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"derived": [
{
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"word": "coffer dam"
},
{
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"word": "coffer illusion"
},
{
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"word": "coffered ceiling"
}
],
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"2": "enm",
"3": "cofre"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
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"1": "enm",
"2": "coffre"
},
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},
{
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"2": "fro",
"3": "cofre",
"4": "cofre, coffre",
"5": ""
},
"expansion": "Old French cofre, coffre",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "la",
"3": "cophinus",
"4": "",
"5": "basket"
},
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"name": "der"
},
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"3": "κόφινος",
"4": "",
"5": "basket"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "coffin"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of coffin",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English cofre, coffre, from Old French cofre, coffre, from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”). Doublet of coffin.",
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{
"form": "coffers",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
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"expansion": "coffer (plural coffers)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"glosses": [
"A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe."
],
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"links": [
[
"chest",
"chest"
],
[
"box",
"box"
],
[
"money",
"money"
],
[
"valuables",
"valuables"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "strongbox"
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵazna ḥadīdiyya",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "خَزْنَة حَدِيدِيَّة"
},
{
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵazna",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "خَزْنَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵazāna",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "خزانة"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "afb",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "tijūri",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"Gulf-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "تجوري"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "ajp",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵazāne",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"South-Levantine-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "خزانة"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "handıq",
"sense": "strongbox",
"word": "һандыҡ"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kasa",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "каса"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sejf",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сейф"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cofre"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "strongbox",
"word": "保險箱"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǎoxiǎnxiāng",
"sense": "strongbox",
"word": "保险箱"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kasa"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pokladna"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "koffer"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "strongbox",
"word": "kassa-arkku"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "strongbox",
"word": "kassalipas"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coffre"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cofre"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kassette"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Geldkassette"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tresor"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schatztruhe"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Truhe"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kiste"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kasten"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sentoúki",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "σεντούκι"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kaséla",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κασέλα"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "baoúlo",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μπαούλο"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "chrimatokivótio",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "χρηματοκιβώτιο"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "khēlós",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "χηλός"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "rhískos",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ῥίσκος"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cofano"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cofanetto"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scrigno"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "forziere"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "arca"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "strongbox",
"word": "coffyn"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "strongbox",
"word": "cofre"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "sanduk, sandık",
"sense": "strongbox",
"word": "صندوق"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "szkatuła"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "szkatułka"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cofre"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sundúk",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сунду́к"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "ru",
"english": "safe",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sejf",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сейф"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "strongbox",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cofre"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "strongbox",
"word": "sandık"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "strongbox",
"word": "kutu"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "strongbox",
"word": "kasa"
}
]
},
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Architectural elements",
"orig": "en:Architectural elements",
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"Applied sciences",
"Art",
"Sciences",
"Culture",
"All topics",
"Society",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
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],
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{
"ref": "1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 135",
"text": "Prolapsed and waterstained ceiling, the sagging coffers.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome."
],
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"links": [
[
"architecture",
"architecture"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(architecture) An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "caisson"
}
],
"topics": [
"architecture"
],
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kaséta",
"sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "касе́та"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 84 4 3 7",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cassetó"
},
{
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kazeta"
},
{
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
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"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"word": "kassette"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 84 4 3 7",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cassette"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 84 4 3 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
"word": "kasetti"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 84 4 3 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "caisson"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 84 4 3 7",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "casetón"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 84 4 3 7",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "artesón"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 84 4 3 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 84 4 3 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kassette"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 84 4 3 7",
"code": "grc",
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"roman": "kalathískos",
"sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "καλαθίσκος"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 84 4 3 7",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
"word": "kazetta"
},
{
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cassettone"
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"_dis1": "2 84 4 3 7",
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "kaseton"
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{
"_dis1": "2 84 4 3 7",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "architecture: ornamental sunken panel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "caixotão"
},
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"code": "es",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "casetón"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 84 4 3 7",
"code": "sv",
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}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A cofferdam."
],
"id": "en-coffer-en-noun-BqjnSjPl",
"links": [
[
"cofferdam",
"cofferdam"
]
]
},
{
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"examples": [
{
"text": "c. 1610–1620 (written), 1661 (first published), Francis Bacon, Letter of Advice to the Duke of Buckingham\nHe would discharge it without any great burden to the queen's coffers."
},
{
"ref": "1909, John Claude White, Sikhim and Bhutan, page 26",
"text": "The coffers were empty, and the first thing to be done was to devise some means by which we could raise a revenue.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization."
],
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"_dis1": "7 2 1 87 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "hazna",
"sense": "supply or store of money",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "хазна"
},
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"code": "ca",
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"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
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"word": "arques"
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{
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "supply or store of money",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"_dis1": "7 2 1 87 4",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "supply or store of money",
"word": "kassa"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 1 87 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "supply or store of money",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kasse"
},
{
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "tameío",
"sense": "supply or store of money",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ταμείο"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 1 87 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "korvanás",
"sense": "supply or store of money",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κορβανάς"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 1 87 4",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "supply or store of money",
"word": "kaso"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 1 87 4",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "supply or store of money",
"word": "cofre"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 1 87 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kazná",
"sense": "supply or store of money",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "казна́"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 1 87 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "supply or store of money",
"word": "arcas"
}
]
},
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"A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it with raking fire."
],
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[
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[
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],
[
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"defend"
]
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈkɒfə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkɔfɚ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkɑfɚ/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US",
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
"homophone": "cougher"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒfə(ɹ)"
},
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "copher"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "cophre"
}
],
"word": "coffer"
}
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"3": "cofre"
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"tags": [
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"code": "cmn",
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"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "fi",
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"tags": [
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],
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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],
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"code": "it",
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],
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{
"code": "it",
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],
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "pt",
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
],
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},
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{
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{
"code": "tr",
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"code": "bg",
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"code": "ca",
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],
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"code": "cs",
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],
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"code": "da",
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"code": "nl",
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],
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "gl",
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"code": "de",
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"ipa": "/ˈkɔfɚ/",
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},
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"ipa": "/ˈkɑfɚ/",
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"homophone": "cougher"
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