See castor on Wiktionary
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"3": "castor",
"4": "",
"5": "beaver"
},
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"name": "der"
}
],
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{
"form": "castores",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "castor m (plural castores)",
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}
],
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"lang_code": "gl",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Galician entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 10 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"Chordates",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
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},
{
"kind": "lifeform",
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"Mammals",
"Vertebrates",
"Chordates",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
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"beaver"
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[
"beaver",
"beaver"
]
],
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{
"word": "befre"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/kasˈtoɾ/"
}
],
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}
{
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{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "castor",
"bor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ Catalan: castor",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Catalan: castor"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "castor",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Old French: castor",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "castor"
},
"expansion": "Middle French: castor",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle French: castor"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "castor"
},
"expansion": "French: castor",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "French: castor"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "castor",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: castor",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: castor"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fur",
"2": "castôr",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Friulian: castôr",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Friulian: castôr"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gl",
"2": "castor",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Galician: castor",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Galician: castor"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "castoro",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: castoro",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: castoro"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "castor",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: castor",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: castor"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "castor",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: castor",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: castor"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "castor",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: castor",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: castor"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "grc",
"3": "κάστωρ"
},
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}
],
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{
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"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
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]
},
{
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"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "castoris",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "castorum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "castorī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "castoribus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "castorem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "castorēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "castore",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "castoribus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "castor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "castorēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "castor/castor<3>",
"g": "m"
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],
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{
"args": {
"1": "castor/castor<3>"
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],
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{
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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{
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"source": "w"
},
{
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"name": "Pages with 10 entries",
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"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"Vertebrates",
"Chordates",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
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}
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},
{
"word": "castoreum"
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{
"word": "castorīnātus"
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{
"word": "castorīnus"
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],
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"beaver"
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"id": "en-castor-la-noun-cdokjGBJ",
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[
"beaver",
"beaver"
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],
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{
"word": "Castor"
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],
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{
"word": "fiber"
},
{
"tags": [
"Late-Latin"
],
"word": "beber"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"masculine"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈkas.tor/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkäs̠t̪ɔr]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkas.tor/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkäst̪or]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
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}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "nrf",
"2": "fr",
"3": "castor"
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"expansion": "French castor",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nrf",
"2": "la",
"3": "castor",
"4": "",
"5": "beaver"
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}
],
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"tags": [
"plural"
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}
],
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{
"args": {
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"10": "",
"11": "",
"12": "{{{3}}}",
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"4": "",
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"6": "castors",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
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"g2": "",
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{
"args": {
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],
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"lang_code": "nrm",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Jersey Norman",
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"source": "w"
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{
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"Entry maintenance"
],
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{
"kind": "other",
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"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
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"source": "w"
},
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"Vertebrates",
"Chordates",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
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"id": "en-castor-nrm-noun-cdokjGBJ",
"links": [
[
"beaver",
"beaver"
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],
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"tags": [
"Jersey",
"masculine"
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}
],
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}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "castor-americano"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "castor-de-kellogg"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "castor-europeu"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "castor-gigante"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "castorenho"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "la",
"3": "castor",
"4": "castōrem",
"5": "beaver"
},
"expansion": "Latin castōrem (“beaver”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "grc",
"3": "κάστωρ"
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}
],
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{
"form": "castores",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "castor m (plural castores)",
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],
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"lang_code": "pt",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"glosses": [
"beaver"
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"beaver",
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],
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},
{
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[
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"fur"
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[
"beaver",
"beaver"
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],
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"masculine"
]
},
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"Chordates",
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"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
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],
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],
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"ipa": "/kasˈtoʁ/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kasˈtoh]",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kasˈtoʁ/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kasˈtoh]",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kasˈtoɾ/",
"tags": [
"São-Paulo"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kaʃˈtoʁ/",
"tags": [
"Rio-de-Janeiro"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kaʃˈtoχ]",
"tags": [
"Rio-de-Janeiro"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kasˈtoɻ/",
"tags": [
"Southern-Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kɐʃˈtoɾ/",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kɐʃˈtoɾ/",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kɐʃˈto.ɾi/",
"tags": [
"Portugal",
"Southern"
]
}
],
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}
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"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "fr",
"3": "castor"
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{
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"1": "ro",
"2": "la",
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{
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"1": "ro",
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],
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"plural"
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},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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},
{
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},
{
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"indefinite",
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},
{
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"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
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},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
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},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "castor",
"source": "declension",
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"indefinite",
"singular"
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},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "castori",
"source": "declension",
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"error-unrecognized-form",
"indefinite",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "castorilor",
"source": "declension",
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"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "castorule",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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}
],
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"2": "i"
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],
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{
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{
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},
{
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},
{
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"Vertebrates",
"Chordates",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
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}
],
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[
"beaver",
"beaver"
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],
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{
"word": ";"
},
{
"word": "biber"
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],
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"masculine"
]
}
],
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}
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"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "la",
"3": "castor",
"4": "",
"5": "beaver"
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"Vertebrates",
"Chordates",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
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}
],
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"beaver"
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],
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"2": "castor",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: castor",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: castor"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "fur",
"2": "castôr",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Friulian: castôr",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Friulian: castôr"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "gl",
"2": "castor",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Galician: castor",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Galician: castor"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "castoro",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: castoro",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: castoro"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "castor",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: castor",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: castor"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "castor",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: castor",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: castor"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "castor",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: castor",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: castor"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "grc",
"3": "κάστωρ"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek κάστωρ (kástōr)",
"name": "bor"
}
],
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{
"form": "castoris",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
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"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "castor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "castorēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "castoris",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "castorum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "castorī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "castoribus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "castorem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "castorēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "castore",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "castoribus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "castor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "castorēs",
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"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
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"g": "m"
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}
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"args": {
"1": "castor/castor<3>"
},
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{
"word": "Castor"
}
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"Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin third declension nouns",
"Pages with 10 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"la:Rodents"
],
"glosses": [
"beaver"
],
"links": [
[
"beaver",
"beaver"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkas.tor/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkäs̠t̪ɔr]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkas.tor/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkäst̪or]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "fiber"
},
{
"tags": [
"Late-Latin"
],
"word": "beber"
}
],
"word": "castor"
}
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"args": {
"1": "nrf",
"2": "fr",
"3": "castor"
},
"expansion": "French castor",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nrf",
"2": "la",
"3": "castor",
"4": "",
"5": "beaver"
},
"expansion": "Latin castor (“beaver”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from French castor, from Latin castor (“beaver”).",
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{
"form": "castors",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "nrf",
"10": "",
"11": "",
"12": "{{{3}}}",
"2": "noun",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "plural",
"6": "castors",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
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"g": "m",
"g2": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "castor m (plural castors)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "castor m (plural castors)",
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],
"lang": "Norman",
"lang_code": "nrm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Jersey Norman",
"Norman entries with incorrect language header",
"Norman lemmas",
"Norman masculine nouns",
"Norman nouns",
"Norman terms borrowed from French",
"Norman terms derived from French",
"Norman terms derived from Latin",
"Pages with 10 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"nrf:Rodents"
],
"glosses": [
"beaver"
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"links": [
[
"beaver",
"beaver"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Jersey) beaver"
],
"tags": [
"Jersey",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "castor"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 10 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Portuguese 2-syllable words",
"Portuguese 3-syllable words",
"Portuguese countable nouns",
"Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
"Portuguese lemmas",
"Portuguese masculine nouns",
"Portuguese nouns",
"Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"Portuguese terms derived from Latin",
"Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"pt:Mammals"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "castor-americano"
},
{
"word": "castor-de-kellogg"
},
{
"word": "castor-europeu"
},
{
"word": "castor-gigante"
},
{
"word": "castorenho"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "la",
"3": "castor",
"4": "castōrem",
"5": "beaver"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "grc",
"3": "κάστωρ"
},
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"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin castōrem (“beaver”), from Ancient Greek κάστωρ (kástōr).",
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{
"form": "castores",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "castor m (plural castores)",
"name": "pt-noun"
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"cas‧tor"
],
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"lang_code": "pt",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"beaver"
],
"links": [
[
"beaver",
"beaver"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"fur of a beaver"
],
"links": [
[
"fur",
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],
[
"beaver",
"beaver"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"castor (a hat made from the fur of the beaver)"
],
"links": [
[
"castor",
"castor#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/kasˈtoʁ/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kasˈtoh]",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kasˈtoʁ/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kasˈtoh]",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kasˈtoɾ/",
"tags": [
"São-Paulo"
]
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{
"ipa": "/kaʃˈtoʁ/",
"tags": [
"Rio-de-Janeiro"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kaʃˈtoχ]",
"tags": [
"Rio-de-Janeiro"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kasˈtoɻ/",
"tags": [
"Southern-Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kɐʃˈtoɾ/",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kɐʃˈtoɾ/",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kɐʃˈto.ɾi/",
"tags": [
"Portugal",
"Southern"
]
}
],
"word": "castor"
}
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"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "fr",
"3": "castor"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from French castor",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "la",
"3": "castor"
},
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"name": "bor"
},
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"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "grc",
"3": "κάστωρ"
},
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"name": "der"
}
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{
"form": "castori",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ro-noun-m",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "castor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "castorul",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "castori",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "castorii",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "castor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"indefinite",
"singular"
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{
"form": "castorului",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "castori",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "castorilor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "castorule",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "castorilor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"vocative"
]
}
],
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"1": "m",
"2": "i"
},
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"name": "ro-noun"
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"gpd": "castorilor",
"gpi": "castori",
"gsd": "castorului",
"gsi": "castor",
"n": "",
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"npi": "castori",
"nsd": "castorul",
"nsi": "castor",
"vp": "castorilor",
"vs": "castorule",
"vs2": ""
},
"name": "ro-decl-noun"
}
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"lang_code": "ro",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"Pages with 10 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Romanian countable nouns",
"Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
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"Romanian masculine nouns",
"Romanian nouns",
"Romanian terms borrowed from French",
"Romanian terms borrowed from Latin",
"Romanian terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"Romanian terms derived from French",
"Romanian terms derived from Latin",
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"beaver"
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"links": [
[
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{
"word": "breb"
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{
"word": ";"
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{
"word": "biber"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
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}
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{
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"1": "es",
"2": "la",
"3": "castor",
"4": "",
"5": "beaver"
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"form": "castores",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"1": "m"
},
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"Spanish lemmas",
"Spanish masculine nouns",
"Spanish nouns",
"Spanish terms derived from Latin",
"Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Spanish terms with audio pronunciation",
"es:Rodents"
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"beaver"
],
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[
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"beaver"
]
],
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"masculine"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/kasˈtoɾ/"
},
{
"ipa": "[kasˈt̪oɾ]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-oɾ"
}
],
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}
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