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"tantum": "s"
},
"name": "pl-decl-noun-f"
}
],
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"pos": "name",
"related": [
{
"word": "chimerny"
},
{
"word": "chimeryczny"
},
{
"word": "chimerycznie"
},
{
"word": "chimera"
},
{
"word": "chimeryczka"
},
{
"word": "chimeryczność"
},
{
"word": "chimeryk"
},
{
"word": "chimeryzm"
},
{
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "chimerować"
},
{
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "schimerować"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Polish 3-syllable words",
"Polish entries with incorrect language header",
"Polish feminine nouns",
"Polish learned borrowings from Latin",
"Polish lemmas",
"Polish links with manual fragments",
"Polish links with redundant alt parameters",
"Polish links with redundant wikilinks",
"Polish proper nouns",
"Polish singularia tantum",
"Polish terms borrowed from Latin",
"Polish terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"Polish terms derived from Latin",
"Polish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Polish terms with homophones",
"Rhymes:Polish/ɛra",
"Rhymes:Polish/ɛra/3 syllables",
"pl:Greek mythology",
"pl:Mythological figures"
],
"glosses": [
"Chimera (monster killed by Bellerophon)"
],
"links": [
[
"Greek",
"Greek"
],
[
"mythology",
"mythology"
],
[
"Chimera",
"Chimera#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Greek mythology) Chimera (monster killed by Bellerophon)"
],
"tags": [
"Greek",
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"mysticism",
"mythology",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/xiˈmɛ.ra/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛra"
},
{
"homophone": "chimera"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Chimajra"
}
],
"word": "Chimera"
}
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