See contrite on Wiktionary
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"1": "it",
"2": "adjective form"
},
"expansion": "contrite",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"con‧trì‧te"
],
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Italian 3-syllable words",
"Italian adjective forms",
"Italian entries with incorrect language header",
"Italian non-lemma forms",
"Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Italian/ite",
"Rhymes:Italian/ite/3 syllables"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "contrito"
}
],
"glosses": [
"feminine plural of contrito"
],
"links": [
[
"contrito",
"contrito#Italian"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"form-of",
"plural"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/konˈtri.te/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ite"
}
],
"word": "contrite"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "contrīte",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "participle form",
"head": "contrīte"
},
"expansion": "contrīte",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin 3-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin non-lemma forms",
"Latin participle forms",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "contrītus"
}
],
"glosses": [
"vocative masculine singular of contrītus"
],
"links": [
[
"contrītus",
"contritus#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"masculine",
"participle",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/konˈtriː.te/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kɔn̪ˈt̪riːt̪ɛ]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/konˈtri.te/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[kon̪ˈt̪riːt̪e]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "contrite"
}
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": garsat vs. pachtāvā",
"path": [
"contrite"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "contrite",
"trace": ""
}
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