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"English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To dance the cotillion."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, rare) To dance the cotillion."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kəʊtɪlˈjɒ̃/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kətɪlˈjɒ̃/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/koʊtɪlˈjɑ̃/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kətɪlˈjɑ̃/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cotillon"
}
],
"word": "cotillion"
}
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