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{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "API",
"g": "n",
"indecl": "1"
},
"expansion": "API n (indeclinable)",
"name": "la-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "(“International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)”)",
"word": "Alphabētum Phōnēticum Internātiōnāle"
}
],
"categories": [
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin indeclinable nouns",
"Latin initialisms",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin neuter indeclinable nouns",
"Latin neuter nouns",
"Latin proper nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"Initialism of Alphabētum Phōnēticum Internātiōnāle (“International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)”)."
],
"links": [
[
"International Phonetic Alphabet",
"International Phonetic Alphabet"
],
[
"IPA",
"IPA"
]
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"indeclinable",
"initialism",
"neuter"
]
}
],
"word": "API"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "en",
"3": "API"
},
"expansion": "Orthographic borrowing from English API",
"name": "obor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Orthographic borrowing from English API.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "APIs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f",
"2": "#s"
},
"expansion": "API f (plural APIs)",
"name": "pt-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Portuguese countable nouns",
"Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
"Portuguese feminine nouns",
"Portuguese lemmas",
"Portuguese nouns",
"Portuguese orthographic borrowings from English",
"Portuguese terms borrowed from English",
"Portuguese terms derived from English",
"Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"pt:Programming"
],
"glosses": [
"API (application programming interface)"
],
"links": [
[
"programming",
"programming#Noun"
],
[
"API",
"API#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(programming) API (application programming interface)"
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"programming",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈa ˈpe ˈi/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈa ˈpe ˈi/",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
}
],
"word": "API"
}
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