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"ref": "1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XLIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 267:",
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"1": "en",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "speaking",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Who is that speaking? -Hi. This is José García (speaking)."
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "speak"
}
],
"glosses": [
"present participle and gerund of speak"
],
"links": [
[
"speak",
"speak#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"gerund",
"participle",
"present"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈspiː.kɪŋ/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈspi.kɪŋ/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-speaking.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/En-us-speaking.ogg/En-us-speaking.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/En-us-speaking.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈspiː.kɪŋ/",
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈspɪi̯.kɪŋ]",
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːkɪŋ"
}
],
"word": "speaking"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English interjections",
"English lemmas",
"English non-lemma forms",
"English verb forms",
"English verbal nouns",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Requests for review of French translations",
"Rhymes:English/iːkɪŋ",
"Rhymes:English/iːkɪŋ/2 syllables",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"en:Talking"
],
"etymology_number": "3",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
"name": "nonlemma"
}
],
"etymology_text": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "intj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"en:Telephony"
],
"glosses": [
"Indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking."
],
"links": [
[
"telephony",
"telephony"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(telephony) Indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking."
],
"topics": [
"communications",
"electrical-engineering",
"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"telecommunications",
"telephony"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈspiː.kɪŋ/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈspi.kɪŋ/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-speaking.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/En-us-speaking.ogg/En-us-speaking.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/En-us-speaking.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈspiː.kɪŋ/",
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈspɪi̯.kɪŋ]",
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːkɪŋ"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "na telefona",
"sense": "indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking",
"word": "на телефона"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking",
"word": "daar spreekt u mee"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking",
"word": "am Apparat"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking",
"word": "én vagyok az"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking",
"word": "tu"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking",
"word": "tutaj"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking",
"word": "z tej strony"
}
],
"word": "speaking"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "speakings",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "speaking m (plural speakings)",
"name": "es-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"spea‧king"
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"spea‧king"
]
}
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "listening"
},
{
"word": "reading"
},
{
"word": "writing"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Spanish/ikin",
"Rhymes:Spanish/ikin/3 syllables",
"Spanish 3-syllable words",
"Spanish countable nouns",
"Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
"Spanish lemmas",
"Spanish masculine nouns",
"Spanish nouns",
"Spanish terms spelled with K",
"Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"glosses": [
"English oral/speaking test"
],
"links": [
[
"English",
"English"
],
[
"oral",
"oral"
],
[
"speaking",
"speaking#English"
],
[
"test",
"test"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/esˈpikin/"
},
{
"ipa": "[esˈpi.kĩn]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ikin"
}
],
"word": "speaking"
}
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