See Polack on Wiktionary
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"word": "Polock"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Polack (surname)"
],
"word": "Polack"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "Polacks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "Polack m (plural Polacks)",
"name": "fr-noun"
}
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "Polack, person of Polish descent",
"word": "Polak"
}
],
"categories": [
"French 2-syllable words",
"French countable nouns",
"French entries with incorrect language header",
"French lemmas",
"French masculine nouns",
"French nouns",
"French terms spelled with K",
"French terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative spelling of Polak (Polack, person of Polish descent)"
],
"links": [
[
"Polak",
"Polak#French"
],
[
"Polack",
"Polack#English"
],
[
"Polish",
"Polish"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pɔ.lak/"
}
],
"word": "Polack"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "Polacke",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"pl": "Polacke"
},
"expansion": "Polack m (plural Polacke)",
"name": "hrx-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Hunsrik",
"lang_code": "hrx",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Hunsrik entries with incorrect language header",
"Hunsrik lemmas",
"Hunsrik masculine nouns",
"Hunsrik nouns",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"Pole, Polack"
],
"links": [
[
"Pole",
"Pole"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/p(ʰ)oˈlak/"
}
],
"word": "Polack"
}
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