See griffon on Wiktionary
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}
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}
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},
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},
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],
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"griffin"
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],
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"Welsh nouns",
"Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines",
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"Welsh terms derived from Middle English",
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"word": "ci griffon"
}
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"plural"
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"tags": [
"table-tags"
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},
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"soft"
]
},
{
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"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
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]
}
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],
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]
],
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},
{
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]
],
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],
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}
Download raw JSONL data for griffon meaning in All languages combined (15.3kB)
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"path": [
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"subsection": "noun",
"title": "griffon",
"trace": ""
}
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"path": [
"griffon"
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"title": "griffon",
"trace": ""
}
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"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: griffon/Welsh 'radical' base_tags=set()",
"path": [
"griffon"
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"subsection": "noun",
"title": "griffon",
"trace": ""
}
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"trace": ""
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"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: griffon/Welsh 'aspirate' base_tags={'soft', 'error-unrecognized-form'}",
"path": [
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],
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"subsection": "noun",
"title": "griffon",
"trace": ""
}
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