"fasces" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfæsiːz/
enPR: fas'-eez Rhymes: -æsiːz Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fasces, plural of fascis. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|fasces}} Latin fasces Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} fasces
  1. A Roman symbol of judicial authority consisting of a bundle of wooden sticks, with an axe blade embedded in the centre; used also as a symbol of fascism. Translations (bundle): 束棒 (shùbàng) (Chinese Mandarin), fasces [plural] (Danish), liktorbundt [neuter] (Danish), fasces (Finnish), faisceau [masculine] (French), Faszes [plural] (German), Liktorenbündel [neuter] (German), φάσκες (fáskes) [masculine, plural] (Greek), axarvöndur [masculine] (Icelandic), fascio m fascio littorio [masculine] (Italian), 束桿 (Japanese), фасции (fascii) [plural] (Macedonian), fasces [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), фасции (fascii) [plural] (Russian), фасцы (fascy) [plural] (Russian)

Noun [Latin]

IPA: [ˈfas.keːs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈfaʃ.ʃes] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: fascēs [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|noun form|head=fascēs}} fascēs
  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of fascis Tags: accusative, form-of, nominative, plural, vocative Form of: fascis
    Sense id: en-fasces-la-noun-m1C9v6SN Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries
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      "lang_code": "hi",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "fāsī",
      "word": "फ़ासी"
    }
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        "A Roman symbol of judicial authority consisting of a bundle of wooden sticks, with an axe blade embedded in the centre; used also as a symbol of fascism."
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        [
          "authority",
          "authority"
        ],
        [
          "wooden",
          "wooden"
        ],
        [
          "axe",
          "axe"
        ],
        [
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "lang_code": "cmn",
          "roman": "shùbàng",
          "sense": "bundle",
          "word": "束棒"
        },
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          "code": "da",
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          "lang": "Danish",
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          "sense": "bundle",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "liktorbundt"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "bundle",
          "word": "fasces"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "bundle",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "faisceau"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "bundle",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Faszes"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "bundle",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Liktorenbündel"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "lang_code": "el",
          "roman": "fáskes",
          "sense": "bundle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "φάσκες"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "lang_code": "is",
          "sense": "bundle",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "axarvöndur"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "bundle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fascio m fascio littorio"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "sense": "bundle",
          "word": "束桿"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "sense": "bundle",
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          ],
          "word": "фасции"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
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          "sense": "bundle",
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            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "fasces"
        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
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            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "фасции"
        },
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          "sense": "bundle",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "фасцы"
        }
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈfæsiːz/"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "fas'-eez"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æsiːz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fasces"
}

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      "ipa": "[ˈfaʃ.ʃes]",
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      "sense": "bundle",
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "bundle",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "faisceau"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "bundle",
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      "word": "Faszes"
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      "sense": "bundle",
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    },
    {
      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "fáskes",
      "sense": "bundle",
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      ],
      "word": "φάσκες"
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      "code": "is",
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "bundle",
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      "word": "fascio m fascio littorio"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "sense": "bundle",
      "word": "束桿"
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      "roman": "fascii",
      "sense": "bundle",
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      "word": "fasces"
    },
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}

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