See Lise on Wiktionary
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"parts": [
"Li",
"se"
]
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Ancient Greek terms with redundant transliterations",
"Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
"Norwegian Bokmål female given names",
"Norwegian Bokmål female given names from Ancient Greek",
"Norwegian Bokmål female given names from Biblical Hebrew",
"Norwegian Bokmål female given names from Latin",
"Norwegian Bokmål female given names from Low German",
"Norwegian Bokmål given names",
"Norwegian Bokmål lemmas",
"Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Biblical Hebrew",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Low German",
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/iːsə",
"Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/iːsə/2 syllables"
],
"glosses": [
"a female given name from Low German [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew], equivalent to English Lisa, a short form of Elisabet (“Elizabeth”)"
],
"links": [
[
"given name",
"given name"
],
[
"Lisa",
"Lisa#English"
],
[
"Elisabet",
"Elisabet#Norwegian_Bokmål"
]
],
"wikipedia": [
"no:Lise"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈliː.sə/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːsə"
}
],
"word": "Lise"
}
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