignito"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "coal",
          "word": "lignit"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gual donn"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lignite"
        },
        {
          "alt": "かったん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kattan",
          "sense": "coal",
          "word": "褐炭"
        },
        {
          "alt": "あたん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "atan",
          "sense": "coal",
          "word": "亜炭"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "lignit",
          "sense": "coal",
          "word": "лигнит"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "galtan",
          "sense": "coal",
          "word": "갈탄"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "atan",
          "sense": "coal",
          "word": "아탄"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "küröŋ kömür",
          "sense": "coal",
          "word": "күрөң көмүр"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lignitus"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lignīts"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brūnogles"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lignitas"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rusvoji anglis"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "lígnit",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ли́гнит"
        },
        {
          "code": "mg",
          "lang": "Malagasy",
          "sense": "coal",
          "word": "linita"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "xüren nüürs",
          "sense": "coal",
          "word": "хүрэн нүүрс"
        },
        {
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "coal",
          "word": "łeejin"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "brunkull"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "brunkol"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "brunkol"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "zoğâl qahve-'i",
          "sense": "coal",
          "word": "زغال قهوهای"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "węgiel brunatny"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "linhite"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lignite"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "lignito"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "linhito"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "lignit"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cărbune brun"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "búryj úgolʹ",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "бу́рый у́голь"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lignít",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "лигни́т"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
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          "word": "лѝгнӣт"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lìgnīt"
        },
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hnedé uhlie"
        },
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "lignit"
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "lignit"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rjavi premog"
        },
        {
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "brunica"
        },
        {
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
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          "code": "hsb",
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          "sense": "coal",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "coal",
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          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
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          "sense": "coal",
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "lík-nai",
          "sense": "coal",
          "word": "ลิกไนต์"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "coal",
          "word": "linyit"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "coal",
          "word": "than nâu"
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        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "bruinkool"
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "ligniet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "linjiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "faḥm bunniyy",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "فحم بني"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "lignit",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "լիգնիտ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "gorš acux",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "գորշ ածուխ"
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "lignito"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "ikatz arrea"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "búry vúhalʹ",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бу́ры ву́галь"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
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      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "ligonaiṭ",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "লিগনাইট"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lignit",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лигнит"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "kyaukmi:swe:nu.",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "ကျောက်မီးသွေးနု"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "lignit"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
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      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "褐煤"
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      "alt": "hèméi (mainland China) / héméi (Taiwan)",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "褐煤"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hnědé uhlí"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lignit"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "brunkul"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "lignito"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "pruunsüsi"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "ruskohiili"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lignite"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lignito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mura naxširi",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "მურა ნახშირი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Braunkohle"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "lignítis",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "λιγνίτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "lignit",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ליגניט"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "lignāiṭ",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "लिग्नाइट"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "barnaszén"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "lignit"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "surtarbrandur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "brúnkol"
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    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "lignito"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "lignit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gual donn"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lignite"
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    {
      "alt": "かったん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kattan",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "褐炭"
    },
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      "alt": "あたん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "atan",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "亜炭"
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    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "lignit",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "лигнит"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "galtan",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "갈탄"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "atan",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "아탄"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "küröŋ kömür",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "күрөң көмүр"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lignitus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lignīts"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brūnogles"
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    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lignitas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rusvoji anglis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "lígnit",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ли́гнит"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "linita"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xüren nüürs",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "хүрэн нүүрс"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "łeejin"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "brunkull"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "brunkol"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "brunkol"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zoğâl qahve-'i",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "زغال قهوهای"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "węgiel brunatny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "linhite"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lignite"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lignito"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "linhito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lignit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cărbune brun"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бу́рый у́голь"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lignít",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "лигни́т"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "лѝгнӣт"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "lìgnīt"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hnedé uhlie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lignit"
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    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lignit"
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    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rjavi premog"
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    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brunica"
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    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bruny wugel"
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      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "brunica"
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    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "brune wuhlo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lignito"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "brunkol"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "lignit"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "lignaiṭ",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "లిగ్నైట్"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lík-nai",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "ลิกไนต์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "linyit"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "búre vuhíllja",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бу́ре вугі́лля"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lihnít",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лігні́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "roman": "lignit",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "лигнит"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "coal",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "lignit"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "than nâu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lignite"
}

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