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"expansion": "Tom m",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "Tom m",
"name": "pt-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Portuguese 1-syllable words",
"Portuguese diminutives of male given names",
"Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
"Portuguese given names",
"Portuguese lemmas",
"Portuguese male given names",
"Portuguese masculine nouns",
"Portuguese proper nouns",
"Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Portuguese terms with homophones"
],
"glosses": [
"a diminutive of the male given name Antônio, equivalent to English Tony"
],
"links": [
[
"diminutive",
"diminutive"
],
[
"given name",
"given name"
],
[
"Antônio",
"Antônio#Portuguese"
],
[
"Tony",
"Tony#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈtõ/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"homophone": "tom (Brazil)"
}
],
"word": "Tom"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "en",
"3": "Tom"
},
"expansion": "English Tom",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from English Tom.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Toms",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "proper noun",
"3": "genitive",
"4": "Toms",
"g": "c",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "Tom c (genitive Toms)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "c"
},
"expansion": "Tom c (genitive Toms)",
"name": "sv-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Swedish common-gender nouns",
"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish given names",
"Swedish lemmas",
"Swedish male given names",
"Swedish male given names from English",
"Swedish proper nouns",
"Swedish terms borrowed from English",
"Swedish terms derived from English"
],
"glosses": [
"a male given name from English"
],
"links": [
[
"given name",
"given name"
]
],
"tags": [
"common-gender"
]
}
],
"word": "Tom"
}
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