See spacer on Wiktionary
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"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "m-in",
"dim": "spacerek"
},
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"name": "pl-noun"
}
],
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"spa‧cer"
],
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"args": {},
"name": "pl-decl-noun-m-in"
}
],
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "spacerować"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Polish 2-syllable words",
"Polish deverbals",
"Polish entries with incorrect language header",
"Polish inanimate nouns",
"Polish lemmas",
"Polish links with manual fragments",
"Polish links with redundant alt parameters",
"Polish links with redundant wikilinks",
"Polish masculine nouns",
"Polish nouns",
"Polish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Polish terms with audio pronunciation",
"Rhymes:Polish/at͡sɛr",
"Rhymes:Polish/at͡sɛr/2 syllables",
"pl:Gaits"
],
"glosses": [
"stroll, walk (wandering on foot; idle and leisurely walk)"
],
"links": [
[
"stroll",
"stroll"
],
[
"walk",
"walk"
]
],
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{
"word": "przechadzka"
}
],
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"inanimate",
"masculine"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈspa.t͡sɛr/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-at͡sɛr"
}
],
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}
Download raw JSONL data for spacer meaning in All languages combined (7.4kB)
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"subsection": "noun",
"title": "spacer",
"trace": ""
}
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