"stalagmite" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /stəˈlæɡˌmaɪt/ [US], /ˈstæl.əɡˌmaɪt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stalagmite.wav [Southern-England] Forms: stalagmites [plural]
Etymology: From New Latin stalagmitēs, from Ancient Greek στάλαγμα (stálagma, “drop”) or σταλαγμός (stalagmós, “dripping”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|stalagmitēs}} New Latin stalagmitēs, {{der|en|grc|στάλαγμα||drop}} Ancient Greek στάλαγμα (stálagma, “drop”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} stalagmite (plural stalagmites)
  1. (geology) A secondary mineral deposit of calcium carbonate or other mineral, in shapes similar to icicles, that lies on the ground of a cave. Wikipedia link: stalagmite Categories (topical): Geology Derived forms: stalagmitic, stalagmitical, stalagmitically Related terms: speleothem, calthemite Translations (mineral deposit): պտկաքար (ptkakʻar) (Armenian), сталагмі́т (stalahmít) [masculine] (Belarusian), сталягмі́т (staljahmít) [masculine] (Belarusian), estalagmita [feminine] (Catalan), 石筍 (Chinese Mandarin), 石笋 (shísǔn) (Chinese Mandarin), stalagmit [masculine] (Czech), druipsteenkegel [masculine] (Dutch), druipsteen [masculine] (Dutch), stalagmito (Esperanto), tippukivipylväs (Finnish), stalagmiitti (Finnish), stalagmite [masculine] (French), სტალაგმიტი (sṭalagmiṭi) (Georgian), Stalagmit [masculine] (German), σταλαγμίτης (stalagmítis) [masculine] (Greek), sztalagmit (Hungarian), dropasteinskerti [neuter] (Icelandic), aolchoinneal [feminine] (Irish), 石筍 (sekijun) (alt: せきじゅん) (Japanese), тасқада (tasqada) (Kazakh), 석순 (seoksun) (alt: 石筍) (Korean), keotū (Maori), استالاگمیت (estâlâgmit) (Persian), کلفخشنگ (kalafaxšang) (Persian), stalagmit [masculine] (Polish), estalagmite [feminine] (Portuguese), сталагми́т (stalagmít) [masculine] (Russian), stalagmit [masculine] (Slovene), estalagmita [feminine] (Spanish), stalagmit [common-gender] (Swedish), estalagmita (Tagalog), หินงอก (hǐn-ngɔ̂ɔk) (Thai), dikit (Turkish), сталагмі́т (stalahmít) [masculine] (Ukrainian), măng đá (Vietnamese)

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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mineral deposit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estalagmita"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mineral deposit",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "stalagmit"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "mineral deposit",
      "word": "estalagmita"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "hǐn-ngɔ̂ɔk",
      "sense": "mineral deposit",
      "word": "หินงอก"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mineral deposit",
      "word": "dikit"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "stalahmít",
      "sense": "mineral deposit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сталагмі́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "mineral deposit",
      "word": "măng đá"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stalagmite"
}

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