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],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "therm",
"trace": ""
}
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/match_links_to_form",
"msg": "form='therming' has many different link candidates `['therming', 'w:therming']`, which can't be disambiguated.",
"path": [
"therm"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "therm",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/match_links_to_form",
"msg": "form='therming' has many different link candidates `['therming', 'w:therming']`, which can't be disambiguated.",
"path": [
"therm"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "therm",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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