"dotterel" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈdɒtɹəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dotterel.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more dotterel [comparative], most dotterel [superlative]
Etymology: 15th century. From dote (“to be foolish; senile”) + -rel (“pejorative suffix”). The bird is so named as it is easy to catch. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dote|rel||gloss1=to be foolish; senile|gloss2=pejorative suffix}} dote (“to be foolish; senile”) + -rel (“pejorative suffix”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} dotterel (comparative more dotterel, superlative most dotterel)
  1. decayed
    Sense id: en-dotterel-en-adj-hu~KL8bP

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɒtɹəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dotterel.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dotterels [plural]
Etymology: 15th century. From dote (“to be foolish; senile”) + -rel (“pejorative suffix”). The bird is so named as it is easy to catch. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dote|rel||gloss1=to be foolish; senile|gloss2=pejorative suffix}} dote (“to be foolish; senile”) + -rel (“pejorative suffix”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} dotterel (plural dotterels)
  1. A gullible fool, especially an elderly person with impaired faculties. Synonyms (gullible fool): dotard
    Sense id: en-dotterel-en-noun-3RUB86fm Disambiguation of 'gullible fool': 97 1 2
  2. A small brown-and-black bird, Charadrius morinellus, of the plover family. Synonyms: Eurasian dotterel Translations (bird in the plover family Charadriidae): планински дъждосвирец (planinski dǎždosvirec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 小嘴鴴 (Chinese Mandarin), 小嘴鸻 (xiǎozuǐhéng) (Chinese Mandarin), morinelplevier [masculine] (Dutch), kurmitsa (Finnish), kapustarinta (Finnish), tylli (Finnish), βουνοσφυριχτής (vounosfyrichtís) [masculine] (Greek), amadán móinteach [masculine] (Irish), kūkuruatu (Maori), tūturiwhatu (Maori), pohowera (Maori), borrelho [masculine] (Portuguese), prundăraș-de-munte [masculine] (Romanian), ploier-de-munte [masculine] (Romanian), ржа́нка (ržánka) [feminine] (Russian), хрустан (xrustan) (Russian), amadan-mòintich [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), chorlito carambolo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dotterel-en-noun-OZbSRyQO Disambiguation of 'bird in the plover family Charadriidae': 4 71 25
  3. (Australia, New Zealand) Any of various small birds of Australasia thought to resemble the Eurasian dotterel. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand Categories (lifeform): Plovers and lapwings
    Sense id: en-dotterel-en-noun-ErGK1bOo Disambiguation of Plovers and lapwings: 3 11 35 51 Categories (other): Australian English, New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -rel Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 21 24 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 15 27 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -rel: 14 17 21 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dote, fool Derived forms: black-fronted dotterel (taxonomic: Elseyornis melanops), Eurasian dotterel (taxonomic: Charadrius morinellus), hooded dotterel (alt: syn. Thinornis rubricollis) (taxonomic: Thinornis cucullatus), inland dotterel (alt: syn. Charadrius australis) (taxonomic: Peltohyas australis), red-kneed dotterel (taxonomic: Erythrogonys cinctus), sea dotterel, shore dotterel (taxonomic: Thinornis novaeseelandiae), tawny-throated dotterel (taxonomic: Oreopholus ruficollis)

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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "βουνοσφυριχτής"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "bird in the plover family Charadriidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amadán móinteach"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "bird in the plover family Charadriidae",
      "word": "kūkuruatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "bird in the plover family Charadriidae",
      "word": "tūturiwhatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "bird in the plover family Charadriidae",
      "word": "pohowera"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bird in the plover family Charadriidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "borrelho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "bird in the plover family Charadriidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prundăraș-de-munte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "bird in the plover family Charadriidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ploier-de-munte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ržánka",
      "sense": "bird in the plover family Charadriidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ржа́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xrustan",
      "sense": "bird in the plover family Charadriidae",
      "word": "хрустан"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "bird in the plover family Charadriidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amadan-mòintich"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bird in the plover family Charadriidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chorlito carambolo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dotterel"
}

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    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -rel",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
    "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
    "en:Plovers and lapwings"
  ],
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    {
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        "2": "dote",
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        "4": "",
        "gloss1": "to be foolish; senile",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "15th century. From dote (“to be foolish; senile”) + -rel (“pejorative suffix”). The bird is so named as it is easy to catch.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more dotterel",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most dotterel",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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          "ref": "c. 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster",
          "text": "some old dotterel trees",
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        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɒtɹəl/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dotterel"
}

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