"birdcage" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: birdcages [plural]
Etymology: From bird + cage. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bird|cage}} bird + cage Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} birdcage (countable and uncountable, plural birdcages)
  1. (countable) A cage to keep pet or zoological specimen birds in. Tags: countable Translations (cage to keep birds in): κλωβός (klōbós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), 鳥籠 (Chinese Mandarin), 鸟笼 (niǎolóng) (Chinese Mandarin), lintuhäkki (Finnish), panier [masculine] (French), volière [feminine] (French), Vogelbauer [masculine] (German), Vogelkäfig [masculine] (German), kējī̀ [masculine] (Hausa), kalitka (Hungarian), éanadán [masculine] (Irish), voliera [feminine] (Italian), 鳥籠 (torikago) (alt: とりかご) (Japanese), ទ្រុងសត្វ (trung sat) (Khmer), 새장 (saejang) (Korean), cavea [feminine] (Latin), قفس (kafes) (Ottoman Turkish), قفس (qafas) (Persian), gaiola [feminine] (Portuguese), кле́тка (alt: для птиц) [feminine] (Russian), eunadan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), jaula [feminine] (Spanish), fågelbur (Swedish), kuş kafesi (Turkish), cek (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-birdcage-en-noun-v50-IL50 Disambiguation of 'cage to keep birds in': 78 22
  2. (uncountable) A game of chance played with dice; chuck-a-luck. Tags: uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bird cage, bird-cage Derived forms: like the bottom of a birdcage Related terms: cage bird, birdhouse, coop, crown and anchor, dovecot, dovecote, pen, pigeonhouse, pigeon loft

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      "word": "gaiola"
    },
    {
      "alt": "для птиц",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "cage to keep birds in",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кле́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "cage to keep birds in",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eunadan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cage to keep birds in",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jaula"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cage to keep birds in",
      "word": "fågelbur"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "cage to keep birds in",
      "word": "kuş kafesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "cage to keep birds in",
      "word": "cek"
    }
  ],
  "word": "birdcage"
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": klétka (dlja ptic) vs. для птиц",
  "path": [
    "birdcage"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "birdcage",
  "trace": ""
}

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