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"word": "charlar"
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"word": "טָרָרָם"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intransitive: talk superficially",
"word": "blaterare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "intransitive: talk superficially",
"word": "blaterō"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "boltátʹ",
"sense": "intransitive: talk superficially",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "болта́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "intransitive: talk superficially",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "бр̀бљати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "intransitive: talk superficially",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "br̀bljati"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "intransitive: talk superficially",
"word": "brbljati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intransitive: talk superficially",
"word": "charlar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intransitive: talk superficially",
"word": "parlotear"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "laḥana",
"sense": "to speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge",
"word": "لَحَنَ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "govorja povǎrhnostno",
"sense": "to speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge",
"word": "говоря повърхностно"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge",
"word": "xampurrejar"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge",
"word": "baragouiner"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge",
"word": "chapurrear"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge",
"word": "cortar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge",
"word": "radebrechen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge",
"word": "masticare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kovérkatʹ",
"sense": "to speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "кове́ркать"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ло̀мити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "lòmiti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge",
"word": "chapurrar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge",
"word": "chapurrear"
}
],
"word": "smatter"
}
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ætə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ætə(ɹ)/2 syllables"
],
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"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "smatteren"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "smattra"
},
"expansion": "Swedish smattra",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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{
"form": "smatters",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
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"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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{
"examples": [
{
"text": "a smatter of applause"
}
],
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"A smattering (small number or amount)."
],
"links": [
[
"smattering",
"smattering"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A smattering (superficial knowledge)."
],
"links": [
[
"smattering",
"smattering"
]
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈsmæ.tə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsmæ.təɹ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈsmæ.ɾɚ]",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ætə(ɹ)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-smatter.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7b/En-us-smatter.ogg/En-us-smatter.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/En-us-smatter.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"word": "smatter"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "smattra"
},
"expansion": "Deverbal from smattra",
"name": "deverbal"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Deverbal from smattra.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sv-noun-unc-irreg-n",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "smatter",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"form": "smattret",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"form": "smatters",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"form": "smattrets",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"g": "n",
"g2": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
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"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "n"
},
"expansion": "smatter n",
"name": "sv-noun"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "smatter",
"2": "smattret",
"3": "-",
"4": "-",
"5": "smatters",
"6": "smattrets",
"7": "-",
"8": "-",
"definitions": "",
"gender": "Neuter",
"uncountable": "yes"
},
"name": "sv-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Swedish deverbals",
"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish lemmas",
"Swedish links with redundant wikilinks",
"Swedish neuter nouns",
"Swedish nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"short, sharp, quickly repeating noises, like large raindrops against a window or someone typing quickly on a typewriter, spatter"
],
"links": [
[
"spatter",
"spatter"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
}
],
"word": "smatter"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e9e0a99 and db5a844). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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