See laze on Wiktionary
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"name": "fr-noun"
}
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Laz (the language of the Laz people)"
],
"links": [
[
"Laz",
"Laz"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/laz/"
}
],
"word": "laze"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tbx",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "laze",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Kapin",
"lang_code": "tbx",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Kapin entries with incorrect language header",
"Kapin lemmas",
"Kapin nouns",
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"nit"
],
"links": [
[
"nit",
"nit"
]
]
}
],
"word": "laze"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sk",
"2": "noun form"
},
"expansion": "laze",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"la‧ze"
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"la‧ze"
]
}
],
"lang": "Slovak",
"lang_code": "sk",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Slovak/aze",
"Rhymes:Slovak/aze/2 syllables",
"Slovak 2-syllable words",
"Slovak entries with incorrect language header",
"Slovak non-lemma forms",
"Slovak noun forms",
"Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "laz"
}
],
"glosses": [
"locative singular of laz"
],
"links": [
[
"laz",
"laz#Slovak"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"locative",
"singular"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/laze/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈlaze]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aze"
}
],
"word": "laze"
}
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