See asperge on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1926, Marcel Aymé, Brûlebois, Éditions Gallimard, chap. II, 1975 ed., p. 25",
"text": "— Tiens, disait-il à Charles, entre le rôti et la salade, ne me parle pas de tes asperges d’aujourd’hui, ça n’a ni cul, ni corsage. Quand j’étais jeune homme, ah! oui, il y avait du plaisir. Tu pouvais mettre les mains, tu tenais quelque chose.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"beanpole (tall, thin person)"
],
"links": [
[
"beanpole",
"beanpole"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) beanpole (tall, thin person)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "échalas"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"informal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/as.pɛʁʒ/"
},
{
"audio": "Fr-asperge.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/77/Fr-asperge.ogg/Fr-asperge.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Fr-asperge.ogg"
}
],
"word": "asperge"
}
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"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "verb form"
},
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"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"a‧spèr‧ge"
],
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
"Italian 3-syllable words",
"Italian entries with incorrect language header",
"Italian non-lemma forms",
"Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Italian verb forms",
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Italian/ɛrdʒe",
"Rhymes:Italian/ɛrdʒe/3 syllables"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "aspergere"
}
],
"glosses": [
"third-person singular present indicative of aspergere"
],
"links": [
[
"aspergere",
"aspergere#Italian"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"indicative",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/aˈspɛr.d͡ʒe/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛrdʒe"
}
],
"word": "asperge"
}
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"args": {
"1": "la",
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},
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"name": "head"
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],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin non-lemma forms",
"Latin verb forms",
"Pages with 5 entries",
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],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "aspergō"
}
],
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"second-person singular present active imperative of aspergō"
],
"links": [
[
"aspergō",
"aspergo#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"active",
"form-of",
"imperative",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
}
],
"word": "asperge"
}
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