"banshee" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /bænˈʃiː/, /ˈbænʃiː/ Audio: en-us-banshee.ogg [US] Forms: banshees [plural]
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: From Irish bean sí, from Old Irish ben síde (literally “woman of the fairy mound”). The term banshee entered English in 1771. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ga|bean sí}} Irish bean sí, {{der|en|sga|ben síde|lit=woman of the fairy mound}} Old Irish ben síde (literally “woman of the fairy mound”), {{m|en||banshee}} banshee Head templates: {{en-noun}} banshee (plural banshees)
  1. (Irish and Scottish folklore) A female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death. Tags: Irish, Scottish Categories (topical): Folklore, Irish mythology, Mythological creatures, People Translations (in Irish folklore, a female spirit): بَانْشِي (bānšī) [feminine] (Arabic), բանշի (banši) (Armenian), banshee [feminine] (Catalan), 報喪女妖 (english: no exact term exists) (Chinese Mandarin), 报丧女妖 (bàosāng nǚyāo) (Chinese Mandarin), 喪門神 (Chinese Mandarin), 丧门神 (sàngménshén) (english: messenger of death) (Chinese Mandarin), 喪門星 (Chinese Mandarin), 丧门星 (sàngménxīng) (english: messenger of death) (Chinese Mandarin), bansheen (Danish), banshee [feminine] (Dutch), banŝio (Esperanto), banshee (Finnish), banshee [feminine] (French), banshie [feminine] (French), Banshee [feminine] (German), sikítószellem (Hungarian), bean sí [feminine] (Irish), バンシー 女妖精 (banshī) (Japanese), 반시 (bansi) (Korean), ben shee [feminine] (Manx), banşî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), ben síde [feminine] (Old Irish), baintsíde [feminine] (Old Irish), szyszymora [feminine] (Polish), banshee [feminine] (Portuguese), ба́нши (bánši) [feminine] (Russian), банши́ (banší) [feminine] (Russian), ба́ньши (bánʹši) [feminine] (Russian), баньши́ (banʹší) [feminine] (Russian), banshee (Scots), banshi (Scots), banshie (Scots), benshee (Scots), benshi (Scots), benshie (Scots), bean-shìdh [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), banshee [feminine] (Spanish), La Llorona [feminine, slang] (Spanish), банші (banši) [feminine] (Ukrainian), cyhyraeth [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-banshee-en-noun-yxf1AkZ0 Disambiguation of Irish mythology: 55 45 Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 79 21 Disambiguation of People: 98 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Topics: arts, folklore, history, human-sciences, literature, media, publishing, sciences Disambiguation of 'in Irish folklore, a female spirit': 99 1
  2. (derogatory) A noisy or ill-tempered woman. Tags: derogatory Categories (topical): Irish mythology
    Sense id: en-banshee-en-noun-iolJ3NZu Disambiguation of Irish mythology: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: banshie [dated], benshee [obsolete] Related terms: sidhe

Noun [Portuguese]

Forms: banshees [plural]
Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} banshee f (plural banshees)
  1. (Irish mythology) banshee (a female spirit who warns of impending death) Tags: Irish, feminine Categories (topical): Irish mythology
    Sense id: en-banshee-pt-noun-UL0~B6am Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

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          "english": "messenger of death",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "sàngménshén",
          "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
          "word": "丧门神"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
          "word": "喪門星"
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          "word": "bansheen"
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          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
          "word": "banŝio"
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        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "banshie"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Banshee"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
          "word": "sikítószellem"
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
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          "roman": "banshī",
          "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
          "word": "バンシー 女妖精"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bansi",
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          "word": "szyszymora"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Scots",
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
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          "word": "bean-shìdh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
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          "word": "banshee"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "La Llorona"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "banši",
          "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "банші"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
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          ],
          "word": "cyhyraeth"
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            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "Society",
            "Places",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Names",
            "Fundamental",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1936, John Thomas McIntyre, Steps Going Down, page 15",
          "text": "Where's this old banshee that runs the place?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A noisy or ill-tempered woman."
      ],
      "id": "en-banshee-en-noun-iolJ3NZu",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "noisy",
          "noisy"
        ],
        [
          "ill-tempered",
          "ill-tempered"
        ],
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory) A noisy or ill-tempered woman."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bænˈʃiː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbænʃiː/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iː"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-banshee.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/67/En-us-banshee.ogg/En-us-banshee.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/En-us-banshee.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "banshie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "benshee"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "banshee"
  ],
  "word": "banshee"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "banshees",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "banshee f (plural banshees)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "pt",
          "name": "Irish mythology",
          "orig": "pt:Irish mythology",
          "parents": [
            "Celtic mythology",
            "Ireland",
            "Mythology",
            "British Isles",
            "Europe",
            "Culture",
            "Islands",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "Society",
            "Places",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Names",
            "Fundamental",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "banshee (a female spirit who warns of impending death)"
      ],
      "id": "en-banshee-pt-noun-UL0~B6am",
      "links": [
        [
          "Irish",
          "Irish"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "banshee",
          "banshee#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Irish mythology) banshee (a female spirit who warns of impending death)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Irish",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "banshee"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Irish",
    "English terms derived from Irish",
    "English terms derived from Old Irish",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/iː",
    "Rhymes:English/iː/2 syllables",
    "en:Irish mythology",
    "en:Mythological creatures",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "بَانْشِي",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: بَانْشِي (bānšī)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: بَانْشِي (bānšī)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "banshee",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: banshee",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: banshee"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "banshee",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: banshee",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: banshee"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "banŝio",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: banŝio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: banŝio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "banshee",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: banshee",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: banshee"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "banshee",
            "3": "banshie",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: banshee, banshie",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: banshee, banshie"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Banshee",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Banshee",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Banshee"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "バンシー",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "banshī"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: バンシー (banshī)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: バンシー (banshī)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "반시",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 반시 (bansi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 반시 (bansi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kmr",
            "2": "banşî",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Northern Kurdish: banşî",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Northern Kurdish: banşî"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "banshee",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: banshee",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: banshee"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "ба́нши",
            "3": "банши́",
            "4": "ба́ньши",
            "5": "баньши́",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: ба́нши (bánši), банши́ (banší), ба́ньши (bánʹši), баньши́ (banʹší)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: ба́нши (bánši), банши́ (banší), ба́ньши (bánʹši), баньши́ (banʹší)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "banshee",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: banshee",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: banshee"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ga",
        "3": "bean sí"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish bean sí",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "ben síde",
        "lit": "woman of the fairy mound"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish ben síde (literally “woman of the fairy mound”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "banshee"
      },
      "expansion": "banshee",
      "name": "m"
    }
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    {
      "form": "banshees",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "banshee (plural banshees)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "sidhe"
    }
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Folklore"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1810, The Lady of the Lake, Walter Scott, 3.VII",
          "text": "Late had he heard, in prophet's dream, / The fatal Ben-Shie's boding scream […].",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "A female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death."
      ],
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        [
          "folklore",
          "folklore"
        ],
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ],
        [
          "mournful",
          "mournful"
        ],
        [
          "wailing",
          "wailing"
        ],
        [
          "impend",
          "impend"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Irish and Scottish folklore) A female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Irish",
        "Scottish"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "arts",
        "folklore",
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English derogatory terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1936, John Thomas McIntyre, Steps Going Down, page 15",
          "text": "Where's this old banshee that runs the place?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A noisy or ill-tempered woman."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "noisy",
          "noisy"
        ],
        [
          "ill-tempered",
          "ill-tempered"
        ],
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory) A noisy or ill-tempered woman."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/bænˈʃiː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbænʃiː/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iː"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-banshee.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/67/En-us-banshee.ogg/En-us-banshee.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/En-us-banshee.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "banshie"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "benshee"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bānšī",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "بَانْشِي"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "banši",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "word": "բանշի"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "banshee"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "no exact term exists",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "word": "報喪女妖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bàosāng nǚyāo",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "word": "报丧女妖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "word": "喪門神"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "messenger of death",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sàngménshén",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "word": "丧门神"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "word": "喪門星"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "messenger of death",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sàngménxīng",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "word": "丧门星"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "word": "bansheen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "banshee"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "word": "banŝio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "word": "banshee"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "banshee"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "banshie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Banshee"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "word": "sikítószellem"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bean sí"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "banshī",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "word": "バンシー 女妖精"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bansi",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "word": "반시"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "banşî"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ben shee"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ben síde"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "baintsíde"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "szyszymora"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "banshee"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bánši",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ба́нши"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "banší",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "банши́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bánʹši",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ба́ньши"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "banʹší",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "баньши́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "word": "banshee"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "word": "banshi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "word": "banshie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "word": "benshee"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "word": "benshi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "word": "benshie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bean-shìdh"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "banshee"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "La Llorona"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "banši",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "банші"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cyhyraeth"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "banshee"
  ],
  "word": "banshee"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "banshees",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "banshee f (plural banshees)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese countable nouns",
        "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Portuguese feminine nouns",
        "Portuguese lemmas",
        "Portuguese nouns",
        "pt:Irish mythology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "banshee (a female spirit who warns of impending death)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Irish",
          "Irish"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "banshee",
          "banshee#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Irish mythology) banshee (a female spirit who warns of impending death)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Irish",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "banshee"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": on'na yōsei vs. banshī",
  "path": [
    "banshee"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "banshee",
  "trace": ""
}

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