"hands" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /hæn(d)z/, [hɛəndz] (note: US, Canada, æ-raising), [heəndz] (note: US, Canada, æ-raising), [hɛːndz] (note: US, Canada, æ-raising) Audio: en-us-hands.ogg [General-American]
Rhymes: -ænz, -ændz Head templates: {{head|en|noun form|g=p}} hands pl
  1. plural of hand Tags: form-of, plural Form of: hand Derived forms: hands-free, handsfree, handsy, kiss hands, look Ma, no hands, piano four hands, quiet hands
    Sense id: en-hands-en-noun-o~vQixs7 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -s (plural) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -s (plural): 68 32

Verb [English]

IPA: /hæn(d)z/, [hɛəndz] (note: US, Canada, æ-raising), [heəndz] (note: US, Canada, æ-raising), [hɛːndz] (note: US, Canada, æ-raising) Audio: en-us-hands.ogg [General-American]
Rhymes: -ænz, -ændz Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} hands
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hand Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: hand
    Sense id: en-hands-en-verb-y03qTfaB Categories (other): English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 23 77 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 19 81 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 18 82

Noun [Norwegian Bokmål]

Forms: handsen [definite, singular], hands [indefinite, plural], handser [indefinite, plural], handsene [definite, plural]
Etymology: Pseudo-anglicism, derived from hands, plural of hand. Etymology templates: {{pseudo-loan|nb|en|hands}} Pseudo-anglicism, derived from hands Head templates: {{nb-noun-irreg|m|handsen|hands|handsene|ip2=handser}} hands m (definite singular handsen, indefinite plural hands or handser, definite plural handsene)
  1. (soccer) handball (illegally touching the ball with the hand in soccer) Tags: masculine

Noun [Norwegian Nynorsk]

Forms: handsen [definite, singular], handsar [indefinite, plural], handsane [definite, plural]
Etymology: Pseudo-anglicism, derived from hands, plural of hand. Etymology templates: {{pseudo-loan|nn|en|hands}} Pseudo-anglicism, derived from hands Head templates: {{nn-noun-m1}} hands m (definite singular handsen, indefinite plural handsar, definite plural handsane)
  1. (soccer) handball (illegally touching the ball with the hand in soccer) Tags: masculine

Noun [Swedish]

Head templates: {{head|sv|noun form}} hands
  1. indefinite genitive singular of hand Tags: form-of, genitive, indefinite, singular Form of: hand
    Sense id: en-hands-sv-noun-1sEb9ilX Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "nn:Football (soccer)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "handball (illegally touching the ball with the hand in soccer)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "soccer",
          "soccer"
        ],
        [
          "handball",
          "handball"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(soccer) handball (illegally touching the ball with the hand in soccer)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "soccer",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hands"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "noun form"
      },
      "expansion": "hands",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish non-lemma forms",
        "Swedish noun forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "hand"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "indefinite genitive singular of hand"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hand",
          "hand#Swedish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hands"
}

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