"author" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɔː.θə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɔ.θɚ/ [General-American], /ˈɑ.θɚ/ [cot-caught-merger], /ˈɒː.təɹ/ [obsolete] Audio: en-us-author.ogg [US] Forms: authors [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːθə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English auctour, from Anglo-Norman autour, from Old French autor, from Latin auctor, from augeō (“to increase, originate”). The h, also found in Middle French autheur, is unetymological as there is no h in the original Latin spelling. The OED attributes the h to contamination by authentic. Doublet of auteur. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|auctour}} Middle English auctour, {{der|en|xno|autour}} Anglo-Norman autour, {{der|en|fro|autor}} Old French autor, {{der|en|la|auctor}} Latin auctor, {{m|la|augeō||to increase, originate}} augeō (“to increase, originate”), {{m|en||h}} h, {{cog|frm|autheur}} Middle French autheur, {{m|la||h}} h, {{m|en|authentic}} authentic, {{doublet|en|auteur}} Doublet of auteur, {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂ewg-}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} author (plural authors)
  1. The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition. Categories (topical): Authors, Occupations, People, Writing Synonyms (creator of a work): bookwright, creator, artist, subcreator, fabulator, writer Translations (originator or creator of a work): autor [masculine] (Albanian), autore [feminine] (Albanian), ἀρχηγέτης (arkhēgétēs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), مُؤَلِّف (muʔallif) [masculine] (Arabic), مُصَنِّف (muṣannif) [masculine] (Arabic), autor [masculine] (Aragonese), autora [feminine] (Aragonese), հեղինակ (heġinak) (Armenian), autor [masculine] (Asturian), müəllif (Azerbaijani), avtor (Azerbaijani), egile (Basque), а́ўтар (áŭtar) [masculine] (Belarusian), а́ўтарка (áŭtarka) [feminine] (Belarusian), লেখক (lekhok) (Bengali), স্রষ্টা (srośṭa) (Bengali), aozer (Breton), а́втор (ávtor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), а́вторка (ávtorka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), творе́ц (tvoréc) [masculine] (Bulgarian), စာရေးဆရာ (care:hca.ra) (Burmese), autor [masculine] (Catalan), autora [feminine] (Catalan), яздархо (jazdarxo) (Chechen), 作家 (zuòjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), 作者 (zuòzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), тэйкыткуԓьын (tėjkytkuḷʹyn) (Chukchi), autor [masculine] (Czech), autorka [feminine] (Czech), forfatter [common-gender] (Danish), auteur [masculine] (Dutch), schrijver [especially, literary, masculine] (Dutch), schrijfster [especially, feminine, literary] (Dutch), автор (avtor) (Eastern Mari), серышоза (seryšoza) (Eastern Mari), verkinto (Esperanto), aŭtoro (Esperanto), autor (Estonian), rithøvundur [masculine] (Faroese), høvundur [masculine] (Faroese), tekijä (Finnish), kirjoittaja (Finnish), auteur [masculine] (French), auteure [feminine] (French), autrice [feminine] (French), autor [masculine] (Galician), ავტორი (avṭori) (Georgian), Autor [masculine] (German), Autorin [feminine] (German), Verfasser [masculine] (German), Verfasserin [feminine] (German), Schriftsteller [masculine] (German), Schriftstellerin [feminine] (German), δημιουργός (dimiourgós) [common-gender] (Greek), લેખક (lekhak) [masculine] (Gujarati), otè (Haitian Creole), סוֹפֵר (sofér) [masculine] (Hebrew), מְחַבֵּר (m'khabér) [masculine] (Hebrew), יוֹצֵר (yotsér) [masculine] (Hebrew), लेखक (lekhak) [masculine] (Hindi), लेखिका (lekhikā) [feminine] (Hindi), प्रणेता (praṇetā) [masculine] (Hindi), szerző [masculine] (Hungarian), szerzőnő [feminine] (Hungarian), kezdeményező (Hungarian), alkotó (Hungarian), létrehozó (Hungarian), kiötlő (Hungarian), kiagyaló (Hungarian), höfundur [masculine] (Icelandic), rithöfundur [masculine] (Icelandic), pengarang (Indonesian), tekijä (Ingrian), avtora (Ingrian), údar [masculine] (Irish), autore [masculine] (Italian), autrice [feminine] (Italian), 著者 (chosha) (alt: ちょしゃ) (Japanese), 作家 (sakka) (alt: さっか) (Japanese), 作者 (sakusha) (alt: さくしゃ) (Japanese), 作成者 (sakuseisha) (alt: さくせいしゃ) (Japanese), 筆者 (hissha) (alt: ひっしゃ) (Japanese), автор (avtor) (Kazakh), жазушы (jazuşy) (Kazakh), គន្ថការ (kŭənthaʼkaa) (Khmer), 저자 (jeoja) (alt: 著者) (Korean), 작가 (jakga) (alt: 作家) (Korean), 글쓴이 (geulsseuni) (Korean), 지은이 (jieuni) (Korean), 작자 (jakja) (alt: 作者) (Korean), 필자 (pilja) (alt: 筆者) (Korean), автор (avtor) (Kyrgyz), жазуучу (jazuucu) (Kyrgyz), ນັກປະພັນ (nak pa phan) (Lao), auctor [masculine] (Latin), repertor [figuratively, masculine] (Latin), autors [masculine] (Latvian), autore [feminine] (Latvian), autorius [masculine] (Lithuanian), autorė [feminine] (Lithuanian), awtor [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), awtorka [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), Auteur [masculine] (Luxembourgish), автор (avtor) [masculine] (Macedonian), авторка (avtorka) [feminine] (Macedonian), लेखक (lekhak) [masculine] (Marathi), लेखिका (lekhikā) [feminine] (Marathi), зохиолч (zoxiolč) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), зохиогч (zoxiogč) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), daner (Northern Kurdish), forfatter [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), forfattar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), autor [masculine] (Occitan), پدیدآورنده (padid-âvarande) (Persian), مؤلف (mo'allef) (Persian), Schreftstala [masculine] (Plautdietsch), autor [masculine] (Polish), autorka [feminine] (Polish), autor [masculine] (Portuguese), autor [masculine] (Romanian), autoare [feminine] (Romanian), а́втор (ávtor) [masculine] (Russian), созда́тель (sozdátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), творе́ц (tvoréc) [masculine] (Russian), ùghdar [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), а̀утор [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), а̀уторица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), àutor [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), àutorica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), autor [masculine] (Slovak), autorka [feminine] (Slovak), avtor [masculine] (Slovene), avtorica [feminine] (Slovene), autor [masculine] (Spanish), autora [feminine] (Spanish), escritor [masculine] (Spanish), escritora [feminine] (Spanish), mwandishi (Swahili), författare [common-gender] [literature, publishing, media] (Swedish), upphovsman [common-gender] (Swedish), муаллиф (muallif) (Tajik), мусанниф (musannif) (Tajik), нависанда (navisanda) (Tajik), படைப்பாளர் (paṭaippāḷar) (Tamil), நூலாசிரியர் (nūlāciriyar) (Tamil), రచయిత (racayita) [masculine] (Telugu), రచయిత్రి (racayitri) [feminine] (Telugu), కర్త (karta) (Telugu), గ్రంథకర్త (granthakarta) (Telugu), గ్రంథకారుడు (granthakāruḍu) (Telugu), ผู้เขียน (pûu-kǐian) (Thai), นักประพันธ์ (nák-bprà-pan) (Thai), yazar (Turkish), müellif (Turkish), awtor (Turkmen), ýazyjy (Turkmen), а́втор (ávtor) [masculine] (Ukrainian), а́вторка (ávtorka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ئاپتور (aptor) (Uyghur), مۇئەللىپ (mu'ellip) (Uyghur), ئاساسچى (asaschi) (Uyghur), muallif (Uzbek), avtor (Uzbek), yozuvchi (Uzbek), tác giả (Vietnamese), lautan (Volapük), awdur [masculine] (Welsh), awdures [feminine] (Welsh), מחבר (mekhaber) [masculine] (Yiddish), מעכאַבער (mekhaber) [masculine] (Yiddish), שרײַבער (shrayber) [masculine] (Yiddish), אויטאָר (oytor) [masculine] (Yiddish), פֿאַרפֿאַסער (farfaser) [masculine] (Yiddish), שריפֿטשטעלער (shriftshteler) [masculine] (Yiddish), וואָרטקינסטלער (vortkinstler) [masculine] (Yiddish), ליטעראַט (literat) [masculine] (Yiddish), פֿעדערניק (federnik) [masculine] (Yiddish), nuskar (Zazaki), nusger (Zazaki), bouxsij (Zhuang)
    Sense id: en-author-en-noun-uSJZbm6s Disambiguation of Authors: 33 19 13 21 14 Disambiguation of Occupations: 40 16 9 21 14 Disambiguation of People: 27 18 22 30 3 Disambiguation of Writing: 32 9 6 25 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English spelling pronunciations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 7 2 25 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 33 6 2 26 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 41 6 2 21 30 Disambiguation of English spelling pronunciations: 30 6 4 29 31 Disambiguation of 'creator of a work': 91 3 3 4 Disambiguation of 'originator or creator of a work': 91 2 2 5
  2. Someone who writes books for a living. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-author-en-noun-I7m7epPJ Disambiguation of People: 27 18 22 30 3
  3. (obsolete, criminal law) Principal; the primary participant in a crime. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Criminal law, People
    Sense id: en-author-en-noun-TCu5-Pou Disambiguation of People: 27 18 22 30 3
  4. (obsolete) One's authority for something: an informant. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): People, Writing
    Sense id: en-author-en-noun--dr9PHow Disambiguation of People: 27 18 22 30 3 Disambiguation of Writing: 32 9 6 25 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English spelling pronunciations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 7 2 25 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 33 6 2 26 34 Disambiguation of English spelling pronunciations: 30 6 4 29 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: aucthor, aucthour, auctor, auctour, auctoure, authour, authoure, autor, autour, autoure [obsolete] Derived forms: authoress, authress, author mill, author of life, co-author, corresponding author, death of the author Related terms: auteur, authority, authorization, authorisation, authorship

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɔː.θə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɔ.θɚ/ [General-American], /ˈɑ.θɚ/ [cot-caught-merger], /ˈɒː.təɹ/ [obsolete] Audio: en-us-author.ogg [US] Forms: authors [present, singular, third-person], authoring [participle, present], authored [participle, past], authored [past]
Rhymes: -ɔːθə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English auctour, from Anglo-Norman autour, from Old French autor, from Latin auctor, from augeō (“to increase, originate”). The h, also found in Middle French autheur, is unetymological as there is no h in the original Latin spelling. The OED attributes the h to contamination by authentic. Doublet of auteur. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|auctour}} Middle English auctour, {{der|en|xno|autour}} Anglo-Norman autour, {{der|en|fro|autor}} Old French autor, {{der|en|la|auctor}} Latin auctor, {{m|la|augeō||to increase, originate}} augeō (“to increase, originate”), {{m|en||h}} h, {{cog|frm|autheur}} Middle French autheur, {{m|la||h}} h, {{m|en|authentic}} authentic, {{doublet|en|auteur}} Doublet of auteur, {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂ewg-}} Head templates: {{en-verb}} author (third-person singular simple present authors, present participle authoring, simple past and past participle authored)
  1. (chiefly US, sometimes proscribed) To create a work as its author. Tags: US, proscribed, sometimes Categories (topical): Writing Derived forms: authorable Translations (to create a work as its author): أَلَّفَ (ʔallafa) (Arabic), творя (tvorja) (Bulgarian), създавам (sǎzdavam) (Bulgarian), forfatte (Danish), schrijven (Dutch), aŭtori (Esperanto), verki (Esperanto), luoda (Finnish), tehdä (Finnish), kirjoittaa (Finnish), écrire (French), créer (French), συγγράφω (syngráfo) (Greek), ír (Hungarian), alkot (Hungarian), szerez (Hungarian), kezdeményez (Hungarian), szerzője (Hungarian), skriptar (Ido), creare (Italian), 著す (arawasu) (Japanese), crea (Romanian), scrie (Romanian), vytvoriť (Slovak), napísať (Slovak), tvoriť (Slovak), písať (Slovak), escribir (Spanish), författa (Swedish), awduro (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-author-en-verb-ANEncfpT Disambiguation of Writing: 32 9 6 25 28 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English spelling pronunciations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 7 2 25 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 33 6 2 26 34 Disambiguation of English spelling pronunciations: 30 6 4 29 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: aucthor, aucthour, auctor, auctour, auctoure, authour, authoure, autor, autour, autoure [obsolete]

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈau̯.tʰor/ [Classical], [ˈäu̯t̪ʰɔr] [Classical], /ˈau̯.tor/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈäːu̯t̪or] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Late variant of auctor and author under influence of descendants such as English author. Etymology templates: {{m|la|auctor}} auctor, {{m|la|author}} author, {{m|en|author}} author Head templates: {{la-noun|author<3>}} author m (genitive authōris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|author<3>}} Forms: authōris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], author [nominative, singular], authōrēs [nominative, plural], authōris [genitive, singular], authōrum [genitive, plural], authōrī [dative, singular], authōribus [dative, plural], authōrem [accusative, singular], authōrēs [accusative, plural], authōre [ablative, singular], authōribus [ablative, plural], author [singular, vocative], authōrēs [plural, vocative]
  1. (New Latin, proscribed) Alternative form of auctor: source, creator, vendor, author, artist. Tags: New-Latin, alt-of, alternative, declension-3, masculine, proscribed Alternative form of: auctor (extra: source, creator, vendor, author, artist) Categories (topical): Art, Business, Occupations, People, Writing

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} author
  1. Alternative form of auctour Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: auctour
    Sense id: en-author-enm-noun-D~miKcMw Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "composition"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "91 3 3 4",
          "sense": "creator of a work",
          "word": "bookwright"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 3 3 4",
          "sense": "creator of a work",
          "word": "creator"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 3 3 4",
          "sense": "creator of a work",
          "word": "artist"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 3 3 4",
          "sense": "creator of a work",
          "word": "subcreator"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 3 3 4",
          "sense": "creator of a work",
          "word": "fabulator"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 3 3 4",
          "sense": "creator of a work",
          "word": "writer"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "autor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "autore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "muʔallif",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "مُؤَلِّف"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "muṣannif",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "مُصَنِّف"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "an",
          "lang": "Aragonese",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "autor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "an",
          "lang": "Aragonese",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "autora"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "heġinak",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "հեղինակ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "autor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "müəllif"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "avtor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "egile"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "áŭtar",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "а́ўтар"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "áŭtarka",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "а́ўтарка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "lekhok",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "লেখক"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "srośṭa",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "স্রষ্টা"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "aozer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ávtor",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "а́втор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ávtorka",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "а́вторка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "tvoréc",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "творе́ц"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "care:hca.ra",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "စာရေးဆရာ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "autor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "autora"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "ce",
          "lang": "Chechen",
          "roman": "jazdarxo",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "яздархо"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zuòjiā",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "作家"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zuòzhě",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "作者"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "ckt",
          "lang": "Chukchi",
          "roman": "tėjkytkuḷʹyn",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "тэйкыткуԓьын"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "autor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "autorka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "forfatter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "auteur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "especially",
            "literary",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "schrijver"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "especially",
            "feminine",
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "schrijfster"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "verkinto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "aŭtoro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "autor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rithøvundur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "høvundur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "tekijä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "kirjoittaja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "auteur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "auteure"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "autrice"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "autor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "avṭori",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "ავტორი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Autor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Autorin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Verfasser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Verfasserin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schriftsteller"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Schriftstellerin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "dimiourgós",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "δημιουργός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "arkhēgétēs",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ἀρχηγέτης"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "lekhak",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "લેખક"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "otè"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "sofér",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "סוֹפֵר"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "m'khabér",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "מְחַבֵּר"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "yotsér",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "יוֹצֵר"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "lekhak",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "लेखक"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "lekhikā",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "लेखिका"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "praṇetā",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "प्रणेता"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "szerző"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "szerzőnő"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "kezdeményező"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "alkotó"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "létrehozó"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "kiötlő"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "kiagyaló"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "höfundur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rithöfundur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "pengarang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "tekijä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "avtora"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "údar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "autore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "autrice"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "alt": "ちょしゃ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chosha",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "著者"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "alt": "さっか",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sakka",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "作家"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "alt": "さくしゃ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sakusha",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "作者"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "alt": "さくせいしゃ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sakuseisha",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "作成者"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "alt": "ひっしゃ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hissha",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "筆者"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "avtor",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "автор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "jazuşy",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "жазушы"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kŭənthaʼkaa",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "គន្ថការ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "alt": "著者",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jeoja",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "저자"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "alt": "作家",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jakga",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "작가"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "geulsseuni",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "글쓴이"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jieuni",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "지은이"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "alt": "作者",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jakja",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "작자"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "alt": "筆者",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "pilja",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "필자"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "daner"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "avtor",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "автор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "jazuucu",
          "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
          "word": "жазуучу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 2 5",
          "code": "lo",
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          "sense": "to create a work as its author",
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      "ipa": "/ˈau̯.tor/",
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          "ref": "1894, Franco-Siamese Mixed Court, The Case of Kieng Chek (Kham Muon) before the Franco-Siamese Mixed Court, Bangkok: n.p., page 4",
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          "text": "Let me inform you en passant, Ladies, that those Villains the Heathens, as my Authors tell me, (and I thought it wou'd not be amiss to communicate such a nice Observation to this House) used to call our Saviour Chrestus, and not Christus, by way of Contempt and Derision […]",
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      "code": "sq",
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      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
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      "word": "autor"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
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    },
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      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُؤَلِّف"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "مُصَنِّف"
    },
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      "code": "an",
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    },
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      "code": "an",
      "lang": "Aragonese",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
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      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "հեղինակ"
    },
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      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "müəllif"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "avtor"
    },
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      "code": "eu",
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      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "egile"
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      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
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      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "লেখক"
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      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "srośṭa",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "স্রষ্টা"
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      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
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      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "bg",
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      "code": "my",
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      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "စာရေးဆရာ"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
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    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "ce",
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      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "яздархо"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "zuòjiā",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "作家"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zuòzhě",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "作者"
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      "code": "ckt",
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      "roman": "tėjkytkuḷʹyn",
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      "word": "тэйкыткуԓьын"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "autorka"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "forfatter"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "auteur"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "especially",
        "literary",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "schrijver"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "especially",
        "feminine",
        "literary"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "verkinto"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "aŭtoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "autor"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rithøvundur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "høvundur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "tekijä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "kirjoittaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "auteur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "auteure"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "autrice"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "avṭori",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "ავტორი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Autor"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Autorin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verfasser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verfasserin"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schriftsteller"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schriftstellerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dimiourgós",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "δημιουργός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "arkhēgétēs",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ἀρχηγέτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "lekhak",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "લેખક"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "otè"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "sofér",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "סוֹפֵר"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "m'khabér",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מְחַבֵּר"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "yotsér",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "יוֹצֵר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "lekhak",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "लेखक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "lekhikā",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "लेखिका"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "praṇetā",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "प्रणेता"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "szerző"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "szerzőnő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "kezdeményező"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "alkotó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "létrehozó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "kiötlő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "kiagyaló"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "höfundur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rithöfundur"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "pengarang"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "tekijä"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "avtora"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "údar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autore"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "autrice"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちょしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chosha",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "著者"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さっか",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sakka",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "作家"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さくしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sakusha",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "作者"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さくせいしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sakuseisha",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "作成者"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひっしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hissha",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "筆者"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "avtor",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "автор"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jazuşy",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "жазушы"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kŭənthaʼkaa",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "គន្ថការ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "著者",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeoja",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "저자"
    },
    {
      "alt": "作家",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jakga",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "작가"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "geulsseuni",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "글쓴이"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jieuni",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "지은이"
    },
    {
      "alt": "作者",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jakja",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "작자"
    },
    {
      "alt": "筆者",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pilja",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "필자"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "daner"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "avtor",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "автор"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "jazuucu",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "жазуучу"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "nak pa phan",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "ນັກປະພັນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "auctor"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "repertor"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autors"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "autore"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autorius"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "autorė"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Auteur"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "avtor",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "автор"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "avtorka",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "авторка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "lekhak",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "लेखक"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "lekhikā",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "लेखिका"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "avtor",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "автор"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "seryšoza",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "серышоза"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "zoxiolč",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "зохиолч"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "zoxiogč",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "зохиогч"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "forfatter"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "forfattar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autor"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "padid-âvarande",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "پدیدآورنده"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mo'allef",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "مؤلف"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schreftstala"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "autorka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "autoare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ávtor",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "а́втор"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sozdátelʹ",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "созда́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tvoréc",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "творе́ц"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ùghdar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "а̀утор"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "а̀уторица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "àutor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "àutorica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "autorka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "avtor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "avtorica"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "awtor"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "awtorka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "autora"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escritor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "escritora"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "mwandishi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "literature",
        "publishing",
        "media"
      ],
      "word": "författare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "upphovsman"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "muallif",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "муаллиф"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "musannif",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "мусанниф"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "navisanda",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "нависанда"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "paṭaippāḷar",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "படைப்பாளர்"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "nūlāciriyar",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "நூலாசிரியர்"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "racayita",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "రచయిత"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "racayitri",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "రచయిత్రి"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "karta",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "కర్త"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "granthakarta",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "గ్రంథకర్త"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "granthakāruḍu",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "గ్రంథకారుడు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pûu-kǐian",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "ผู้เขียน"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nák-bprà-pan",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "นักประพันธ์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "yazar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "müellif"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "awtor"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "ýazyjy"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ávtor",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "а́втор"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ávtorka",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "а́вторка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "aptor",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "ئاپتور"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "mu'ellip",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "مۇئەللىپ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "asaschi",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "ئاساسچى"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "muallif"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "avtor"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "yozuvchi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "tác giả"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "lautan"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "awdur"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "awdures"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "mekhaber",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מחבר"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "mekhaber",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מעכאַבער"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shrayber",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שרײַבער"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "oytor",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אויטאָר"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "farfaser",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פֿאַרפֿאַסער"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shriftshteler",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שריפֿטשטעלער"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "vortkinstler",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "וואָרטקינסטלער"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "literat",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ליטעראַט"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "federnik",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פֿעדערניק"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "nuskar"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "nusger"
    },
    {
      "code": "za",
      "lang": "Zhuang",
      "sense": "originator or creator of a work",
      "word": "bouxsij"
    }
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  ],
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}

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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Albanian translations",
    "Requests for review of Central Kurdish translations",
    "Requests for review of Esperanto translations",
    "Requests for review of Ewe translations",
    "Requests for review of Maltese translations",
    "Requests for review of Telugu translations",
    "Rhymes:English/ɔːθə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/ɔːθə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
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    "en:Occupations",
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      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
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      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman autour",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "autor"
      },
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        "3": "auctor"
      },
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to increase, originate"
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "h",
      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "frm",
        "2": "autheur"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French autheur",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "",
        "3": "h"
      },
      "expansion": "h",
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "authentic"
      },
      "expansion": "authentic",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "auteur"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of auteur",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
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      "name": "root"
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      "form": "authors",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "authoring",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "authored",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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      "form": "authored",
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        "past"
      ]
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      "args": {},
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      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English proscribed terms"
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      "glosses": [
        "To create a work as its author."
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          "create",
          "create"
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          "author",
          "#Noun"
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        "(chiefly US, sometimes proscribed) To create a work as its author."
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        "sometimes"
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ˈɔ.θɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑ.θɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɒː.təɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːθə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-author.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/62/En-us-author.ogg/En-us-author.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/En-us-author.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "aucthor"
    },
    {
      "word": "aucthour"
    },
    {
      "word": "auctor"
    },
    {
      "word": "auctour"
    },
    {
      "word": "auctoure"
    },
    {
      "word": "authour"
    },
    {
      "word": "authoure"
    },
    {
      "word": "autor"
    },
    {
      "word": "autour"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "autoure"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔallafa",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "أَلَّفَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tvorja",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "творя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎzdavam",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "създавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "forfatte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "schrijven"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "aŭtori"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "verki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "luoda"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "tehdä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "kirjoittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "écrire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "créer"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "syngráfo",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "συγγράφω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "ír"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "alkot"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "szerez"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "kezdeményez"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "szerzője"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "skriptar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "creare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "arawasu",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "著す"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "crea"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "scrie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "vytvoriť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "napísať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "tvoriť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "písať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "escribir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "författa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to create a work as its author",
      "word": "awduro"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "author (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "author"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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        "table-tags"
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        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "author",
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "authōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "authōris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "authōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "authōrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "authōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "authōrem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "authōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "authōre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "authōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "author",
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      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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      "form": "authōrēs",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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        "1": "author<3>"
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "source, creator, vendor, author, artist",
          "word": "auctor"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin masculine nouns",
        "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin proscribed terms",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin third declension nouns",
        "New Latin",
        "la:Art",
        "la:Business",
        "la:Occupations",
        "la:People",
        "la:Writing"
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      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of auctor: source, creator, vendor, author, artist."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "auctor",
          "auctor#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "source",
          "source"
        ],
        [
          "creator",
          "creator"
        ],
        [
          "vendor",
          "vendor"
        ],
        [
          "author",
          "author#English"
        ],
        [
          "artist",
          "artist"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(New Latin, proscribed) Alternative form of auctor: source, creator, vendor, author, artist."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin",
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "declension-3",
        "masculine",
        "proscribed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈau̯.tʰor/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈäu̯t̪ʰɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈau̯.tor/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈäːu̯t̪or]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "author"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun"
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      "expansion": "author",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "auctour"
        }
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      "categories": [
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of auctour"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "auctour",
          "auctour#Middle English"
        ]
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
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}

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