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"expansion": "Etymology tree\nSpanish con-\nNew Latin focālislbor.\nSpanish focal\nSpanish confocal\n[Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"New Latin\", \"term\" : \"focālis\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"la-new\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"lbor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Spanish\", \"term\" : \"focal\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"es\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Spanish\", \"term\" : \"confocal\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"es\" }\" data-lang=\"es\" data-title=\"confocal\">\nFrom con- + focal.",
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}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nSpanish con-\nNew Latin focālislbor.\nSpanish focal\nSpanish confocal\nFrom con- + focal.",
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"form": "confocales",
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"plural"
]
}
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"con‧fo‧cal"
],
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"parts": [
"con‧fo‧cal"
]
}
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"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymology trees",
"Pages with etymon",
"Rhymes:Spanish/al",
"Rhymes:Spanish/al/3 syllables",
"Spanish 3-syllable words",
"Spanish adjectives",
"Spanish entries referencing missing etymons",
"Spanish entries with etymology texts",
"Spanish entries with etymology trees",
"Spanish entries with etymon",
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"es:Optics"
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"confocal"
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[
"optics",
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[
"mathematics",
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[
"confocal",
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"masculine"
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"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"optics",
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"ipa": "/konfoˈkal/"
},
{
"ipa": "[kõɱ.foˈkal]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-al"
}
],
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}
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