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},
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},
{
"args": {
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},
"expansion": "West Frisian klank",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "klank"
},
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},
{
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"1": "de",
"2": "Klang"
},
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},
{
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"2": "klingen"
},
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},
{
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"1": "da",
"2": "klang"
},
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},
{
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},
{
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"1": "la",
"2": "clangere"
},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "1570, of imitative origin; Compare also Saterland Frisian Kloang, West Frisian klank, Dutch klank, German Klang (from klingen), Danish and Swedish klang,\n Latin clangere.",
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{
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}
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{
"_dis": "14 6 20 4 20 16 8 2 10",
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"langcode": "en",
"name": "Animal sounds",
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"Vocalizations",
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"Communication",
"Energy",
"All topics",
"Nature",
"Fundamental"
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{
"ref": "1969, Paul McCartney (lyrics and music), “Maxwell's Silver Hammer”, in Abbey Road, performed by The Beatles",
"text": "Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer\nCame down upon her head\nClang, clang, Maxwell's silver hammer\nMade sure that she was dead",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other."
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"_dis1": "76 4 6 12 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zvǎntež",
"sense": "loud ringing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "звънтеж"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 6 12 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "loud ringing sound",
"word": "jasný kovový zvuk"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 6 12 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "loud ringing sound",
"word": "helähdys"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 6 12 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "loud ringing sound",
"word": "kilahdus"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 6 12 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "loud ringing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "clangor"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 6 12 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dzvek",
"sense": "loud ringing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ѕвек"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 6 12 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dzvekot",
"sense": "loud ringing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ѕвекот"
},
{
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ždringot",
"sense": "loud ringing sound",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "ждрингот"
},
{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ljazg",
"sense": "loud ringing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "лязг"
},
{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zvon",
"sense": "loud ringing sound",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "звон"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "brjacánije",
"sense": "loud ringing sound",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "бряца́ние"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 6 12 2",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "loud ringing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "gliong"
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"_dis1": "76 4 6 12 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "loud ringing sound",
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]
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"Quality of tone."
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"word": "sointi"
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"The cry of some birds, including the crane and the goose."
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"_dis1": "10 2 82 5 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "cry of crane, goose, etc",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "kejhání"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 2 82 5 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"note": "of crane",
"sense": "cry of crane, goose, etc",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "glapissement"
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"lang": "French",
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"sense": "cry of crane, goose, etc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "criaillement"
},
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"_dis1": "10 2 82 5 1",
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "cry of crane, goose, etc",
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"masculine"
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"word": "sifflement"
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"Biology",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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"Social sciences",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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},
{
"_dis": "1 14 17 8 12 25 18 1 4",
"kind": "other",
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
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},
{
"_dis": "14 6 20 4 20 16 8 2 10",
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"kind": "topical",
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{
"ref": "1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings",
"text": "For much of this day, Mrs Y. wrote in her diary, covering page after page in a rapid scrawl full of paligraphic repetitions, puns, clangs, and violent, perseverative crossings-out […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"A word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders."
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[
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[
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[
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[
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"(psychology, psychiatry) A word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders."
],
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}
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"Art",
"Sound",
"Culture",
"Energy",
"Society",
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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"Alternative form of klang"
],
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[
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],
[
"klang",
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]
],
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"(music) Alternative form of klang"
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],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
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"music"
]
}
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"ipa": "/klæŋ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æŋ"
},
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"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "klăng"
}
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}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "clanger"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "clanging"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "clangy"
}
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"etymology_text": "1570, of imitative origin; Compare also Saterland Frisian Kloang, West Frisian klank, Dutch klank, German Klang (from klingen), Danish and Swedish klang,\n Latin clangere.",
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"form": "clangs",
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"singular",
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},
{
"form": "clanging",
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"form": "clanged",
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"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [],
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"To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang."
],
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[
"clang",
"#Noun"
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],
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"(transitive) To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
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"_dis1": "84 16",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "transitive: strike (objects) together to produce a clang",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zvonit"
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"_dis1": "84 16",
"code": "cs",
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "zazvonit"
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"_dis1": "84 16",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "transitive: strike (objects) together to produce a clang",
"word": "kilauttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 16",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "transitive: strike (objects) together to produce a clang",
"word": "heläyttää"
}
]
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"_dis": "21 4 25 2 15 10 4 2 18",
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{
"ref": "2015 May 25, Daniel Taylor, “Norwich reach Premier League after early blitz sees off Middlesbrough”, in The Guardian (London)",
"text": "Middlesbrough will wonder whether it might have been different if the volley that Jelle Vossen slashed towards John Ruddy’s net after nine minutes had been a couple inches lower rather than clanging off the crossbar. They should not dwell on that moment too long, however.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1933, Norvell Page, Wings of the Black Death",
"text": "A cell door clanged metallically and Wentworth was flung inside. He tripped, collapsed upon the concrete floor.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1920, Edith Wharton, chapter XXIX, in The Age of Innocence",
"text": "The clanging and groaning of the train came nearer, and it staggered slowly into the station like a prey- laden monster into its lair.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1917, Rose Wilder Lane, Henry Ford’s Own Story",
"text": "Then the sparks flew from the anvil while the great hammer clanged on the metal, shaping it, and Henry begged to be allowed to try it",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To give out a clang; to resound."
],
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[
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"#Noun"
],
[
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"resound"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To give out a clang; to resound."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
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"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zvǎnja",
"sense": "intransitive: give out a clang",
"word": "звъня"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "zvǎntja",
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"word": "звънтя"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
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"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "intransitive: give out a clang",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zazvonit"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "intransitive: give out a clang",
"word": "kilahtaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intransitive: give out a clang",
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"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "intransitive: give out a clang",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "szczękać"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "intransitive: give out a clang",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "szczęknąć"
}
]
}
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/af/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-clang.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-clang.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-clang.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/41/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-clang.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-clang.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/41/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-clang.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-clang.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "klăng"
}
],
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}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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