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Noun [Macedonian]

IPA: [liˈtɔta]
Head templates: {{mk-noun|f}} литота • (litota) f Inflection templates: {{mk-decl-noun-f|литот}}, {{mk-decl-noun-table|col_pl=|col_pl2=|col_sg=литотје|col_sg2=|def_dist_pl=литотине|def_dist_sg=литотана|def_prox_pl=литотиве|def_prox_sg=литотава|def_unsp_pl=литотите|def_unsp_sg=литотата|ind_pl=литоти|ind_sg=литота|n=|voc_pl=литоти|voc_sg=литото}} Forms: litota [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], литота [indefinite, singular], литоти [indefinite, plural], литотата [definite, singular, unspecified], литотите [definite, plural, unspecified], литотава [definite, proximal, singular], литотиве [definite, plural, proximal], литотана [definite, distal, singular], литотине [definite, distal, plural], литото [singular, vocative], литоти [plural, vocative]
  1. litotes
    Sense id: en-литота-mk-noun-vfj709Jx Categories (other): Macedonian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Russian]

IPA: [lʲɪˈtotə]
Etymology: Borrowed from French litote. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ru|fr|litote}} Borrowed from French litote Head templates: {{ru-noun+|лито́та}} лито́та • (litóta) f inan (genitive лито́ты, nominative plural лито́ты, genitive plural лито́т) Forms: лито́та [canonical], litóta [romanization], лито́ты [genitive], лито́ты [nominative, plural], лито́т [genitive, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], лито́та [nominative, singular], лито́ты [nominative, plural], лито́ты [genitive, singular], лито́т [genitive, plural], лито́те [dative, singular], лито́там [dative, plural], лито́ту [accusative, singular], лито́ты [accusative, plural], лито́той [instrumental, singular], лито́тою [instrumental, singular], лито́тами [instrumental, plural], лито́те [prepositional, singular], лито́тах [plural, prepositional]
  1. (rhetoric) litotes Tags: rhetoric

Noun [Serbo-Croatian]

Head templates: {{head|sh|noun|g=f}} литота f
  1. litotes (rhetoric: stating a point by denying its opposite) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-литота-sh-noun-SHDNGgSc Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mk-decl-noun-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "литоти",
      "roman": "litoti",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "литотата",
      "roman": "litotata",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "unspecified"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "литотите",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "unspecified"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "литотава",
      "roman": "litotava",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "proximal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "литотиве",
      "roman": "litotive",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "proximal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "литотана",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "distal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "литотине",
      "roman": "litotine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "distal",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "литото",
      "roman": "litoto",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "литоти",
      "roman": "litoti",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
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  ],
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        "1": "f"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "литот"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "col_pl": "",
        "col_pl2": "",
        "col_sg": "литотје",
        "col_sg2": "",
        "def_dist_pl": "литотине",
        "def_dist_sg": "литотана",
        "def_prox_pl": "литотиве",
        "def_prox_sg": "литотава",
        "def_unsp_pl": "литотите",
        "def_unsp_sg": "литотата",
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        "n": "",
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        "voc_sg": "литото"
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          "kind": "other",
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        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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      "id": "en-литота-mk-noun-vfj709Jx",
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        [
          "litotes",
          "litotes"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[liˈtɔta]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "литота"
}

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        "canonical"
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        "plural"
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "hard-stem",
      "source": "declension",
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        "class"
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      "form": "accent-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "лито́там",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "лито́ту",
      "roman": "litótu",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "лито́ты",
      "roman": "litóty",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "лито́той",
      "roman": "litótoj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "лито́тою",
      "roman": "litótoju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "лито́тами",
      "roman": "litótami",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "лито́те",
      "roman": "litóte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "prepositional",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "лито́тах",
      "roman": "litótax",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "prepositional"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
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        "(rhetoric) litotes"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[lʲɪˈtotə]"
    }
  ],
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}

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}
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      "form": "литота",
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    {
      "form": "литотите",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "proximal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "proximal"
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      "form": "литотана",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "distal",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "литотине",
      "roman": "litotine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "distal",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "литото",
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        "vocative"
      ]
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        "litotes"
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    {
      "ipa": "[liˈtɔta]"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "form": "лито́т",
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      "form": "hard-stem",
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      "form": "accent-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "лито́та",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "лито́ты",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "лито́т",
      "roman": "litót",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "лито́те",
      "roman": "litóte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "лито́там",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "лито́ту",
      "roman": "litótu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "лито́ты",
      "roman": "litóty",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "лито́той",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "лито́тою",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "лито́тами",
      "roman": "litótami",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "лито́те",
      "roman": "litóte",
      "source": "declension",
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        "prepositional",
        "singular"
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      "roman": "litótax",
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        "prepositional"
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        "Russian feminine nouns",
        "Russian hard-stem feminine-form accent-a nouns",
        "Russian hard-stem feminine-form nouns",
        "Russian inanimate nouns",
        "Russian lemmas",
        "Russian links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Russian links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Russian nouns",
        "Russian nouns with accent pattern a",
        "Russian terms borrowed from French",
        "Russian terms derived from French",
        "Russian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "ru:Rhetoric"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "litotes"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rhetoric",
          "rhetoric"
        ],
        [
          "litotes",
          "litotes"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rhetoric) litotes"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rhetoric"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[lʲɪˈtotə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "литота"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "литота f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
  "lang_code": "sh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns",
        "Serbo-Croatian lemmas",
        "Serbo-Croatian nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "litotes (rhetoric: stating a point by denying its opposite)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "litotes",
          "litotes"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "литота"
}

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