"olivine" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɒl.ɪˌviːn/ [UK], /ˈɑl.əˌvin/ [US] Forms: olivines [plural]
Etymology: From olive + -in, later remodelled after -ine. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|olive|in}} olive + -in Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} olivine (countable and uncountable, plural olivines)
  1. (mineralogy, geology) Any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Geology, Minerals Synonyms: chrysolite, Hawaiian peridot Hyponyms: peridot, ringwoodite Derived forms: calcio-olivine, olivinic [adjective], olivinitic Related terms: bluestone Translations (family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals): оливин (olivin) (Bashkir), olivina [feminine] (Catalan), 橄欖石 /橄榄石 (gǎnlǎnshí) (Chinese Mandarin), olivino (Esperanto), oliviin (Estonian), oliviini (Finnish), olivine [feminine] (French), olivina [feminine] (Galician), Olivin [masculine] (German), ολιβίνης (olivínis) [masculine] (Greek), אוליבין (olivín) (Hebrew), ólivín [neuter] (Icelandic), olivina [feminine] (Italian), カンラン石 (kanranseki) (alt: かんらんせき) (Japanese), 橄欖石 (kanranseki) (alt: かんらんせき) (Japanese), оливин (olivin) (Kazakh), 감람석 (gamnamseok) (Korean), оливин (olivin) (Kyrgyz), tsé dootłʼizh (Navajo), olîvîn [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), olivina [feminine] (Portuguese), оливи́н (olivín) [masculine] (Russian), olivino (Spanish), olibino (Tagalog), оліві́н (olivín) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "olivin",
      "sense": "family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals",
      "word": "оливин"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals",
      "word": "tsé dootłʼizh"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "olivina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "olivín",
      "sense": "family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "оливи́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals",
      "word": "olivino"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals",
      "word": "olibino"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "olivín",
      "sense": "family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "оліві́н"
    }
  ],
  "word": "olivine"
}

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