"meteorite" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmiː.tɪ.ə.ɹaɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmi.ti.əˌɹaɪt/ [General-American], /-ɾi-/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-meteorite.ogg [General-American] Forms: meteorites [plural]
Etymology: meteor + -ite Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|meteor|ite}} meteor + -ite Head templates: {{en-noun}} meteorite (plural meteorites)
  1. A metallic or stony object or body that is the remains of a meteoroid. Wikipedia link: meteorite Categories (topical): Astronomy Synonyms: meteorite Hypernyms: entity Meronyms: alabandite, chondrule, clinoenstatite, hibonite, kamacite, taenite, troilite Derived forms: iron meteorite, meteoritic, meteoriticist, meteoritics, meteorwrong, micrometeorite Translations (remains of a meteor): meteorit [masculine] (Albanian), حَجَر نَيْزَكِيّ (ḥajar nayzakiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), երկնաքար (erknakʻar) (Armenian), meteoritu [masculine] (Asturian), meteorit (Azerbaijani), meteorito (Basque), метэары́т (mjetearýt) [masculine] (Belarusian), উল্কাপিণ্ড (ulkapinḍo) (Bengali), метеори́т (meteorít) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ဥက္ကာခဲ (ukkahkai:) (Burmese), meteorit [masculine] (Catalan), 隕石 (Chinese Mandarin), 陨石 (yǔnshí) (Chinese Mandarin), men kowas [masculine] (Cornish), meteorit [masculine] (Czech), meteorit [common-gender] (Danish), meteoriet [masculine] (Dutch), meteorito (Esperanto), aerolito (Esperanto), meteorŝtono (Esperanto), aerŝtono (Esperanto), meteoriit (Estonian), meteoriitti (Finnish), météorite [feminine] (French), meteorito [masculine] (Galician), მეტეორიტი (meṭeoriṭi) (Georgian), Meteorit [masculine] (German), μετεωρίτης (meteorítis) [masculine] (Greek), מֶטֶאוֹרִיט (meteorit) [masculine] (Hebrew), כּוֹכָב נוֹפֵל (Hebrew), उल्कापिंड (ulkāpiṇḍ) [masculine] (Hindi), meteorit (Hungarian), loftsteinn [masculine] (Icelandic), dreigít [feminine] (Irish), meteorite [feminine] (Italian), 隕石 (inseki) (alt: いんせき) (Japanese), метеорит (meteorit) (Kazakh), ឧក្កាបាត (’ukkaabaat) (Khmer), អាចម៍ផ្កាយ (ʼac phkaay) (Khmer), 운석 (unseok) (alt: 隕石) (Korean), метеорит (meteorit) (Kyrgyz), ອຸກກາບາດ (ʼuk kā bāt) (Lao), meteorīts [masculine] (Latvian), meteoritas [masculine] (Lithuanian), метеорит (meteorit) [masculine] (Macedonian), meteorit (Malay), meteorit [masculine] (Maltese), matakōkiri (Maori), whatu kōkiri (Maori), газарт унасан солир (gazart unasan solir) (Mongolian), солирын чулуулаг (soliryn čuluulag) (Mongolian), cītlalmītl (Nahuatl), meteoritt [masculine] (Norwegian), meteorit [masculine] (Occitan), شهابسنگ (šahâb-sang) (Persian), meteoryt [masculine] (Polish), meteorito [masculine] (Portuguese), ਉਲਕਾ ਪਿੰਡ (ulakā piṇḍ) (Punjabi), pachakawri rumi (Quechua), meteorit [masculine] (Romanian), метеори́т (meteorít) [masculine] (Russian), dreagag [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), метеорит [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), meteorit [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), meteorit [masculine] (Slovak), meteorit [masculine] (Slovene), meteorito [masculine] (Spanish), meteorit [common-gender] (Swedish), bulalato (Tagalog), meteorita (Tagalog), шиҳобпора (šihobpora) (Tajik), метеорит (meteorit) (Tajik), шиҳобсанг (šihobsang) (Tajik), விண்வீழ்கல் (viṇvīḻkal) (Tamil), метеорит (meteorit) (Tatar), อุกกาบาต (ùk-gaa-bàat) (Thai), göktaşı (Turkish), meteorit (Turkish), meteorit (Turkmen), метеори́т (meteorýt) [masculine] (Ukrainian), شہابی پتھر (śihābī patthar) [masculine] (Urdu), مېتېئورىت (mëtë'orit) (Uyghur), meteorit (Uzbek), thiên thạch (Vietnamese), vẫn thạch (Vietnamese), meteorit (Zazaki)

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          "word": "陨石"
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
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        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "aerŝtono"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "meteoriitti"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "meteorito"
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        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "meṭeoriṭi",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "მეტეორიტი"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "Meteorit"
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "meteorítis",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "meteorit",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "כּוֹכָב נוֹפֵל"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ulkāpiṇḍ",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "उल्कापिंड"
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        {
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          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
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          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "隕石"
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          "lang": "Kazakh",
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          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "’ukkaabaat",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "ឧក្កាបាត"
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "ʼac phkaay",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "អាចម៍ផ្កាយ"
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          "alt": "隕石",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "unseok",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "운석"
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          "word": "метеорит"
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          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "ອຸກກາບາດ"
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "ms",
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          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
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        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "matakōkiri"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "whatu kōkiri"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "gazart unasan solir",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "газарт унасан солир"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "soliryn čuluulag",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "солирын чулуулаг"
        },
        {
          "code": "nah",
          "lang": "Nahuatl",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "cītlalmītl"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "meteoritt"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "meteorit"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "šahâb-sang",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "شهابسنگ"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "meteoryt"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "meteorito"
        },
        {
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "ulakā piṇḍ",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "ਉਲਕਾ ਪਿੰਡ"
        },
        {
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "pachakawri rumi"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "meteorit"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "meteorít",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "метеори́т"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dreagag"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "метеорит"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "meteorit"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "meteorit"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "meteorit"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "meteorito"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "meteorit"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "bulalato"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "meteorita"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "šihobpora",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "шиҳобпора"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "meteorit",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "метеорит"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "šihobsang",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "шиҳобсанг"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "viṇvīḻkal",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "விண்வீழ்கல்"
        },
        {
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "meteorit",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "метеорит"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "ùk-gaa-bàat",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "อุกกาบาต"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "göktaşı"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "meteorit"
        },
        {
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "meteorit"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "meteorýt",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "метеори́т"
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        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "śihābī patthar",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "شہابی پتھر"
        },
        {
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "mëtë'orit",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "مېتېئورىت"
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        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "meteorit"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "thiên thạch"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
          "word": "vẫn thạch"
        },
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          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "remains of a meteor",
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      "word": "chassignite"
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    {
      "word": "chondrite"
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      "word": "fireball"
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      "word": "nakhlite"
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      "word": "shergottite"
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      "word": "ureilite"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:meteorite",
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        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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        "English nouns",
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        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "Georgian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Hebrew terms with redundant script codes",
        "Hindi terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Punjabi terms with redundant script codes",
        "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
        "Ukrainian terms with redundant script codes",
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meteorit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥajar nayzakiyy",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "حَجَر نَيْزَكِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "erknakʻar",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "երկնաքար"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meteoritu"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "meteorit"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "meteorito"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "mjetearýt",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "метэары́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "ulkapinḍo",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "উল্কাপিণ্ড"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "meteorít",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "метеори́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "ukkahkai:",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "ဥက္ကာခဲ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meteorit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "隕石"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǔnshí",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "陨石"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "men kowas"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meteorit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "meteorit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meteoriet"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "meteorito"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "aerolito"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "meteorŝtono"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "aerŝtono"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "meteoriit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "meteoriitti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "météorite"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meteorito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "meṭeoriṭi",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "მეტეორიტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Meteorit"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "meteorítis",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μετεωρίτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "meteorit",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מֶטֶאוֹרִיט"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "כּוֹכָב נוֹפֵל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ulkāpiṇḍ",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "उल्कापिंड"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "meteorit"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "loftsteinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dreigít"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "meteorite"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いんせき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "inseki",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "隕石"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "meteorit",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "метеорит"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "’ukkaabaat",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "ឧក្កាបាត"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼac phkaay",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "អាចម៍ផ្កាយ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "隕石",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "unseok",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "운석"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "meteorit",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "метеорит"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ʼuk kā bāt",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "ອຸກກາບາດ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meteorīts"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meteoritas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "meteorit",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "метеорит"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "meteorit"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meteorit"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "matakōkiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "whatu kōkiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "gazart unasan solir",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "газарт унасан солир"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "soliryn čuluulag",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "солирын чулуулаг"
    },
    {
      "code": "nah",
      "lang": "Nahuatl",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "cītlalmītl"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meteoritt"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meteorit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šahâb-sang",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "شهابسنگ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meteoryt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meteorito"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "ulakā piṇḍ",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "ਉਲਕਾ ਪਿੰਡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "pachakawri rumi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meteorit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "meteorít",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "метеори́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dreagag"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "метеорит"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meteorit"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meteorit"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meteorit"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meteorito"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "meteorit"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "bulalato"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "meteorita"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "šihobpora",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "шиҳобпора"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "meteorit",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "метеорит"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "šihobsang",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "шиҳобсанг"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "viṇvīḻkal",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "விண்வீழ்கல்"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "meteorit",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "метеорит"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ùk-gaa-bàat",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "อุกกาบาต"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "göktaşı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "meteorit"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "meteorit"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "meteorýt",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "метеори́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "śihābī patthar",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شہابی پتھر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "mëtë'orit",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "مېتېئورىت"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "meteorit"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "thiên thạch"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "vẫn thạch"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "remains of a meteor",
      "word": "meteorit"
    }
  ],
  "word": "meteorite"
}

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