"cataracta" meaning in All languages combined

See cataracta on Wiktionary

Noun [Catalan]

IPA: [kə.təˈɾak.tə] [Balearic, Central], [ka.taˈɾak.ta] [Valencia] Audio: LL-Q7026 (cat)-Marvives-cataracta.wav Forms: cataractes [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin cataracta. Etymology templates: {{lbor|ca|la|cataracta}} Learned borrowing from Latin cataracta Head templates: {{ca-noun|f}} cataracta f (plural cataractes)
  1. cataract (degeneration of the eye) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cataracta-ca-noun-CKJoYWAC Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Eye, Pathology

Noun [Latin]

IPA: [ka.taˈrak.ta] [Classical-Latin], [ka.taˈrak.ta] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek καταρράκτης (katarrháktēs), from καταράσσω (katarássō, “pour down”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|καταρράκτης}} Ancient Greek καταρράκτης (katarrháktēs) Head templates: {{la-noun|cataracta<1>}} cataracta f (genitive cataractae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cataracta<1>}} Forms: cataractae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cataracta [nominative, singular], cataractae [nominative, plural], cataractae [genitive, singular], cataractārum [genitive, plural], cataractae [dative, singular], cataractīs [dative, plural], cataractam [accusative, singular], cataractās [accusative, plural], cataractā [ablative, singular], cataractīs [ablative, plural], cataracta [singular, vocative], cataractae [plural, vocative]
  1. waterfall Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-cataracta-la-noun-PLViyJcV Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Landforms, Water Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 43 Disambiguation of Landforms: 90 10 Disambiguation of Water: 99 1
  2. drawbridge, portcullis Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-cataracta-la-noun-19BcqQpi

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|altform=1}} cataracta
  1. alternative form of cataract Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: cataract
    Sense id: en-cataracta-enm-noun-Hj8n2N2W Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cataractās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cataractā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cataractīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cataracta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cataractae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cataracta<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "cataracta f (genitive cataractae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cataracta<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "waterfall"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "waterfall",
          "waterfall"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "drawbridge, portcullis"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "drawbridge",
          "drawbridge"
        ],
        [
          "portcullis",
          "portcullis"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ka.taˈrak.ta]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka.taˈrak.ta]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cataracta"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun",
        "altform": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "cataracta",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "cataract"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Middle English alternative forms",
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of cataract"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cataract",
          "cataract#Middle_English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cataracta"
}

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