"bulb" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Catalan]

IPA: [ˈbulp] [Balearic, Central, Valencian] Forms: bulbs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin bulbus. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|ca|la|bulbus|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin bulbus, {{bor+|ca|la|bulbus}} Borrowed from Latin bulbus Head templates: {{ca-noun|m}} bulb m (plural bulbs)
  1. (botany) bulb (bulb-shaped root of a plant) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Botany Derived forms: bulb galàctic, bulb raquidi Related terms: bulbós
    Sense id: en-bulb-ca-noun-t5prqGyQ Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbʌlb/, /ˈbʌb/ [African-American-Vernacular-English, Southern-American-English, obsolete] Audio: en-us-bulb.ogg [US] Forms: bulbs [plural]
enPR: bŭlb Rhymes: -ʌlb Etymology: From Middle English bulb, bolbe, from Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bulb}} Middle English bulb, {{m|enm|bolbe}} bolbe, {{der|en|la|bulbus|t=bulb, onion}} Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), {{der|en|grc|βολβός|t=plant with round swelling on underground stem}} Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} bulb (plural bulbs)
  1. The bulb-shaped root portion of a plant such as a tulip, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown.
    Sense id: en-bulb-en-noun-Pd1Nv6l3
  2. (dated, neuroanatomy) The medulla oblongata. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Neuroanatomy, Horticulture
    Sense id: en-bulb-en-noun-NafBlhda Disambiguation of Horticulture: 17 52 7 12 8 1 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 56 12 12 13 0 3 Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
  3. Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.
    Sense id: en-bulb-en-noun--Rkw7PwX
  4. Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.
    A light bulb (not necessarily bulbous in shape).
    Sense id: en-bulb-en-noun-vtW7-SZG
  5. (nautical) A bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of certain vessels to reduce turbulence. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-bulb-en-noun-CQkXIHxy Topics: nautical, transport
  6. (obsolete) An onion. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-bulb-en-noun-0l3RimNq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bulbiferous, bulbil, bulbous Translations (bulb-shaped root): βολβός (bolbós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), սոխուկ (soxuk) (Armenian), կոճղեզ (kočġez) (Armenian), лу́ковица (lúkovica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), bulb [masculine] (Catalan), 鱗莖 (Chinese Mandarin), 鳞茎 (línjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), bulva [feminine] (Czech), hlíza [feminine] (Czech), løg [neuter] (Danish), bulbo (Esperanto), sipuli (Finnish), bulbe [masculine] (French), bulbo [masculine] (Galician), ბოლქვი (bolkvi) (Georgian), Zwiebel [feminine] (German), βολβός (volvós) [masculine] (Greek), בָּצָל (batzál) [masculine] (Hebrew), virághagyma (Hungarian), gumó (Hungarian), laukur [masculine] (Icelandic), bulbo (Ido), umbi lapis (Indonesian), pumppu (Ingrian), bleib [feminine] (Irish), bulbo [masculine] (Italian), 球根 (kyūkon) (alt: きゅうこん) (Japanese), មើម (məəm) (Khmer), 알뿌리 (alppuri) (Korean), bulbus [masculine] (Latin), луковица (lukovica) [feminine] (Macedonian), bebawang (Malay), കിഴങ്ങ് (kiḻaṅṅŭ) (Malayalam), tōpuku (Maori), løk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), løk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), bulb [masculine] (Occitan), صوغان (soğan) (Ottoman Turkish), بصل (basal) (Ottoman Turkish), پیاز (piyâz) (Persian), cebulka [feminine] (Polish), bulbo [masculine] (Portuguese), bulb [masculine] (Romanian), лу́ковица (lúkovica) [feminine] (Russian), कन्द (kanda) [masculine] (Sanskrit), bolgan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), луковица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), чебуљица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), lukovica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), čebuljica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), cibuľka [feminine] (Slovak), čebulica [feminine] (Slovene), bulbo [masculine] (Spanish), lök [common-gender] (Swedish), цибу́лина (cybúlyna) [feminine] (Ukrainian) Translations (rounded solid object): (pāo) (Chinese Mandarin), bol (Dutch), kupu (Finnish), bulbe [masculine] (French), βολβός (volvós) [masculine] (Greek), bulbo (Ido), eglopu (Luhya), ബൾബ് (baḷbŭ) (Malayalam), bulbo [masculine] (Portuguese), bulb [masculine] (Romanian), утолще́ние (utolščénije) [neuter] (Russian), вы́пуклость (výpuklostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ша́рик (šárik) [masculine] (Russian), bulbo [masculine] (Spanish), glopu (Swahili)

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈbʌlb/, /ˈbʌb/ [African-American-Vernacular-English, Southern-American-English, obsolete] Audio: en-us-bulb.ogg [US] Forms: bulbs [present, singular, third-person], bulbing [participle, present], bulbed [participle, past], bulbed [past]
enPR: bŭlb Rhymes: -ʌlb Etymology: From Middle English bulb, bolbe, from Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bulb}} Middle English bulb, {{m|enm|bolbe}} bolbe, {{der|en|la|bulbus|t=bulb, onion}} Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), {{der|en|grc|βολβός|t=plant with round swelling on underground stem}} Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} bulb (third-person singular simple present bulbs, present participle bulbing, simple past and past participle bulbed)
  1. (intransitive) To take the shape of a bulb; to swell. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-bulb-en-verb-o1UMW6qo

Noun [Romanian]

Etymology: Borrowed from French bulbe. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|ro|fr|bulbe|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French bulbe, {{bor+|ro|fr|bulbe}} Borrowed from French bulbe Head templates: {{ro-noun|m|bulbi}} bulb m (plural bulbi) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|g=m|gpd=bulbilor|gpi=bulbi|gsd=bulbului|gsi=bulb|n=|npd=bulbii|npi=bulbi|nsd=bulbul|nsi=bulb|vp=bulbilor|vs=bulbule|vs2=}} Forms: bulbi [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], bulb [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], un bulb [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], bulbul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], bulbi [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], niște bulbi [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], bulbii [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], bulb [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], unui bulb [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], bulbului [dative, definite, genitive, singular], bulbi [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], unor bulbi [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], bulbilor [dative, definite, genitive, plural], bulbule [singular, vocative], bulbilor [plural, vocative]
  1. bulb Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bulb-ro-noun-tJQvtOi1 Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "bolkvi",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "word": "ბოლქვი"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
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      "word": "Zwiebel"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "volvós",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "batzál",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
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      "word": "בָּצָל"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "word": "virághagyma"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "word": "gumó"
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      "code": "io",
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "word": "umbi lapis"
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      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "word": "pumppu"
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      "roman": "alppuri",
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        "2": "la",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "bulbus"
      },
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    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bulbs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "bulb m (plural bulbs)",
      "name": "ca-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ca",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bulbós"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Catalan countable nouns",
        "Catalan entries with incorrect language header",
        "Catalan lemmas",
        "Catalan masculine nouns",
        "Catalan nouns",
        "Catalan terms borrowed from Latin",
        "Catalan terms derived from Latin",
        "Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "ca:Botany"
      ],
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        "bulb (bulb-shaped root of a plant)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "bulb",
          "bulb#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) bulb (bulb-shaped root of a plant)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbulp]",
      "tags": [
        "Balearic",
        "Central",
        "Valencian"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bulb"
}

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    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Telugu translations",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌlb",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌlb/1 syllable",
    "en:Horticulture"
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    {
      "word": "bulb-out"
    },
    {
      "word": "bulb tee"
    },
    {
      "word": "bus bulb"
    },
    {
      "word": "dim-bulb"
    },
    {
      "word": "dim bulb"
    },
    {
      "word": "dry bulb temperature"
    },
    {
      "word": "dry-bulb temperature"
    },
    {
      "word": "Edison bulb"
    },
    {
      "word": "flashbulb"
    },
    {
      "word": "hair bulb"
    },
    {
      "word": "hot bulb"
    },
    {
      "word": "lamp bulb"
    },
    {
      "word": "lampbulb"
    },
    {
      "word": "light bulb"
    },
    {
      "word": "not the brightest bulb"
    },
    {
      "word": "not the brightest bulb in the chandelier"
    },
    {
      "word": "tulip bulb"
    },
    {
      "word": "urethral bulb"
    },
    {
      "word": "wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometer"
    },
    {
      "word": "wet-bulb"
    },
    {
      "word": "wet bulb temperature"
    },
    {
      "word": "wet-bulb temperature"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "bulb"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English bulb",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "bolbe"
      },
      "expansion": "bolbe",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "bulbus",
        "t": "bulb, onion"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "βολβός",
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English bulb, bolbe, from Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).",
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    {
      "form": "bulbs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bulb (plural bulbs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bulbiferous"
    },
    {
      "word": "bulbil"
    },
    {
      "word": "bulbous"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 265c",
          "text": "the plants which grow in the earth from seed or bulbs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 February 7, Val Bourne, “The quiet man of the world of snowdrops”, in The Daily Telegraph (London), page G8",
          "text": "Once it [a snowdrop variety] became established, some bulbs were lifted and passed on to be chipped (i.e. cut into small pieces and grown on).",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "The bulb-shaped root portion of a plant such as a tulip, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "root",
          "root"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "en:Neuroanatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The medulla oblongata."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "neuroanatomy",
          "neuroanatomy"
        ],
        [
          "medulla oblongata",
          "medulla oblongata#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated, neuroanatomy) The medulla oblongata."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "neuroanatomy",
        "neurology",
        "neuroscience",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "the bulb of the aorta",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "an incandescent bulb",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "an LED bulb",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "a fluorescent tube bulb",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.",
        "A light bulb (not necessarily bulbous in shape)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "light bulb",
          "light bulb"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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        "A bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of certain vessels to reduce turbulence."
      ],
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        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "protuberance",
          "protuberance"
        ],
        [
          "turbulence",
          "turbulence"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) A bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of certain vessels to reduce turbulence."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An onion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "onion",
          "onion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) An onion."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʌlb/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʌb/",
      "tags": [
        "African-American-Vernacular-English",
        "Southern-American-English",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌlb"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-bulb.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a0/En-us-bulb.ogg/En-us-bulb.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/En-us-bulb.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "bŭlb"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "soxuk",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "word": "սոխուկ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kočġez",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "word": "կոճղեզ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lúkovica",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лу́ковица"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bulb"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "word": "鱗莖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "línjīng",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "word": "鳞茎"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bulva"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hlíza"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "løg"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "word": "bulbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "word": "sipuli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bulbe"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bulbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "bolkvi",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "word": "ბოლქვი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zwiebel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "volvós",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "βολβός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "bolbós",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "βολβός"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "batzál",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "בָּצָל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "word": "virághagyma"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "word": "gumó"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "laukur"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "word": "bulbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "word": "umbi lapis"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "word": "pumppu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bleib"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bulbo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きゅうこん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyūkon",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "word": "球根"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "məəm",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "word": "មើម"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "alppuri",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "word": "알뿌리"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bulbus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "lukovica",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "луковица"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "word": "bebawang"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kiḻaṅṅŭ",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "word": "കിഴങ്ങ്"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "word": "tōpuku"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "løk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "løk"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bulb"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "soğan",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "word": "صوغان"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "basal",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "word": "بصل"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "piyâz",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "word": "پیاز"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cebulka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bulbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bulb"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lúkovica",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лу́ковица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "kanda",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कन्द"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bolgan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "луковица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чебуљица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lukovica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "čebuljica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cibuľka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "čebulica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bulbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lök"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "cybúlyna",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped root",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "цибу́лина"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pāo",
      "sense": "rounded solid object",
      "word": "泡"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "rounded solid object",
      "word": "bol"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rounded solid object",
      "word": "kupu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rounded solid object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bulbe"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "volvós",
      "sense": "rounded solid object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "βολβός"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "rounded solid object",
      "word": "bulbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "luy",
      "lang": "Luhya",
      "sense": "rounded solid object",
      "word": "eglopu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "baḷbŭ",
      "sense": "rounded solid object",
      "word": "ബൾബ്"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rounded solid object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bulbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "rounded solid object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bulb"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "utolščénije",
      "sense": "rounded solid object",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "утолще́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výpuklostʹ",
      "sense": "rounded solid object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́пуклость"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šárik",
      "sense": "rounded solid object",
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "rounded solid object",
      "word": "glopu"
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}

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        "singular"
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      "form": "bulbului",
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        "singular"
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    },
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        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "form": "bulbule",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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