"effleurer" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [French]

IPA: /e.flœ.ʁe/ Audio: Fr-effleurer.ogg
Etymology: From Middle French effleurer, from Old French esflourer, equivalent to ex- (“ex-”) + fleurer (“sprinkle”). In some senses, from Middle French fleur (“surface, top layer”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *flōr (“ground, floor”), from Proto-Germanic *flōraz. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|frm|effleurer}} Middle French effleurer, {{inh|fr|fro|esflourer}} Old French esflourer, {{af|fr|ex-|fleurer|t1=ex-|t2=sprinkle}} ex- (“ex-”) + fleurer (“sprinkle”), {{der|fr|frm|fleur|t=surface, top layer}} Middle French fleur (“surface, top layer”), {{der|fr|gmw-pro|*flōr|t=ground, floor}} Proto-West Germanic *flōr (“ground, floor”), {{der|fr|gem-pro|*flōraz}} Proto-Germanic *flōraz Head templates: {{fr-verb}} effleurer Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], effleurer [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], effleurant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], effleuré [participle, past], effleure [first-person, indicative, present, singular], effleures [indicative, present, second-person, singular], effleure [indicative, present, singular, third-person], effleurons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], effleurez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], effleurent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], effleurais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], effleurais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], effleurait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], effleurions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], effleuriez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], effleuraient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], effleurai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], effleuras [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], effleura [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], effleurâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], effleurâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], effleurèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], effleurerai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], effleureras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], effleurera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], effleurerons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], effleurerez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], effleureront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], effleurerais [conditional, first-person, singular], effleurerais [conditional, second-person, singular], effleurerait [conditional, singular, third-person], effleurerions [conditional, first-person, plural], effleureriez [conditional, plural, second-person], effleureraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], effleure [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], effleures [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], effleure [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], effleurions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], effleuriez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], effleurent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], effleurasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], effleurasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], effleurât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], effleurassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], effleurassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], effleurassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], effleure [imperative, second-person, singular], effleurons [first-person, imperative, plural], effleurez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. to stroke gently, to touch lightly Categories (topical): Touch Synonyms: caresser
    Sense id: en-effleurer-fr-verb-jm7V-x7L Disambiguation of Touch: 46 25 29 Categories (other): French terms prefixed with ex- Disambiguation of French terms prefixed with ex-: 33 41 26
  2. to brush over, to brush past
    Sense id: en-effleurer-fr-verb-vrGhBrcM Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms prefixed with ex-, French verbs with conjugation -er, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 23 72 5 Disambiguation of French terms prefixed with ex-: 33 41 26 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 22 43 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 81 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 75 3
  3. (figuratively) to skim over (a subject) Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-effleurer-fr-verb-GcnHG3B9 Categories (other): French terms prefixed with ex- Disambiguation of French terms prefixed with ex-: 33 41 26

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "efflower",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: efflower",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: efflower"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "effleurer"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French effleurer",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "esflourer"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French esflourer",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "ex-",
        "3": "fleurer",
        "t1": "ex-",
        "t2": "sprinkle"
      },
      "expansion": "ex- (“ex-”) + fleurer (“sprinkle”)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "fleur",
        "t": "surface, top layer"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French fleur (“surface, top layer”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*flōr",
        "t": "ground, floor"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *flōr (“ground, floor”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*flōraz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *flōraz",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle French effleurer, from Old French esflourer, equivalent to ex- (“ex-”) + fleurer (“sprinkle”). In some senses, from Middle French fleur (“surface, top layer”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *flōr (“ground, floor”), from Proto-Germanic *flōraz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fr-conj-auto",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurer",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurant",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁɑ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayant + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "multiword-construction",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleuré",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleure",
      "ipa": "/e.flœʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleures",
      "ipa": "/e.flœʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleure",
      "ipa": "/e.flœʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurons",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurez",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurent",
      "ipa": "/e.flœʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurais",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurais",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurait",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurions",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleuriez",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleuraient",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurai",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleuras",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleura",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurâmes",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁam/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurâtes",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurèrent",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁɛʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurerai",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁə.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleureras",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁə.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurera",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁə.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurerons",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurerez",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁə.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleureront",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurerais",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁə.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurerais",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁə.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurerait",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁə.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurerions",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleureriez",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁə.ʁje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleureraient",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁə.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "anterior",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "future of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conditional of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleure",
      "ipa": "/e.flœʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleures",
      "ipa": "/e.flœʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleure",
      "ipa": "/e.flœʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurions",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleuriez",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurent",
      "ipa": "/e.flœʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurasse",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurasses",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurât",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurassions",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurassiez",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁa.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurassent",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleure",
      "ipa": "/e.flœʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurons",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "effleurez",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "effleurer",
      "name": "fr-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 41 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French terms prefixed with ex-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 25 29",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Touch",
          "orig": "fr:Touch",
          "parents": [
            "Senses",
            "Perception",
            "Body",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to stroke gently, to touch lightly"
      ],
      "id": "en-effleurer-fr-verb-jm7V-x7L",
      "links": [
        [
          "stroke",
          "stroke"
        ],
        [
          "touch",
          "touch"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "caresser"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "23 72 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 41 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French terms prefixed with ex-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 43 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French verbs with conjugation -er",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "effleurera",
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        "indicative",
        "singular",
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      ]
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      "form": "effleurerons",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/",
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      "form": "effleurerez",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁə.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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      "form": "effleureront",
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        "third-person"
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        "past"
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      "form": "effleurasse",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁas/",
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      "form": "effleurât",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "effleurassions",
      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/",
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      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
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        "to stroke gently, to touch lightly"
      ],
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          "touch",
          "touch"
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        {
          "word": "caresser"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "to brush over, to brush past"
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      "glosses": [
        "to skim over (a subject)"
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          "skim",
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        "(figuratively) to skim over (a subject)"
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        "figuratively"
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      "ipa": "/e.flœ.ʁe/"
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    }
  ],
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}

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