lapidify
English
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To become stone or stony.
- (transitive) To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify.
- (transitive) To cause to become permanent; to solidify.
Etymology
Derived from Latin lapis (stone, a stone).
Origin
Latin
lapis
Gloss
stone, a stone
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
石
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- inlapidate English
- lapidable English
- lapidific English
- lapidist English
- lapis lazuli English
- lapicida Latin
- lapidarius Latin
- lapidesco Latin
- lapideus Latin
- lapidicida Latin
- lapillus Latin
- lapis Latin
- lapis Italian
- lápida Spanish, Castilian
- lápiz Spanish, Castilian
- *lep- Proto-Indo-European
- ラピスラズリ Japanese
- llapis Catalan, Valencian
- laps Albanian