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"word": "sirkus"
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"roman": "sirkus",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "ሲርኩስ"
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "sirk",
"sense": "company that travels",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "سِيرْك"
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"code": "hy",
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"roman": "krkes",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "կրկես"
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"code": "ast",
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"sense": "company that travels",
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"word": "zirku"
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"roman": "cyrk",
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"word": "цырк"
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"roman": "śarkaś",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "সার্কাস"
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"roman": "cirk",
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"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hcapkap",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "ဆပ်ကပ်"
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"code": "rue",
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"roman": "církus",
"sense": "company that travels",
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"word": "ці́ркус"
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"sense": "company that travels",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "馬戲團"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mǎxìtuán",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "马戏团"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "馬戲場"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mǎxìchǎng",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "马戏场"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "雜技場"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zájìchǎng",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "杂技场"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "company that travels",
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"word": "cirkus"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "company that travels",
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"sense": "company that travels",
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"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "tsirkus"
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"sense": "company that travels",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "sirkus"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "company that travels",
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"word": "cirque"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "company that travels",
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "cirḳi",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "ცირკი"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "company that travels",
"tags": [
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"word": "Zirkus"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "tsírko",
"sense": "company that travels",
"tags": [
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"word": "τσίρκο"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kirkás",
"sense": "company that travels",
"tags": [
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"word": "קִרְקָס"
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sarkas",
"sense": "company that travels",
"tags": [
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"word": "सर्कस"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "cirkusz"
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "sirkus"
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"code": "izh",
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"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "tsirkka"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "company that travels",
"tags": [
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"word": "sorcas"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "company that travels",
"tags": [
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"word": "circo"
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "sākasu",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "サーカス"
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"alt": "きょくばだん",
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "曲馬団"
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"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "sirk",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "цирк"
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"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "siək",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "សៀក"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seokeoseu",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "서커스"
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"code": "ky",
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"roman": "tsirk",
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"word": "цирк"
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"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "la khǭn sat",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "ລະຄອນສັດ"
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"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kāi nya sin",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "ກາຍຍະສິນ"
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "company that travels",
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"word": "circēnsēs"
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"code": "lv",
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"sense": "company that travels",
"tags": [
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"word": "cirks"
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"code": "lt",
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"sense": "company that travels",
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"word": "cirkas"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "cirkus",
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"code": "ms",
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"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "sarkas"
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{
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "tākihi"
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"code": "mn",
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"sense": "company that travels",
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"code": "ang",
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"sense": "company that travels",
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"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "sirk",
"sense": "company that travels",
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"word": "سېرک"
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"word": "سرکس"
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sirk",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "سیرْک"
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{
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sarkas",
"sense": "company that travels",
"tags": [
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"word": "سَرْکَس"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "company that travels",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "company that travels",
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"word": "circ"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "cirk",
"sense": "company that travels",
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"word": "цирк"
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"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "circu"
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{
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"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "tzircu"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "company that travels",
"tags": [
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"word": "цѝркус"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "company that travels",
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"word": "cìrkus"
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"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "sarkas",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "සර්කස්"
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "company that travels",
"tags": [
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"word": "cirkus"
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"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "company that travels",
"tags": [
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"word": "cirkus"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "company that travels",
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"word": "circo"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "company that travels",
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "sirko"
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"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "sirk",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "сирк"
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"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "vaṭṭaraṅku",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "வட்டரங்கு"
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{
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"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "sarkas",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "సర్కస్"
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{
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "lá-kɔɔn-sàt",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "ละครสัตว์"
},
{
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "sirk"
},
{
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"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "sirk"
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{
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"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "aýman"
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{
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "cyrk",
"sense": "company that travels",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "цирк"
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"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "sarkas",
"sense": "company that travels",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "سَرْکَس"
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"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "سېرك"
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"_dis1": "43 7 8 16 23 2",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "sirk"
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{
"_dis1": "43 7 8 16 23 2",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "xiếc"
},
{
"_dis1": "43 7 8 16 23 2",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "xiệc"
},
{
"_dis1": "43 7 8 16 23 2",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
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{
"_dis1": "43 7 8 16 23 2",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "tsirk",
"sense": "company that travels",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "צירק"
}
]
},
{
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"word": "concourse"
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[
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"round"
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[
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"open"
],
[
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"space"
]
],
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"sense": "round open space",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "10 50 1 3 28 8",
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "round open space",
"word": "aukio"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 50 1 3 28 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "round open space",
"word": "körtér"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 50 1 3 28 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "round open space",
"word": "körönd"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 50 1 3 28 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "round open space",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "circo"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 50 1 3 28 8",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "round open space",
"word": "bulatan"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 50 1 3 28 8",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "round open space",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cyrk"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 50 1 3 28 8",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "round open space",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "rondo"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 50 1 3 28 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "round open space",
"word": "cruzamento"
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{
"_dis1": "10 50 1 3 28 8",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krúglaja plóščadʹ",
"sense": "round open space",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "кру́глая пло́щадь"
}
]
},
{
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}
],
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[
"spectacle",
"spectacle"
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[
"noisy",
"noisy"
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[
"fuss",
"fuss"
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],
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],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
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"langcode": "en",
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"Art",
"Entertainment",
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
"glosses": [
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],
"id": "en-circus-en-noun-B7eIXuNY",
"links": [
[
"Roman Empire",
"Roman Empire"
],
[
"chariot",
"chariot"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(historical) In the ancient Roman Empire, a building for chariot racing."
],
"tags": [
"historical"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
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"langcode": "en",
"name": "Military",
"orig": "en:Military",
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"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "20 18 2 5 52 0 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "18 16 4 12 48 1 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "14 13 2 28 41 2 0",
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"Entertainment",
"Theater",
"Culture",
"Art",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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[
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[
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"World War II"
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],
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"government",
"military",
"politics",
"war"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
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{
"ref": "1817, Lord Byron, The Lament of Tasso",
"text": "The narrow circus of my dungeon wall.",
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}
],
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"Circuit; space; enclosure."
],
"id": "en-circus-en-noun-SUjLNuKe",
"links": [
[
"Circuit",
"circuit"
],
[
"space",
"space"
],
[
"enclosure",
"enclosure"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Circuit; space; enclosure."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɜːkəs/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɝkəs/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)kəs"
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{
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"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
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],
"wikipedia": [
"circus"
],
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"2": "ine-pro",
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{
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{
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"g2": "",
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"tr": "",
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"args": {
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"3": "circus",
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"5": "ring, circle"
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{
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"2": "ine-pro",
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{
"args": {
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},
{
"args": {
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},
{
"args": {
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"2": "hringsetl",
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}
],
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{
"form": "circuses",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "circusses",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "circusing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "circussing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "circused",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "circused",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "circussed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "circussed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
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],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"id": "en-circus-en-verb-IFGoFtzm",
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[
"circus",
"circus"
],
[
"display",
"display"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɜːkəs/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɝkəs/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)kəs"
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{
"audio": "En-us-circus.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cf/En-us-circus.ogg/En-us-circus.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/En-us-circus.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"circus"
],
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}
{
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"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "af",
"2": "sirkus"
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"expansion": "Afrikaans: sirkus",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Afrikaans: sirkus"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "sirkus",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Indonesian: sirkus",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Indonesian: sirkus"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "la",
"3": "circus"
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"name": "bor"
}
],
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"form": "circussen",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "circusje",
"tags": [
"diminutive",
"neuter"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "n",
"2": "-en",
"3": "circusje"
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"expansion": "circus n (plural circussen, diminutive circusje n)",
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],
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{
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{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "circusartiest"
},
{
"word": "circusclown"
},
{
"word": "circusdier"
},
{
"word": "circusshow"
},
{
"word": "circustent"
}
],
"glosses": [
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],
"id": "en-circus-nl-noun-Qs8xE2i7",
"links": [
[
"circus",
"circus#English"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "beestenspel"
}
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɪr.kʏs/"
},
{
"audio": "Nl-circus.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b4/Nl-circus.ogg/Nl-circus.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Nl-circus.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"word": "circus"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "circa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "*circa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "circō"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "circellus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "circinus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "circulus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "circum"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Balkan Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ruq",
"2": "țerc"
},
"expansion": "Megleno-Romanian: țerc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Megleno-Romanian: țerc"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "cerc"
},
"expansion": "Romanian: cerc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Romanian: cerc"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Italo-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "roa-oit",
"2": "cerco"
},
"expansion": "Old Italian: cerco",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Italian: cerco"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sc",
"2": "tzircu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Sardinian: tzircu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Sardinian: tzircu"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "circu"
},
"expansion": "Sicilian: circu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sicilian: circu"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mt",
"2": "ċirku",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Maltese: ċirku",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Maltese: ċirku"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Padanian:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pms",
"2": "cerc"
},
"expansion": "Piedmontese: cerc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Piedmontese: cerc"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Gallo-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nrf",
"2": "cher"
},
"expansion": "Norman: cher",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Norman: cher"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "cerc"
},
"expansion": "Occitan: cerc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Occitan: cerc"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Ibero-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ast",
"2": "cercu"
},
"expansion": "Asturian: cercu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Asturian: cercu"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gl",
"2": "cerco"
},
"expansion": "Galician: cerco",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Galician: cerco"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "cerco"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese: cerco",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Portuguese: cerco"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "cerco"
},
"expansion": "Spanish: cerco",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Spanish: cerco"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Insular Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sc",
"2": "circu"
},
"expansion": "Sardinian: circu",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Campidanese"
},
"expansion": "(Campidanese)",
"name": "q"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sc",
"2": "chircu"
},
"expansion": "chircu",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Nuorese"
},
"expansion": "(Nuorese)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "Sardinian: circu (Campidanese), chircu (Nuorese)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Ancient borrowings:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "qark",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Albanian: qark",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Albanian: qark"
},
{
"depth": 0,
"templates": [],
"text": ""
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ast",
"2": "circu"
},
"expansion": "Asturian: circu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Asturian: circu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "circ"
},
"expansion": "Catalan: circ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Catalan: circ"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "circus"
},
"expansion": "Dutch: circus",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Dutch: circus (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "circus"
},
"expansion": "English: circus",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: circus"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "cirque"
},
"expansion": "French: cirque",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "French: cirque (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fur",
"2": "circ"
},
"expansion": "Friulian: circ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Friulian: circ"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gl",
"2": "circo"
},
"expansion": "Galician: circo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Galician: circo"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Circus",
"3": "Zirkus"
},
"expansion": "German: Circus, Zirkus",
"name": "desc"
},
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{
"code": "hy",
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"word": "կրկես"
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{
"code": "bn",
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"roman": "śarkaś",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "সার্কাস"
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{
"code": "my",
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"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "ဆပ်ကပ်"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "馬戲團"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mǎxìtuán",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "马戏团"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "company that travels",
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{
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{
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"lang": "Danish",
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{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
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"word": "tsirkus"
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{
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "company that travels",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
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"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "ცირკი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "company that travels",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "tsírko",
"sense": "company that travels",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
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"sense": "company that travels",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sarkas",
"sense": "company that travels",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "hu",
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
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{
"code": "izh",
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"sense": "company that travels",
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sākasu",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "サーカス"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "曲馬団"
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{
"code": "kk",
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"roman": "sirk",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "цирк"
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{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "siək",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "សៀក"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seokeoseu",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "서커스"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "tsirk",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "цирк"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "la khǭn sat",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "ລະຄອນສັດ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kāi nya sin",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "ກາຍຍະສິນ"
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{
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"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "company that travels",
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"plural"
],
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{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "company that travels",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cirks"
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{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "company that travels",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cirkas"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
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{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "sarkas"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "tākihi"
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"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "cirk",
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{
"code": "nb",
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"neuter"
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"word": "sirkus"
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{
"code": "nn",
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"lang": "Pashto",
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"word": "سېرک"
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{
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
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"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "سیرْک"
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{
"code": "fa",
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{
"code": "pl",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "cyrk"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
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"word": "circu"
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{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "company that travels",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"word": "цѝркус"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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"masculine"
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"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "sarkas",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "සර්කස්"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
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"masculine"
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"word": "cirkus"
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"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cirkus"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "circo"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
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"common-gender"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "company that travels",
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{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "sirk",
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"word": "сирк"
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{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "vaṭṭaraṅku",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "வட்டரங்கு"
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{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "sarkas",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "సర్కస్"
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "lá-kɔɔn-sàt",
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"word": "ละครสัตว์"
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{
"code": "tr",
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"word": "sirk"
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{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "sirk"
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{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "cyrk",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "цирк"
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{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "sarkas",
"sense": "company that travels",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سَرْکَس"
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{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "sërk",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "سېرك"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "sirk"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "xiếc"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "xiệc"
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{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "company that travels",
"word": "sirkud"
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{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "tsirk",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "צירק"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "krǎ́gǎl ploštád",
"sense": "round open space",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кръ́гъл площа́д"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "round open space",
"word": "aukio"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "round open space",
"word": "körtér"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "round open space",
"word": "körönd"
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{
"code": "it",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "ms",
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"word": "bulatan"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"masculine"
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"word": "cyrk"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "round open space",
"word": "cruzamento"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krúglaja plóščadʹ",
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"feminine"
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"args": {
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"2": "cerco"
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"text": "Insular Romance:"
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"args": {
"1": "sc",
"2": "circu"
},
"expansion": "Sardinian: circu",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Campidanese"
},
"expansion": "(Campidanese)",
"name": "q"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sc",
"2": "chircu"
},
"expansion": "chircu",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Nuorese"
},
"expansion": "(Nuorese)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "Sardinian: circu (Campidanese), chircu (Nuorese)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Ancient borrowings:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "qark",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Albanian: qark",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Albanian: qark"
},
{
"depth": 0,
"templates": [],
"text": ""
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ast",
"2": "circu"
},
"expansion": "Asturian: circu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Asturian: circu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "circ"
},
"expansion": "Catalan: circ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Catalan: circ"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "circus"
},
"expansion": "Dutch: circus",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Dutch: circus (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "circus"
},
"expansion": "English: circus",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: circus"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "cirque"
},
"expansion": "French: cirque",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "French: cirque (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fur",
"2": "circ"
},
"expansion": "Friulian: circ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Friulian: circ"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gl",
"2": "circo"
},
"expansion": "Galician: circo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Galician: circo"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Circus",
"3": "Zirkus"
},
"expansion": "German: Circus, Zirkus",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "German: Circus, Zirkus (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "circo"
},
"expansion": "Italian: circo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Italian: circo"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "circ"
},
"expansion": "Occitan: circ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Occitan: circ"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "cyrk"
},
"expansion": "Polish: cyrk",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Polish: cyrk"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "circo"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese: circo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Portuguese: circo"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "circ"
},
"expansion": "Romanian: circ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Romanian: circ"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "circo"
},
"expansion": "Spanish: circo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Spanish: circo"
}
],
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"1": "loanword",
"2": "borrowed"
},
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"name": "glossary"
},
{
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"1": "la",
"2": "grc",
"3": "κρίκος",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
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"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "grc",
"3": "κρίκος",
"nocap": "1"
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"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "κίρκος",
"t": "ring"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*(s)ker-",
"4": "",
"5": "to turn, bend"
},
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"name": "inh"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "circī",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "circus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "circī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "circī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "circōrum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "circō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "circīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "circum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "circōs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "circō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "circīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "circe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "circī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "circus<2>"
},
"expansion": "circus m (genitive circī); second declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "circus<2>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"la:Shapes"
],
"glosses": [
"a circular line or orbit; circle, ring"
],
"links": [
[
"circular",
"circular"
],
[
"line",
"line"
],
[
"orbit",
"orbit"
],
[
"circle",
"circle"
],
[
"ring",
"ring"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"la:Sports"
],
"glosses": [
"a racecourse or space where games are held, especially one that is round"
],
"links": [
[
"racecourse",
"racecourse"
],
[
"space",
"space"
],
[
"games",
"games"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"the spectators in a circus; a circus"
],
"links": [
[
"spectators",
"spectators"
],
[
"circus",
"circus#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkir.kus/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkɪrkʊs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃir.kus/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃirkus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "circus"
}
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