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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-open sesame.wav Forms: open sesames [plural]
Etymology: From its use in Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, translating French Sésame, ouvre-toi in Antoine Galland's version of the Ali Baba story in the One Thousand and One Nights, possibly based on an oral Arabic source. Not, as some have purported, a corruption of Open, says me!. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|fr|Sésame, ouvre-toi|notext=1}} French Sésame, ouvre-toi, {{der|en|ar|-}} Arabic Head templates: {{en-noun}} open sesame (plural open sesames)
  1. Any successful means of achieving a result, especially means that are magical or technical, or otherwise beyond the understanding of most people. Translations (successful means of achieving a result): taikasana (Finnish), seesam [archaic] (Finnish), sésame [masculine] (French), chiave di volta [feminine] (Italian), açıl susam açıl [also] (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-open_sesame-en-noun-FDoU5YDD

Phrase [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-open sesame.wav
Etymology: From its use in Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, translating French Sésame, ouvre-toi in Antoine Galland's version of the Ali Baba story in the One Thousand and One Nights, possibly based on an oral Arabic source. Not, as some have purported, a corruption of Open, says me!. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|fr|Sésame, ouvre-toi|notext=1}} French Sésame, ouvre-toi, {{der|en|ar|-}} Arabic Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} open sesame
  1. open up (especially referring to doors) Categories (topical): Magic words Synonyms: open, Sesame, open, sesame, open Sesame Translations (open up): اِفْتَح يَا سِمْسِم (iftaḥ yā simsim) (Arabic), simsim, açıl (Azerbaijani), obre't sèsam (Catalan), 芝麻開門 (Chinese Cantonese), 芝麻开门 (zi¹ maa⁴ hoi¹ mun⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 芝麻開門 (Chinese Mandarin), 芝麻开门 (zhīma kāimén) (Chinese Mandarin), sezame, otevři se (Czech), sesam, luk dig op (Danish), seesam avane (Estonian), seesam aukene (Finnish), Sésame, ouvre-toi (French), Sesam, öffne dich (German), szezám, tárulj (Hungarian), apriti sesamo (Italian), 開け胡麻 (Japanese), 開けゴマ (hirake goma) (alt: ひらけごま) (Japanese), отво́ри се, се́заме (otvóri se, sézame) (Macedonian), سسمی باز شو (sesemi bâz šov) (Persian), Sezamie, otwórz się [masculine] (Polish), abre-te sésamo (Portuguese), сеза́м, откро́йся (sezám, otkrójsja) (Russian), симси́м, откро́йся (simsím, otkrójsja) (Russian), ábrete sésamo (Spanish), sesam, öppna dig! (Swedish), açıl susam (Turkish), açıl susam açıl (Turkish)
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          "open up",
          "open up#English"
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      "word": "open, Sesame"
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      "word": "open, sesame"
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      "word": "open Sesame"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "iftaḥ yā simsim",
      "sense": "open up",
      "word": "اِفْتَح يَا سِمْسِم"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "open up",
      "word": "simsim, açıl"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "open up",
      "word": "obre't sèsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "open up",
      "word": "芝麻開門"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "zi¹ maa⁴ hoi¹ mun⁴",
      "sense": "open up",
      "word": "芝麻开门"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "open up",
      "word": "芝麻開門"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhīma kāimén",
      "sense": "open up",
      "word": "芝麻开门"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "open up",
      "word": "sezame, otevři se"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "open up",
      "word": "sesam, luk dig op"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "open up",
      "word": "seesam avane"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "open up",
      "word": "seesam aukene"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "open up",
      "word": "Sésame, ouvre-toi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "open up",
      "word": "Sesam, öffne dich"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "open up",
      "word": "szezám, tárulj"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "open up",
      "word": "apriti sesamo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "open up",
      "word": "開け胡麻"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひらけごま",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hirake goma",
      "sense": "open up",
      "word": "開けゴマ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "otvóri se, sézame",
      "sense": "open up",
      "word": "отво́ри се, се́заме"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sesemi bâz šov",
      "sense": "open up",
      "word": "سسمی باز شو"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "open up",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sezamie, otwórz się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "open up",
      "word": "abre-te sésamo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sezám, otkrójsja",
      "sense": "open up",
      "word": "сеза́м, откро́йся"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "simsím, otkrójsja",
      "sense": "open up",
      "word": "симси́м, откро́йся"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "open up",
      "word": "ábrete sésamo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "open up",
      "word": "sesam, öppna dig!"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "open up",
      "word": "açıl susam"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "open up",
      "word": "açıl susam açıl"
    }
  ],
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    "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves",
    "Antoine Galland",
    "One Thousand and One Nights"
  ],
  "word": "open sesame"
}

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      "name": "calque"
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          "ref": "1899, William Wallace Cook, “Aquastor”, in Overland Monthly, page 15:",
          "text": "\"The blue topaz was bought by me, from the chieftain of the tribe to which Quacal belongs. It is an ‘open sesame’ to his favor.\"",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1905, John Ruskin, The Works of John Ruskin, page lv:",
          "text": "He who can read a true book aright has an open sesame to audiences with the great and wise of all time.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1963, William J. Palmer, Trial Tactics in California, page 57:",
          "text": "Relevancy not always an open sesame having in mind the over-all authority and discretion of the trial judge.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001 September 24, Gareth McLean, “Sympathy for a devil”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "When Mussolini was a young chap, he dabbled with socialism, imagining it to be an open sesame to a better society.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "Any successful means of achieving a result, especially means that are magical or technical, or otherwise beyond the understanding of most people."
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    {
      "word": "open, Sesame"
    },
    {
      "word": "open, sesame"
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      "word": "open Sesame"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "successful means of achieving a result",
      "word": "taikasana"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "successful means of achieving a result",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "seesam"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "successful means of achieving a result",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sésame"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "successful means of achieving a result",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chiave di volta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "raw_tags": [
        "in imperative as a deverbal noun"
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      "sense": "successful means of achieving a result",
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      "word": "açıl susam açıl"
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    "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves",
    "Antoine Galland",
    "One Thousand and One Nights"
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}

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