"cobaia" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Galician]

Forms: cobaias [plural]
Head templates: {{gl-noun|f}} cobaia f (plural cobaias)
  1. guinea pig Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cobaia-gl-noun-436O2~H1 Categories (other): Galician entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Mammals, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 92 2 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 2 5

Noun [Portuguese]

IPA: /koˈbaj.ɐ/ [Brazil], [koˈbaɪ̯.ɐ] [Brazil], /koˈbaj.ɐ/ [Brazil], [koˈbaɪ̯.ɐ] [Brazil], /koˈbaj.a/ [Southern-Brazil], [koˈbaɪ̯.a] [Southern-Brazil], /kuˈbaj.ɐ/ [Portugal], [kuˈβaj.ɐ] [Portugal] Forms: cobaias [plural]
Rhymes: -ajɐ Etymology: From Old Tupi çobaîa (foreign), from a clipping of Old Tupi saûîasobaîa (guinea pig, literally “foreign tree rat”). The change of ⟨ç⟩ (pronounced /s/) to ⟨c⟩ (pronounced /k/) is irregular and likely stems from a misreading or misprint. Compare Spanish cobaya. The figurative sense is likely a semantic loan from English guinea pig. Etymology templates: {{bor|pt|tpw|çobaîa|tr=foreign}} Old Tupi çobaîa (foreign), {{der|pt|tpw|saûîasobaîa|lit=foreign tree rat|tr=guinea pig}} Old Tupi saûîasobaîa (guinea pig, literally “foreign tree rat”), {{cog|es|cobaya}} Spanish cobaya, {{semantic loan|pt|en|guinea pig|nocap=1}} semantic loan from English guinea pig Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} cobaia f (plural cobaias)
  1. Synonym of porquinho-da-índia Tags: feminine Synonyms: porquinho-da-índia [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-cobaia-pt-noun-L3z3Kv5Q
  2. (figuratively) guinea pig (volunteer for an experiment) Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-cobaia-pt-noun-QyTUtCHS Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Caviomorphs Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Caviomorphs: 33 67

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "cobaias",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "cobaia f (plural cobaias)",
      "name": "gl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Galician",
  "lang_code": "gl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Galician entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
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          "langcode": "gl",
          "name": "Mammals",
          "orig": "gl:Mammals",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 2 6",
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          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 2 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "guinea pig"
      ],
      "id": "en-cobaia-gl-noun-436O2~H1",
      "links": [
        [
          "guinea pig",
          "guinea pig"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cobaia"
}

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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "cobaye",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: cobaye\n→ Romanian: cobai\n→ Ottoman Turkish: قوبای (kobay)\nTurkish: kobay",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: cobaye\n→ Romanian: cobai\n→ Ottoman Turkish: قوبای (kobay)\nTurkish: kobay"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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            "2": "cobaia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: cobaia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: cobaia"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "tpw",
        "3": "çobaîa",
        "tr": "foreign"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Tupi çobaîa (foreign)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "tpw",
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        "lit": "foreign tree rat",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "cobaya"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish cobaya",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "guinea pig",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "semantic loan from English guinea pig",
      "name": "semantic loan"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Tupi çobaîa (foreign), from a clipping of Old Tupi saûîasobaîa (guinea pig, literally “foreign tree rat”). The change of ⟨ç⟩ (pronounced /s/) to ⟨c⟩ (pronounced /k/) is irregular and likely stems from a misreading or misprint. Compare Spanish cobaya.\nThe figurative sense is likely a semantic loan from English guinea pig.",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "cobaia f (plural cobaias)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "co‧bai‧a"
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Synonym of porquinho-da-índia"
      ],
      "id": "en-cobaia-pt-noun-L3z3Kv5Q",
      "links": [
        [
          "porquinho-da-índia",
          "porquinho-da-índia#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "porquinho-da-índia"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "43 57",
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          "name": "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 67",
          "kind": "other",
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          "orig": "pt:Caviomorphs",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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        "guinea pig (volunteer for an experiment)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cobaia-pt-noun-QyTUtCHS",
      "links": [
        [
          "guinea pig",
          "guinea pig"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) guinea pig (volunteer for an experiment)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/koˈbaj.ɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[koˈbaɪ̯.ɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koˈbaj.ɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[koˈbaɪ̯.ɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koˈbaj.a/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[koˈbaɪ̯.a]",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kuˈbaj.ɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kuˈβaj.ɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ajɐ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cobaia"
}
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    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "pt:Caviomorphs"
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "cobaia f (plural cobaias)",
      "name": "gl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Galician",
  "lang_code": "gl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Galician countable nouns",
        "Galician entries with incorrect language header",
        "Galician feminine nouns",
        "Galician lemmas",
        "Galician nouns",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "gl:Mammals"
      ],
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        "guinea pig"
      ],
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        [
          "guinea pig",
          "guinea pig"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cobaia"
}

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    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Portuguese 3-syllable words",
    "Portuguese countable nouns",
    "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Portuguese feminine nouns",
    "Portuguese lemmas",
    "Portuguese nouns",
    "Portuguese semantic loans from English",
    "Portuguese terms borrowed from Old Tupi",
    "Portuguese terms derived from English",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Old Tupi",
    "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/ajɐ",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/ajɐ/3 syllables",
    "pt:Caviomorphs"
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: cobaye\n→ Romanian: cobai\n→ Ottoman Turkish: قوبای (kobay)\nTurkish: kobay",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: cobaye\n→ Romanian: cobai\n→ Ottoman Turkish: قوبای (kobay)\nTurkish: kobay"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "cobaia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: cobaia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: cobaia"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "tpw",
        "3": "çobaîa",
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      "expansion": "Old Tupi çobaîa (foreign)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "tpw",
        "3": "saûîasobaîa",
        "lit": "foreign tree rat",
        "tr": "guinea pig"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Spanish cobaya",
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    },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Tupi çobaîa (foreign), from a clipping of Old Tupi saûîasobaîa (guinea pig, literally “foreign tree rat”). The change of ⟨ç⟩ (pronounced /s/) to ⟨c⟩ (pronounced /k/) is irregular and likely stems from a misreading or misprint. Compare Spanish cobaya.\nThe figurative sense is likely a semantic loan from English guinea pig.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cobaias",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "cobaia f (plural cobaias)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "co‧bai‧a"
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of porquinho-da-índia"
      ],
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        [
          "porquinho-da-índia",
          "porquinho-da-índia#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "porquinho-da-índia"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "guinea pig (volunteer for an experiment)"
      ],
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        [
          "guinea pig",
          "guinea pig"
        ]
      ],
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        "(figuratively) guinea pig (volunteer for an experiment)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/koˈbaj.ɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[koˈbaɪ̯.ɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koˈbaj.ɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[koˈbaɪ̯.ɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koˈbaj.a/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[koˈbaɪ̯.a]",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kuˈbaj.ɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kuˈβaj.ɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ajɐ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cobaia"
}

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