"bamsing" meaning in All languages combined

See bamsing on Wiktionary

Noun [Danish]

Etymology: According to ODS, derived from bamse, which in turn is borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål bamse. Etymology templates: {{cog|nb|bamse}} Norwegian Bokmål bamse Head templates: {{head|da|noun||{{{1}}}||{{{sg-def-2}}}||||bamsing||{{{pl-indef-2}}}||{{{pl-indef-3}}}||{{{com}}}|checkredlinks=1|g=c|g2=|head=}} bamsing c, {{da-noun|g=c}} bamsing c
  1. (obsolete) a fat/large and clumsy person or animal Tags: common-gender, obsolete
    Sense id: en-bamsing-da-noun-3priNbUH Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Swedish]

Etymology: bamse + -ing Etymology templates: {{suf|sv|bamse|ing}} bamse + -ing Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=c|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} bamsing c, {{sv-noun|c}} bamsing c Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], bamsing [indefinite, nominative, singular], bamsings [genitive, indefinite, singular], bamsingen [definite, nominative, singular], bamsingens [definite, genitive, singular], bamsingar [indefinite, nominative, plural], bamsingars [genitive, indefinite, plural], bamsingarna [definite, nominative, plural], bamsingarnas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (colloquial) something large, a biggun Tags: colloquial, common-gender Synonyms: bamse

Inflected forms

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    }
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        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{pl-indef-3}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{com}}}",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{1}}}",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{sg-def-2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "checkredlinks": "1",
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        "g2": "",
        "head": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "g": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "bamsing c",
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        }
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        "a fat/large and clumsy person or animal"
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "large",
          "large"
        ],
        [
          "clumsy",
          "clumsy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) a fat/large and clumsy person or animal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bamsing"
}

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        "3": "ing"
      },
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      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "bamse + -ing",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamsing",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamsings",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamsingen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamsingens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamsingar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamsingars",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamsingarna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamsingarnas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bamsing c",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "bamsing c",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish terms suffixed with -ing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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            [
              12,
              19
            ]
          ],
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            [
              14,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Wow! That's a biggun.",
          "text": "Wow! Vilken bamsing.",
          "translation": "Wow! That's a biggun.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              15
            ]
          ],
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            [
              2,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "a big honkin' bear",
          "text": "en jättebamsing till björn",
          "translation": "a big honkin' bear",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "something large, a biggun"
      ],
      "id": "en-bamsing-sv-noun-FIQwLrJb",
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          "large",
          "large"
        ],
        [
          "biggun",
          "biggun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) something large, a biggun"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bamse"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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      },
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    }
  ],
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        "1": "da",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{1}}}",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{sg-def-2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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    },
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Danish nouns",
        "Danish terms with obsolete senses",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        "a fat/large and clumsy person or animal"
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "large",
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        ],
        [
          "clumsy",
          "clumsy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) a fat/large and clumsy person or animal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bamsing"
}

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        "1": "sv",
        "2": "bamse",
        "3": "ing"
      },
      "expansion": "bamse + -ing",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "bamse + -ing",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamsing",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamsings",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamsingen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamsingens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamsingar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamsingars",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamsingarna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamsingarnas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
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        "g4": "",
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        "sort": ""
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "bamsing c",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "Pages with entries",
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        "Swedish common-gender nouns",
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish lemmas",
        "Swedish nouns",
        "Swedish terms suffixed with -ing",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
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              12,
              19
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              20
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Wow! That's a biggun.",
          "text": "Wow! Vilken bamsing.",
          "translation": "Wow! That's a biggun.",
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        },
        {
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            [
              3,
              15
            ]
          ],
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            [
              2,
              12
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          ],
          "english": "a big honkin' bear",
          "text": "en jättebamsing till björn",
          "translation": "a big honkin' bear",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "something large, a biggun"
      ],
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "biggun",
          "biggun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) something large, a biggun"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bamse"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bamsing"
}

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