See distro on Wiktionary
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"Indonesian 2-syllable words",
"Indonesian entries with incorrect language header",
"Indonesian internationalisms",
"Indonesian lemmas",
"Indonesian nouns",
"Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Indonesian terms with redundant script codes",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Indonesian/istro",
"Rhymes:Indonesian/istro/2 syllables"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "id"
},
"expansion": "Internationalism",
"name": "internationalism"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Internationalism",
"forms": [
{
"form": "distro-distro",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"head": "",
"nolinkhead": "1",
"tr": ""
},
"expansion": "distro (plural distro-distro)",
"name": "id-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"dis‧tro"
],
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"distro"
],
"links": [
[
"distro",
"distro#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"id:Fashion"
],
"glosses": [
"distribution outlet: a business that buys goods from a distributor and sells them to others"
],
"links": [
[
"fashion",
"fashion"
],
[
"distribution outlet",
"distribution outlet"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(fashion) distribution outlet: a business that buys goods from a distributor and sells them to others"
],
"topics": [
"fashion",
"lifestyle"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈdistro/",
"tags": [
"Standard-Indonesian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈdis.t̪ro]",
"tags": [
"Standard-Indonesian"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-istro"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"id:distro"
],
"word": "distro"
}
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