See thong on Wiktionary
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Cognate with Scots thwang, thwayng, thang (“thong”), Middle Low German dwenge (“clamp, jaws, steel-trap”), German Zwinge (“vise, clamp”), Danish tvinge (“clamp”), dialectal Norwegian tveng (“shoestrap, shoelace”), Icelandic þvengur (“strap, thong, latchet”).", "forms": [ { "form": "thongs", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "thong (plural thongs)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "related": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0", "word": "sandal" } ], "senses": [ { "glosses": [ "A strip of leather." ], "id": "en-thong-en-noun-UNHP5xMO", "links": [ [ "leather", "leather" ] ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "rémǎk", "sense": "leather strip", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ре́мък" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "leather strip", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "corretja" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "leather strip", "word": "nahkahihna" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "leather strip", "word": "hihna" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "leather strip", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "lanière" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "leather strip", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "corre" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "leather strip", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "correa" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "leather strip", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Lederriemen" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "himás", "sense": "leather strip", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ἱμάς" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "leather strip", "word": "szíj" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "leather strip", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "iall" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "leather strip", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "cinghia" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "leather strip", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "correggia" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "leather strip", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "laccio" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "leather strip", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "lōrum" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "leather strip", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "amentum" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "leather strip", "word": "patui" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "leather strip", "word": "tau" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "kayış", "sense": "leather strip", "word": "قایش" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "tasma", "sense": "leather strip", "word": "تاصمه" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "ʼısam", "sense": "leather strip", "word": "عصام" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "tasme", "sense": "leather strip", "word": "تسمه" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "nife", "sense": "leather strip", "word": "نیفه" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "qiš", "sense": "leather strip", "word": "قیش" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "leather strip", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "rzemień" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "leather strip", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "tira de couro" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "reménʹ", "sense": "leather strip", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "реме́нь" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "leather strip", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "iall" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "leather strip", "word": "remen" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "leather strip", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "remeň" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "leather strip", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "rjemjeń" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "leather strip", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "correa" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "reminecʹ", "sense": "leather strip", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ремінець" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "leather strip", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "carrai" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "leather strip", "tags": [ "feminine", "plural" ], "word": "careiau" }, { "_dis1": "66 2 14 18", "code": "nmn", "lang": "ǃXóõ", "sense": "leather strip", "word": "gǃkxʻāla" } ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "Australian English", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "_dis": "0 41 46 13", "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Footwear", "orig": "en:Footwear", "parents": [ "Clothing", "Human", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1963 March 16, Hal Porter, “Little old lady passing by”, in The Bulletin, page 22, column 3:", "text": "Because of August he wears shorts and sandals, the Japanese geta sort called thongs.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1964, The Beach Boys, All Summer Long:", "text": "T-shirts, cut-offs, and a pair of thongs (T-shirts, cut-offs, and a pair of thongs).", "type": "quote" }, { "text": "2006, Peter Murray, David Poole, Grant Jones, Contemporary Issues in Management and Organisational Behaviour, Thomson, page 108,\nPlayers turned up for questioning wearing thongs, shorts and T-shirts." }, { "ref": "2008, Steve Parish, Eccentric Australia, page 104:", "text": "Thongs are the favoured footwear for many Aussies, especially near the beaches, but most people in the Outback find that they can't put a foot wrong with a tough, nicely worn-in pair or workboots.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2009, Charles Rawlings-Way, Sydney, Lonely Planet, page 126:", "text": "You shouldn′t face condescension if you rock into a boutique in your thongs and a singlet, but neither will you be treated like a princess just because you've splashed $5000 on daddy's credit card.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour." ], "id": "en-thong-en-noun-Cy3M7QTi", "raw_glosses": [ "(usually in the plural, Australia) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour." ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "0 67 31 1", "sense": "an item of footwear", "word": "list in flip-flop" } ], "tags": [ "Australia", "plural-normally" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "plural" ], "word": "plakkies" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "زنوبَة" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "šibšib", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "شِبْشِب" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "arz", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "šibšib", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "Egyptian-Arabic", "masculine" ], "word": "شِبْشِب" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "acw", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "šibšib", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "Hijazi-Arabic", "masculine" ], "word": "شبشب" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "acw", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "zannūba", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "Hijazi-Arabic", "feminine" ], "word": "زنّوبة" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "ary", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "maššāyat eṣ-ṣbuʕ", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "Moroccan-Arabic", "feminine" ], "word": "مشاية الصبع" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "vʺjetnámki", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine", "plural" ], "word": "в'етна́мкі" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "džápanka", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "джа́панка" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "džápanki", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine", "plural" ], "word": "джа́панки" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "xancleta" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "cic", "lang": "Chickasaw", "sense": "footwear", "word": "pas pas" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "cic", "lang": "Chickasaw", "sense": "footwear", "word": "pas pas sholosh" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "roman": "jan⁴ zi⁶ to¹", "sense": "footwear", "word": "人字拖" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "rénzìtuō", "sense": "footwear", "word": "人字拖" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine", "plural" ], "word": "žabky" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine", "plural" ], "word": "vietnamky" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "footwear", "word": "slipper" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "footwear", "word": "zorio" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "footwear", "word": "varvastossu" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "footwear", "word": "varvassandaali" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "Europe", "feminine" ], "word": "tong" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "Canada", "feminine" ], "word": "clic-clac" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "gougoune" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "Africa", "West", "feminine" ], "word": "tapette" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "Europe", "feminine" ], "word": "claquette" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "chanca" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "chanqueta" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "chinela" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "čusṭi", "sense": "footwear", "word": "ჩუსტი" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Flipflop" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "de", "english": "generic term", "lang": "German", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Badelatschen" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "sagionára", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "σαγιονάρα" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "kafkafim", "sense": "footwear", "word": "כפכפים" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "footwear", "word": "papucs" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "footwear", "word": "lábujjközös papucs" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "colloquial", "slang" ], "word": "tangapapucs" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "footwear", "word": "vietnámi papucs" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "footwear", "word": "strandpapucs" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "slang" ], "word": "pacsker" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "footwear", "word": "sandal jepit" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "flip fleap" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "infradito" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ciabatta" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "bīchi sandaru", "sense": "footwear", "word": "ビーチサンダル" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "furippu-furoppu", "sense": "footwear", "word": "フリップフロップ" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "sbaek cǝǝŋ nɨv cneɛ kav suu", "sense": "footwear", "word": "ស្បែកជើងនៅឆ្នេរកៅស៊ូ" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "sbaek cəəng phtŏət", "sense": "footwear", "word": "ស្បែកជើងផ្ទាត់" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "peullip'peullop", "sense": "footwear", "word": "플립플롭" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "kœ̄p tæ", "sense": "footwear", "word": "ເກີບແຕະ" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine", "plural" ], "word": "pliažinės šliurės" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "apostolka", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "апостолка" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "footwear", "word": "selipar jepun" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "ceruppŭ", "sense": "footwear", "word": "ചെരുപ്പ്" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "nv", "lang": "Navajo", "sense": "footwear", "word": "kégiizh haaztʼiʼí" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "klapek" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "japonka" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "chinelo" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "chinelo de dedo" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "sandália japonesa" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "sandália havaiana" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "șlap" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "vʹjetnámki", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine", "plural" ], "word": "вьетна́мки" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "sláncy", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "masculine", "plural" ], "word": "сла́нцы" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "šljópancy", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "masculine", "plural" ], "word": "шлёпанцы" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "Roman", "feminine" ], "word": "japanka" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "sn", "lang": "Shona", "sense": "footwear", "word": "patapata" }, { "_dis1": "0 100 0 0", "code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": 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"sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "Hijazi-Arabic", "feminine" ], "word": "زنّوبة" }, { "code": "ary", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "maššāyat eṣ-ṣbuʕ", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "Moroccan-Arabic", "feminine" ], "word": "مشاية الصبع" }, { "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "vʺjetnámki", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine", "plural" ], "word": "в'етна́мкі" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "džápanka", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "джа́панка" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "džápanki", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine", "plural" ], "word": "джа́панки" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "xancleta" }, { "code": "cic", "lang": "Chickasaw", "sense": "footwear", "word": "pas pas" }, { "code": "cic", "lang": "Chickasaw", "sense": "footwear", "word": "pas pas sholosh" }, { "code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "roman": "jan⁴ zi⁶ to¹", "sense": "footwear", 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"code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "ceruppŭ", "sense": "footwear", "word": "ചെരുപ്പ്" }, { "code": "nv", "lang": "Navajo", "sense": "footwear", "word": "kégiizh haaztʼiʼí" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "klapek" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "japonka" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "chinelo" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "chinelo de dedo" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "sandália japonesa" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "sandália havaiana" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "șlap" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "vʹjetnámki", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine", "plural" ], "word": "вьетна́мки" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "sláncy", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "masculine", "plural" ], "word": "сла́нцы" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "šljópancy", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "masculine", "plural" ], "word": "шлёпанцы" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "Roman", "feminine" ], "word": "japanka" }, { "code": "sn", "lang": "Shona", "sense": "footwear", "word": "patapata" }, { "code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine", "plural" ], "word": "zòcculi" }, { "code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine", "plural" ], "word": "savatti" }, { "code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "masculine", "plural" ], "word": "sànnali" }, { "code": "si", "lang": "Sinhalese", "roman": "rabar sereppu", "sense": "footwear", "word": "රබර් සෙරෙප්පු" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine", "plural" ], "word": "šľapky" }, { "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine", "plural" ], "word": "japonke" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "chancleta" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "Dominican-Republic", "masculine" ], "word": "calipso" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "Canary-Islands", "Venezuela", "feminine" ], "word": "chola" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "Chile", "Peru", "feminine" ], "word": "hawaiana" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "Argentina", "feminine" ], "word": "ojota" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "Peru", "feminine" ], "word": "sayonara" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "Peru", "masculine" ], "word": "slap" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "El-Salvador", "Guatemala", "feminine" ], "word": "yina" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "footwear", "word": "bamba" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "chancla" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "Spain", "feminine" ], "word": "sandalia" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "flippflopp-sandal" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "flippflopp" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "flip-flop" }, { "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "rɔɔng-táao-dtɛ̀", "sense": "footwear", "word": "รองเท้าแตะ" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "footwear", "word": "parmak arası" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "vʺjetnámky", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine", "plural" ], "word": "в'єтна́мки" }, { "code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "sense": "footwear", "word": "shippak" }, { "code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "sense": "footwear", "word": "shlyopansi" }, { "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "footwear", "word": "dép" }, { "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "footwear", "word": "dép tông" }, { "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "footwear", "word": "dép lào" }, { "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "footwear", "word": "fflip-fflops" }, { "code": "vls", "lang": "West Flemish", "sense": "footwear", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "sletse" } ], "wikipedia": [ "Thong (disambiguation)" ], "word": "thong" } { "etymology_text": ".", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "trp", "2": "noun" }, "expansion": "thong", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "Kokborok", "lang_code": "trp", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Kokborok entries with incorrect language header", "Kokborok lemmas", "Kokborok nouns", "Kokborok terms in nonstandard scripts", "Pages with 3 entries", "Pages with entries", "trp:Buildings" ], "glosses": [ "pillar" ], "links": [ [ "pillar", "pillar" ] ] } ], "word": "thong" } { "derived": [ { "tags": [ "possibly" ], "word": "keythong" }, { "word": "sho þuong" }, { "word": "thongly" }, { "word": "þongcastre" } ], "descendants": [ { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "thong" }, "expansion": "English: thong", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "English: thong" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "sco", "2": "thwang", "3": "thwayng", "4": "thang" }, "expansion": "Scots: thwang, thwayng, thang", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "Scots: thwang, thwayng, thang" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "yol", "2": "fong" }, "expansion": "Yola: fong", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "Yola: fong" } ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "enm", "2": "ang", "3": "þwang" }, "expansion": "Old English þwang", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "enm", "2": "gmw-pro", "3": "*þwangi" }, "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *þwangi", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "enm", "2": "gem-pro", "3": "*þwangiz" }, "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *þwangiz", "name": "inh" } ], "etymology_text": "From Old English þwang, from Proto-West Germanic *þwangi, from Proto-Germanic *þwangiz.", "forms": [ { "form": "thonges", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "enm", "2": "nouns", "g": "", "g2": "", "g3": "", "head": "", "sort": "" }, "expansion": "thong", "name": "head" }, { "args": { "1": "thonges" }, "expansion": "thong (plural thonges)", "name": "enm-noun" } ], "lang": "Middle English", "lang_code": "enm", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Middle English entries with incorrect language header", "Middle English lemmas", "Middle English nouns", "Middle English terms derived from Old English", "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic", "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic", "Middle English terms inherited from Old English", "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic", "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic", "Pages with 3 entries", "Pages with entries" ], "glosses": [ "A strip cut from a piece of leather." ], "links": [ [ "strip", "strip" ] ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/θɔnɡ/" } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "thwong" }, { "word": "thwang" } ], "word": "thong" }
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