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"ref": "1994, Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast, Gay & Lesbian Literature: Introduction to gay male literature, page 37",
"text": "The major themes in Francesca Lia Block's books include the necessity of love and the acceptance of and celebration of racial and sexual difference.",
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}
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"Kansas",
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"word": "Block"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "29 32 39 0",
"word": "Blockflöte"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 32 39 0",
"word": "Häuserblock"
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"expansion": "→ Catalan: bloc",
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],
"text": "→ Catalan: bloc"
},
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"2": "blok",
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"expansion": "→ Czech: blok",
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"text": "→ Czech: blok"
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"expansion": "→ Hungarian: blokk",
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"text": "→ Hungarian: blokk"
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"expansion": "→ Polish: blok",
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],
"text": "→ Polish: blok"
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"1": "ru",
"2": "блок",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: блок (blok)\n→ Armenian: բլոկ (blok)\n→ Yakut: блок (blok)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: блок (blok)\n→ Armenian: բլոկ (blok)\n→ Yakut: блок (blok)"
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],
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"ipa": "/blɔk/"
},
{
"homophone": "Blog"
},
{
"homophone": "blogg"
},
{
"homophone": "block"
},
{
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"links": [
[
"surname",
"surname"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English surnames",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1994, Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast, Gay & Lesbian Literature: Introduction to gay male literature, page 37",
"text": "The major themes in Francesca Lia Block's books include the necessity of love and the acceptance of and celebration of racial and sexual difference.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A surname."
],
"links": [
[
"surname",
"surname"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Places in Illinois, USA",
"en:Places in the United States",
"en:Unincorporated communities in Illinois, USA",
"en:Unincorporated communities in the United States"
],
"glosses": [
"An unincorporated community in Champaign County, Illinois, United States."
],
"links": [
[
"unincorporated",
"unincorporated"
],
[
"community",
"community"
],
[
"Champaign County",
"Champaign County#English"
],
[
"Illinois",
"Illinois#English"
],
[
"United States",
"United States#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Places in Kansas, USA",
"en:Places in the United States",
"en:Unincorporated communities in Kansas, USA",
"en:Unincorporated communities in the United States"
],
"glosses": [
"An unincorporated community in Miami County, Kansas, United States."
],
"links": [
[
"unincorporated",
"unincorporated"
],
[
"community",
"community"
],
[
"Miami County",
"Miami County#English"
],
[
"Kansas",
"Kansas#English"
],
[
"United States",
"United States#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Places in Tennessee, USA",
"en:Places in the United States",
"en:Unincorporated communities in Tennessee, USA",
"en:Unincorporated communities in the United States"
],
"glosses": [
"An unincorporated community in Campbell County, Tennessee, United States."
],
"links": [
[
"unincorporated",
"unincorporated"
],
[
"community",
"community"
],
[
"Campbell County",
"Campbell County#English"
],
[
"Tennessee",
"Tennessee#English"
],
[
"United States",
"United States#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"word": "Block"
}
{
"categories": [
"German 1-syllable words",
"German entries with incorrect language header",
"German lemmas",
"German masculine nouns",
"German nouns",
"German terms borrowed from English",
"German terms borrowed from Middle Low German",
"German terms derived from English",
"German terms derived from Middle High German",
"German terms derived from Middle Low German",
"German terms derived from Old High German",
"German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"German terms inherited from Middle High German",
"German terms inherited from Old High German",
"German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"German terms with IPA pronunciation",
"German terms with audio links",
"German terms with homophones"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "Blockflöte"
},
{
"word": "Häuserblock"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "bloc",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Catalan: bloc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Catalan: bloc"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cs",
"2": "blok",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Czech: blok",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Czech: blok"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "blokk",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hungarian: blokk",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hungarian: blokk"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "blok",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Polish: blok",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Polish: blok"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "блок",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: блок (blok)\n→ Armenian: բլոկ (blok)\n→ Yakut: блок (blok)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: блок (blok)\n→ Armenian: բլոկ (blok)\n→ Yakut: блок (blok)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sl",
"2": "blok",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Slovene: blok",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Slovene: blok"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "gmh",
"3": "bloc"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German bloc",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "goh",
"3": "bloc"
},
"expansion": "Old High German bloc",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "bloch"
},
"expansion": "bloch",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "goh",
"3": "bloh"
},
"expansion": "Old High German bloh",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "gml",
"3": "block"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German block",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*blokk"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *blokk",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*blukką"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *blukką",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "en",
"3": "block"
},
"expansion": "English block",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle High German bloc, from Old High German bloc. The more common Middle High German form was originally bloch, from Old High German bloh. The variant prevailed in modern German under the reinforcing influence of Middle Low German block. All from Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką.\nThe architectural sense is loaned from English block (and may therefore take a plural in -s).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Blockes",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Blocks",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Blöcke",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Blocks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "de-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Block",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Blöcke",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Blocks",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Blockes",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Blocks",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Blöcke",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Blocks",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Block",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Blocke",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Blöcken",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Blocks",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Block",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Blöcke",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Blocks",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m,(e)s,^e:s"
},
"expansion": "Block m (strong, genitive Blockes or Blocks, plural Blöcke or Blocks)",
"name": "de-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m,(e)s,^e:s"
},
"name": "de-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"bloc"
],
"links": [
[
"bloc",
"bloc"
]
],
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"masculine",
"strong"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"block (thick, roughly cuboid object, e.g. cake of soap, block of ice, wood, etc.)"
],
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[
"block",
"block"
]
],
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"masculine",
"strong"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"block (large building or group of such)"
],
"links": [
[
"block",
"block"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"strong"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"pad (of paper)"
],
"links": [
[
"pad",
"pad"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"strong"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/blɔk/"
},
{
"homophone": "Blog"
},
{
"homophone": "blogg"
},
{
"homophone": "block"
},
{
"audio": "De-Block.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/13/De-Block.ogg/De-Block.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/De-Block.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Middle High German"
],
"word": "Block"
}
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