"chaparral" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌʃæp.əˈɹæl/ [UK], /ˌt͡ʃæp.əˈɹæl/ [UK], /ˌʃæp.əˈɹæl/ [US], /ˌʃæp.əˈɹɛl/ [US], [ˌʃæp.ɚˈ(ɹ)æl] [US], [ˌʃæp.ɚˈ(ɹ)ɛl] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chaparral.wav [Southern-England] Forms: chaparrals [plural]
Rhymes: -æl, -ɛl Etymology: From Spanish chaparral, from chaparro (“evergreen oak”) + -al, from Basque txaparro, from txapar, from sapar. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|chaparral}} Spanish chaparral, {{m|es|chaparro|t=evergreen oak}} chaparro (“evergreen oak”), {{m|es|-al}} -al, {{der|en|eu|txaparro}} Basque txaparro, {{m|eu|txapar}} txapar, {{m|eu|sapar}} sapar Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} chaparral (countable and uncountable, plural chaparrals)
  1. (US) A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Caltrop family plants Translations (region of shrubs): txapardi (Basque), ĉaparalo (Esperanto), maquis (French), θαμνώνες (thamnónes) [masculine, plural] (Greek), θαμνότοπος (thamnótopos) [masculine] (Greek), chaparral [masculine] (Portuguese), chaparral [neuter] (Romanian), chaparral [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-chaparral-en-noun-kuEX9tKL Disambiguation of Caltrop family plants: 58 42 Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of 'region of shrubs': 93 7
  2. The foliage of creosote bush, Larrea divaricata, when used as a medicinal herb. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-chaparral-en-noun-qKogyJgl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chaparral bird, chaparral cock, chaparral hen

Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /t͡ʃapaˈral/, [t͡ʃa.paˈral] Forms: chaparrales [plural]
Rhymes: -al Etymology: From chaparro + -al, from Basque txaparro. Etymology templates: {{af|es|chaparro|-al}} chaparro + -al, {{der|es|eu|txaparro}} Basque txaparro Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} chaparral m (plural chaparrales)
  1. chaparral Tags: masculine

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      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "chaparral m (plural chaparrales)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "cha‧pa‧rral"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Rhymes:Spanish/al",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/al/3 syllables",
        "Spanish 3-syllable words",
        "Spanish countable nouns",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish masculine nouns",
        "Spanish nouns",
        "Spanish terms derived from Basque",
        "Spanish terms suffixed with -al",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chaparral"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chaparral",
          "chaparral#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃapaˈral/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃa.paˈral]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-al"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chaparral"
}

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