"carnival" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɑːnɪvəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], [ˈkɑːnɪvl̩] [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑɹnɪvəl/ [General-American], [ˈkɑɹnɪvl̩] [General-American], /kɑɹnəˈvɑl/ [General-American], /ˈkaːnɪvəl/ [General-Australian], [ˈkaːnɪvl̩] [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-carnival.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-carnival.wav [US] Forms: carnivals [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French carnaval, from Italian carnevale, possibly from the Latin phrase carnem levāmen (“meat dismissal”). Other scholars suggest Latin carnuālia (“meat-based country feast”) or carrus nāvālis (“boat wagon; float”) instead. Doublet of carnaval. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker-|id=cut}}, {{bor|en|frm|carnaval}} Middle French carnaval, {{der|en|it|carnevale}} Italian carnevale, {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{m|la|carnem levāmen|t=meat dismissal}} carnem levāmen (“meat dismissal”), {{m|la|carnuālia|t=meat-based country feast}} carnuālia (“meat-based country feast”), {{m|la|carrus nāvālis|t=boat wagon; float}} carrus nāvālis (“boat wagon; float”), {{doublet|en|carnaval}} Doublet of carnaval Head templates: {{en-noun}} carnival (plural carnivals)
  1. Any of a number of festivals held just before the beginning of Lent. Categories (topical): Calendar, Festivals Translations (festival held just before the beginning of Lent): antroxu (Asturian), laskiainen (Finnish), karnevaali [Catholic] (Finnish), carnaval [masculine] (French), Fastnacht [feminine] (German), zapust [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), Vosnòcht [feminine] (Mòcheno), carnestolendas [feminine, plural] (Spanish), carnaval [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-carnival-en-noun-uIoKtpjJ Disambiguation of Calendar: 42 15 10 16 2 6 9 Disambiguation of Festivals: 34 7 26 8 6 2 17 Disambiguation of 'festival held just before the beginning of Lent': 73 5 14 5 3
  2. A festive occasion marked by parades and sometimes special foods and other entertainment. Translations (festive occasion marked by parades): karnaval [masculine] (Albanian), كَرْنَفَال (karnavāl) [masculine] (Arabic), مرفع (marfaʕ) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), كرنفال (karnafāl, karnavāl) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), antroxu [masculine] (Asturian), karnaval (Azerbaijani), inauteria (Basque), карнава́л (karnavál) [masculine] (Belarusian), কার্নিভাল (karnibhal) (Bengali), карнава́л (karnavál) [masculine] (Bulgarian), carnestoltes [masculine] (Catalan), carnaval [masculine] (Catalan), ᎠᎾᏛᏁᎵᏍᎬ (anadvnelisgv) (Cherokee), 狂歡節 (Chinese Mandarin), 狂欢节 (kuánghuānjié) (Chinese Mandarin), 嘉年華 (Chinese Mandarin), 嘉年华 (jiāniánhuá) (Chinese Mandarin), karneval [masculine] (Czech), karneval [neuter] (Danish), carnaval [neuter] (Dutch), karnavalo (Esperanto), karneval (Estonian), juhlat [plural] (Finnish), karnevaali (Finnish), carnaval [masculine] (French), entroido (Galician), antroido [masculine] (Galician), entruido [masculine] (Galician), ყეენობა (q̇eenoba) (Georgian), კარნავალი (ḳarnavali) (Georgian), Karneval [masculine] (German), Fasching [masculine] (German), Fastnacht [feminine] (German), καρναβάλι (karnaváli) [neuter] (Greek), קָרְנְבָל (karnevál) [masculine] (Hebrew), कार्निवल (kārnival) (Hindi), karnevál (Hungarian), farsang (Hungarian), karnival [neuter] (Icelandic), kjötkveðjuhátíð [feminine] (Icelandic), carnevale [masculine] (Italian), カーニバル (kānibaru) (Japanese), 謝肉祭 (shanikusai) (alt: しゃにくさい) (Japanese), карнавал (karnaval) (Kazakh), 사육제 (sayukje) (alt: 謝肉祭) (Korean), 카니발 (kanibal) (Korean), карнавал (karnaval) (Kyrgyz), karnevāls [masculine] (Latvian), karnavalas [masculine] (Lithuanian), карнева́л (karnevál) [masculine] (Macedonian), karnival [masculine] (Maltese), hui taurima (Maori), taiopenga (Maori), karneval [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), karneval [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), کارناوال (kârnâvâl) (Persian), کارنوال (kârnevâl) (Persian), karnawał [masculine] (Polish), carnaval [masculine] (Portuguese), carnaval [neuter] (Romanian), карнава́л (karnavál) [masculine] (Russian), карнѐва̄л [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), покладе [Cyrillic, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), karnèvāl [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), poklade [Roman, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), karneval [masculine] (Slovak), carnaval [masculine] (Spanish), karneval [common-gender] (Swedish), karnabal (Tagalog), карнавал (karnaval) (Tajik), జాతర (jātara) (Telugu), เทศกาล (têet-sà-gaan) (Thai), karnaval (Turkish), karnaval (Turkmen), карнава́л (karnavál) [masculine] (Ukrainian), karnaval (Uzbek), hội hóa trang (alt: 會化妝) (Vietnamese), hội trá hình (alt: 會詐形) (Vietnamese), các-na-van (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-carnival-en-noun-i6buHzoC Disambiguation of 'festive occasion marked by parades': 3 80 8 7 2
  3. (US) A traveling amusement park, called a funfair in British English. Tags: US Translations (traveling amusement park): пъту́ващ цирк (pǎtúvašt cirk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), amuzejo (Esperanto), tivoli (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-carnival-en-noun-K9V3wY0J Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 6 44 10 9 1 21 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 7 6 44 16 8 1 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 6 46 14 8 1 16 Disambiguation of 'traveling amusement park': 4 3 83 6 4
  4. (sociology) A context in which transgression or inversion of the social order is given temporary license. Derived from the work of Mikhail Bakhtin. Categories (topical): Sociology
    Sense id: en-carnival-en-noun-CGYq6LeM Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology
  5. (figurative) A gaudily chaotic situation. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-carnival-en-noun-S5GJ06ZD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: carnaval [obsolete] Coordinate_terms: mardi gras

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkɑːnɪvəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], [ˈkɑːnɪvl̩] [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑɹnɪvəl/ [General-American], [ˈkɑɹnɪvl̩] [General-American], /kɑɹnəˈvɑl/ [General-American], /ˈkaːnɪvəl/ [General-Australian], [ˈkaːnɪvl̩] [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-carnival.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-carnival.wav [US] Forms: carnivals [present, singular, third-person], carnivalling [participle, present], carnivaling [participle, present], carnivalled [participle, past], carnivalled [past], carnivaled [participle, past], carnivaled [past]
Etymology: From Middle French carnaval, from Italian carnevale, possibly from the Latin phrase carnem levāmen (“meat dismissal”). Other scholars suggest Latin carnuālia (“meat-based country feast”) or carrus nāvālis (“boat wagon; float”) instead. Doublet of carnaval. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker-|id=cut}}, {{bor|en|frm|carnaval}} Middle French carnaval, {{der|en|it|carnevale}} Italian carnevale, {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{m|la|carnem levāmen|t=meat dismissal}} carnem levāmen (“meat dismissal”), {{m|la|carnuālia|t=meat-based country feast}} carnuālia (“meat-based country feast”), {{m|la|carrus nāvālis|t=boat wagon; float}} carrus nāvālis (“boat wagon; float”), {{doublet|en|carnaval}} Doublet of carnaval Head templates: {{en-verb|++|past2=carnivaled|pres_ptc2=carnivaling}} carnival (third-person singular simple present carnivals, present participle carnivalling or carnivaling, simple past and past participle carnivalled or carnivaled)
  1. (informal) To participate in a carnival. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-carnival-en-verb-CtkfmL-Q
  2. (literary) To move about playfully or wildly. Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-carnival-en-verb-NBMypGaE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: carnaval [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "狂歡節"
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          "word": "嘉年華"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "lang": "Estonian",
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      "sense": "festival held just before the beginning of Lent",
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      "sense": "festival held just before the beginning of Lent",
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      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "word": "কার্নিভাল"
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      "word": "狂歡節"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "et",
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      "word": "ყეენობა"
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      "code": "ka",
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fastnacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "karnaváli",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "καρναβάλι"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "karnevál",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "קָרְנְבָל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kārnival",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "word": "कार्निवल"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "word": "karnevál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "word": "farsang"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "karnival"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kjötkveðjuhátíð"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carnevale"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kānibaru",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "word": "カーニバル"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しゃにくさい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shanikusai",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "word": "謝肉祭"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "karnaval",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "word": "карнавал"
    },
    {
      "alt": "謝肉祭",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sayukje",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "word": "사육제"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kanibal",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "word": "카니발"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "karnaval",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "word": "карнавал"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "karnevāls"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "karnavalas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "karnevál",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "карнева́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "karnival"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "word": "hui taurima"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "word": "taiopenga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "karneval"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "karneval"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kârnâvâl",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "word": "کارناوال"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kârnevâl",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "word": "کارنوال"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "karnawał"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carnaval"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "carnaval"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "karnavál",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "карнава́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "карнѐва̄л"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "покладе"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "karnèvāl"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "poklade"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "karneval"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carnaval"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "karneval"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "word": "karnabal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "karnaval",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "word": "карнавал"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "jātara",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "word": "జాతర"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "têet-sà-gaan",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "word": "เทศกาล"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "word": "karnaval"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "word": "karnaval"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "karnavál",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "карнава́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "word": "karnaval"
    },
    {
      "alt": "會化妝",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "word": "hội hóa trang"
    },
    {
      "alt": "會詐形",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "word": "hội trá hình"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "festive occasion marked by parades",
      "word": "các-na-van"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pǎtúvašt cirk",
      "sense": "traveling amusement park",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пъту́ващ цирк"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "traveling amusement park",
      "word": "amuzejo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "traveling amusement park",
      "word": "tivoli"
    }
  ],
  "word": "carnival"
}

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    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from Italian",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)ker- (cut)",
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      "name": "bor"
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        "3": "-"
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        "2": "carnem levāmen",
        "t": "meat dismissal"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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        "t": "meat-based country feast"
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "m"
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        "present",
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      "form": "carnivalling",
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    },
    {
      "form": "carnivaling",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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      "form": "carnivalled",
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        "participle",
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      "form": "carnivalled",
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        "To participate in a carnival."
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        "(informal) To participate in a carnival."
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        "informal"
      ]
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        "English terms with quotations"
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          "ref": "1870 July, “Life in the Mexican Capital”, in The Old Guard, volume VIII, number VII, [New York, N.Y.]: [C. Chauncey Burr & Co.], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 507",
          "text": "The spot is a marvel of beauty and taste; and here, where dust and sun carnivaled for so many years, thousands of every class congregate to listen each evening to music discoursed for the amusement of oi polloi.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1983, Alan Stratton, The Hunters, London, Sydney, N.S.W.: Futura, page 161",
          "text": "Sitting in the Chevy, Saturday night on Main Street carnivaling around her, she told herself that she understood, that Ross had made a mistake, had pre-arranged this celebration for tonight and thought that his date with her was tomorrow.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Jonny Glynn, The Seven Days of Peter Crumb, New York, N.Y., […]: Harper Perennial, page 210",
          "text": "A sudden bright white flash exploded before me. A kaleidoscope of silver lines drawn in rapid succession carnivalled in a blizzard of raging energy.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move about playfully or wildly."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) To move about playfully or wildly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑːnɪvəl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɑːnɪvl̩]",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑɹnɪvəl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɑɹnɪvl̩]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑɹnəˈvɑl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkaːnɪvəl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkaːnɪvl̩]",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian"
      ]
    },
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        "Southern-England"
      ],
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        "US"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "carnaval"
    }
  ],
  "word": "carnival"
}

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