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"4": "traffic sign"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English beken, from Old English bēacn (“sign, signal”), from Proto-West Germanic *baukn, from Proto-Germanic *baukną (compare West Frisian beaken (“buoy”), Dutch baken (“beacon”), Middle Low German bāke (“beacon, sign”), German Bake (“traffic sign”), Middle High German bouchen (“sign”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂u-, *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”).",
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"ref": "1713, [John] Gay, Rural Sports. A Poem. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 15:",
"text": "No flaming Beacons caſt their Blaze afar, / The dreadful Signal of invaſive VVar.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning."
],
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "fanār",
"sense": "signal fire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
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"sense": "signal fire",
"word": "tingraw"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "signalen ogǎn",
"sense": "signal fire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сигнален огън"
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{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "signal fire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "balisa"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 7 4 14 7 27",
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "fēng huǒ",
"sense": "signal fire",
"word": "烽火"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 7 4 14 7 27",
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "láng yān",
"sense": "signal fire",
"word": "狼烟"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "signal fire",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "baken"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "signal fire",
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],
"word": "bakenvuur"
},
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"sense": "signal fire",
"word": "merkkituli"
},
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"sense": "signal fire",
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],
"word": "balise"
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"sense": "signal fire",
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"word": "facho"
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"sense": "signal fire",
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],
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},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "signal fire",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Leuchtfeuer"
},
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "phruktós",
"sense": "signal fire",
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],
"word": "φρυκτός"
},
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "pursós",
"sense": "signal fire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "πυρσός"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 7 4 14 7 27",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "masu'á",
"sense": "signal fire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מַשּׂוּאָה"
},
{
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "signal fire",
"word": "jelzőtűz"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "signal fire",
"word": "jelzőfény"
},
{
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "signal fire",
"word": "irányfény"
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"sense": "signal fire",
"word": "jelfény"
},
{
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"alt": "かがりび",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kagaribi",
"sense": "signal fire",
"word": "かがり火"
},
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sígnalen ógan",
"sense": "signal fire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "си́гнален о́ган"
},
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "signal fire",
"word": "ramaroa"
},
{
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "signal fire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "varde"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "signal fire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "almenara"
},
{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "signálʹnyj ogónʹ",
"sense": "signal fire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сигна́льный ого́нь"
},
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "signal fire",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "сигнална ва̏тра"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 7 4 14 7 27",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "signal fire",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "signalna vȁtra"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 7 4 14 7 27",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "signal fire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "baliza"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 7 4 14 7 27",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "signal fire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "almenara"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 7 4 14 7 27",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "signal fire",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vårdkase"
},
{
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"note": "used in Finland and in eastern Sweden",
"sense": "signal fire",
"word": "böte"
},
{
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "signal fire",
"word": "fener"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 7 4 14 7 27",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "syhnálʹnyj vohónʹ",
"sense": "signal fire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сигна́льний вого́нь"
}
]
},
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"langcode": "en",
"name": "Nautical",
"orig": "en:Nautical",
"parents": [
"Transport",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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},
{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
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},
{
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"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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},
{
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{
"ref": "1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XVII, page 28:",
"text": "Henceforth, wherever thou may’st roam, / My blessing, like a line of light, / Is on the waters day and night, / And like a beacon guards thee home.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"A signal, buoy, post, or other conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners, particularly to warn vessels of danger."
],
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"buoy",
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[
"post",
"post"
],
[
"conspicuous",
"conspicuous"
],
[
"mark",
"mark"
],
[
"erect",
"erect"
],
[
"eminence",
"eminence"
],
[
"shore",
"shore"
],
[
"moor",
"moor"
],
[
"shoal",
"shoal"
],
[
"water",
"water"
],
[
"mariner",
"mariner"
],
[
"warn",
"warn"
],
[
"vessel",
"vessel"
],
[
"danger",
"danger"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(nautical) A signal, buoy, post, or other conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners, particularly to warn vessels of danger."
],
"topics": [
"nautical",
"transport"
],
"translations": [
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "manār",
"sense": "signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مَنَار"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "balisa"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 46 5 13 7 14",
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners",
"word": "燈塔"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 46 5 13 7 14",
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "dēng tǎ",
"sense": "signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners",
"word": "灯塔"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 46 5 13 7 14",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "baken"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 46 5 13 7 14",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners",
"word": "merimerkki"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 46 5 13 7 14",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners",
"word": "viitta"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 46 5 13 7 14",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners",
"word": "loisto"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 46 5 13 7 14",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "phare"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 46 5 13 7 14",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "balisma"
},
{
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mallón"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 46 5 13 7 14",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Bake"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 46 5 13 7 14",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners",
"word": "jelzőállomás"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 46 5 13 7 14",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners",
"word": "világítótorony"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 46 5 13 7 14",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners",
"word": "irányjeladó"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 46 5 13 7 14",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners",
"word": "jelzőberendezés"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 46 5 13 7 14",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "faro"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 46 5 13 7 14",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "radiofaro"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 46 5 13 7 14",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"note": "of a lighthouse",
"roman": "deungdaetbul",
"sense": "signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners",
"word": "등댓불"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 46 5 13 7 14",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bakan"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 46 5 13 7 14",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "baken"
},
{
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "farol"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 46 5 13 7 14",
"code": "ru",
"english": "stationary",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "maják",
"sense": "signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мая́к"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 46 5 13 7 14",
"code": "ru",
"english": "floating",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "báken",
"sense": "signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ба́кен"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 46 5 13 7 14",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "almenara"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 46 5 13 7 14",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "sjömärke"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 46 5 13 7 14",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners",
"word": "båk"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 46 5 13 7 14",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "maják",
"sense": "signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мая́к"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 46 5 13 7 14",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "báken",
"sense": "signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ба́кен"
}
]
},
{
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"A high hill or other easily distinguishable object near the shore which can serve as guidance for seafarers."
],
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{
"code": "hu",
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{
"code": "hu",
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"word": "jelzőberendezés"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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