See Dexter on Wiktionary
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"4": "",
"g": "m",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "Dexter m",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "Dexter m",
"name": "pt-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Portuguese 2-syllable words",
"Portuguese 3-syllable words",
"Portuguese doublets",
"Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
"Portuguese given names",
"Portuguese lemmas",
"Portuguese male given names",
"Portuguese male given names from English",
"Portuguese masculine nouns",
"Portuguese proper nouns",
"Portuguese terms borrowed from English",
"Portuguese terms derived from English",
"Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Portuguese unadapted borrowings from English"
],
"glosses": [
"a male given name from English, equivalent to English Dexter"
],
"links": [
[
"given name",
"given name"
],
[
"Dexter",
"Dexter#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈdɛks.teʁ/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈdɛks.teh]",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdɛ.kis.teʁ/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈdɛ.kis.teh]",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdɛks.teʁ/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈdɛks.teh]",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdɛ.kis.teʁ/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈdɛ.kis.teh]",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdɛks.teɾ/",
"tags": [
"São-Paulo"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdɛ.kis.teɾ/",
"tags": [
"São-Paulo"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdɛkʃ.teʁ/",
"tags": [
"Rio-de-Janeiro"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈdɛkʃ.teχ]",
"tags": [
"Rio-de-Janeiro"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdɛ.kiʃ.teʁ/",
"tags": [
"Rio-de-Janeiro"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈdɛ.kiʃ.teχ]",
"tags": [
"Rio-de-Janeiro"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdɛks.teɻ/",
"tags": [
"Southern-Brazil"
]
}
],
"word": "Dexter"
}
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