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"word": "対句"
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"word": "대구"
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"word": "بِیْت"
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"masculine"
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"_dis1": "64 17 18",
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"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
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"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"word": "dulay"
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"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
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"_dis1": "64 17 18",
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"word": "ద్విపద"
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"_dis1": "64 17 18",
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"ref": "2001, Stephen T. Ross, The Inland Fishes of Mississippi, page 33",
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"ref": "2004, Shin'ichiro Ishikawa, An Exploration of a New Poetic Expression Beyond Dichotomy",
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"Dutch terms derived from French",
"Dutch terms derived from Middle French",
"Dutch terms derived from Old French",
"Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Dutch terms with audio links",
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"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
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"Rhymes:English/ʌplət/2 syllables",
"en:Collectives",
"en:Prosody",
"en:Roads",
"en:Two"
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[
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[
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}
],
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"particularly",
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[
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[
"street",
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[
"opposing",
"opposing"
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[
"direction",
"direction"
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[
"grid",
"grid"
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"en:Taxonomy"
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"ref": "2001, Stephen T. Ross, The Inland Fishes of Mississippi, page 33",
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"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2004, Shin'ichiro Ishikawa, An Exploration of a New Poetic Expression Beyond Dichotomy",
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}
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"taxonomy",
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"biology",
"natural-sciences",
"taxonomy"
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}
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"ipa": "/ˈkʌp.lət/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkʌplɪt/"
},
{
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},
{
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"word": "duo"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "beytʻ",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"word": "բեյթ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "erkyak",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"word": "երկյակ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"word": "beyt"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "kupljét",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "купле́т"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "dvuvjérš",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "двуве́рш"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kuplét",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "купле́т"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dvustíšie",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "двусти́шие"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"word": "對句"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "duìjù",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"word": "对句"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kuplet"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"word": "strofo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"word": "kupletti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"word": "säepari"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "couplet"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "baiti",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"word": "ბაითი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Couplet"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kouplé",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "κουπλέ"
},
{
"code": "ha",
"lang": "Hausa",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ƙwàr̃"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"word": "bait"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"word": "kuplet"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"word": "untai"
},
{
"alt": "ついく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsuiku",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"word": "対句"
},
{
"alt": "對句",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "daegu",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"word": "대구"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dvostih",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "двостих"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kuplét",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "купле́т"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "beyt",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"word": "بِیْت"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dwuwiersz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dystych"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "parelha"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "distih"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kuplét",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "купле́т"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dvustíšije",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "двусти́шие"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kuplet"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "distih"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"word": "dulay"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"word": "dalawahan"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"word": "kopla"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "dvipada",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"word": "ద్విపద"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
"word": "beyit"
},
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"masculine"
],
"word": "купле́т"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dvovírš",
"sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "двові́рш"
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"French entries with incorrect language header",
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"French terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"2": "couplet",
"bor": "1"
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"1": "de",
"2": "Couplet",
"bor": "1"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
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{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "cuplé",
"bor": "1"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
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{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "купле́т",
"bor": "1"
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}
],
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