"encumbrance" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈkʌm.bɹəns/, /ɛn-/, /-bɹən(t)s/ Forms: encumbrances [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English encombraunce, from Old French encombrance, from encombrer. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|encombraunce}} Middle English encombraunce, {{der|en|fro|encombrance}} Old French encombrance, {{m|fro|encombrer}} encombrer Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} encumbrance (countable and uncountable, plural encumbrances)
  1. Something that encumbers; a burden that must be carried. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (burden): бреме (breme) [neuter] (Bulgarian), товар (tovar) [masculine] (Bulgarian), byrde [common-gender] (Danish), belastning [common-gender] (Danish), hindring [common-gender] (Danish), hæmsko [common-gender] (Danish), taakka (Finnish), Belastung [feminine] (German), dingliche Belastung [feminine] (German), teher (Hungarian), megterhelés (Hungarian), súly (Hungarian), ബാധ്യത (bādhyata) (Malayalam), whakararu (Maori), hūnuku (english: refers to family members) (Maori), belastning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), obciążenie [neuter] (Polish), börda (Swedish), mesuliyet (Turkish), sorumluluk (Turkish), yük (Turkish), engel (Turkish), دەردىسەر (derdiser) (Uyghur), سېلىق (sëliq) (Uyghur), تاپ (tap) (Uyghur) Translations (interest, right, burden or liability): ипотека (ipoteka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), rasite (Finnish), Verschuldung [feminine] (German), Schuldenlast [feminine] (German), Grundstückslast [feminine] (German), teher (Hungarian), megterhelés (Hungarian), jelzálog (Hungarian), കുടിക്കടം (kuṭikkaṭaṁ) (Malayalam), obciążenie [neuter] (Polish), borç (Turkish), ipotek [law] (Turkish), llyffethair [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-encumbrance-en-noun-5N~kTBL6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 16 9 6 Disambiguation of 'burden': 87 9 4 Disambiguation of 'interest, right, burden or liability': 62 34 4
  2. Alternative spelling of incumbrance (“in law: interest attached to a title; dependent”). Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: incumbrance (extra: in law: interest attached to a title; dependent)
    Sense id: en-encumbrance-en-noun-8UAXOb9Q
  3. The state or condition of being encumbered. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-encumbrance-en-noun-0IP9-Yhf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: encumberment, incumbrance [uncommon]

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈkʌm.bɹəns/, /ɛn-/, /-bɹən(t)s/ Forms: encumbrances [present, singular, third-person], encumbrancing [participle, present], encumbranced [participle, past], encumbranced [past]
Etymology: From Middle English encombraunce, from Old French encombrance, from encombrer. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|encombraunce}} Middle English encombraunce, {{der|en|fro|encombrance}} Old French encombrance, {{m|fro|encombrer}} encombrer Head templates: {{en-verb}} encumbrance (third-person singular simple present encumbrances, present participle encumbrancing, simple past and past participle encumbranced)
  1. (law) To apply an encumbrance to (property, etc.). Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-encumbrance-en-verb-huCar-y3 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: incumbrance [uncommon]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "burden",
      "word": "megterhelés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "burden",
      "word": "súly"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "bādhyata",
      "sense": "burden",
      "word": "ബാധ്യത"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "burden",
      "word": "whakararu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "refers to family members",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "burden",
      "word": "hūnuku"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "burden",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "belastning"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "burden",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "obciążenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "burden",
      "word": "börda"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "burden",
      "word": "mesuliyet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "burden",
      "word": "sorumluluk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "burden",
      "word": "yük"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "burden",
      "word": "engel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "derdiser",
      "sense": "burden",
      "word": "دەردىسەر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "sëliq",
      "sense": "burden",
      "word": "سېلىق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "tap",
      "sense": "burden",
      "word": "تاپ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ipoteka",
      "sense": "interest, right, burden or liability",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ипотека"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "interest, right, burden or liability",
      "word": "rasite"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "interest, right, burden or liability",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verschuldung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "interest, right, burden or liability",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schuldenlast"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "interest, right, burden or liability",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Grundstückslast"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "interest, right, burden or liability",
      "word": "teher"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "interest, right, burden or liability",
      "word": "megterhelés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "interest, right, burden or liability",
      "word": "jelzálog"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kuṭikkaṭaṁ",
      "sense": "interest, right, burden or liability",
      "word": "കുടിക്കടം"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "interest, right, burden or liability",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "obciążenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "interest, right, burden or liability",
      "word": "borç"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "interest, right, burden or liability",
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ],
      "word": "ipotek"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "interest, right, burden or liability",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "llyffethair"
    }
  ],
  "word": "encumbrance"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "encombraunce"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English encombraunce",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "encombrance"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French encombrance",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "encombrer"
      },
      "expansion": "encombrer",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English encombraunce, from Old French encombrance, from encombrer.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "encumbrances",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encumbrancing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encumbranced",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encumbranced",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "encumbrance (third-person singular simple present encumbrances, present participle encumbrancing, simple past and past participle encumbranced)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To apply an encumbrance to (property, etc.)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) To apply an encumbrance to (property, etc.)."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈkʌm.bɹəns/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛn-/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-bɹən(t)s/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "since about 1925"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncommon"
      ],
      "word": "incumbrance"
    }
  ],
  "word": "encumbrance"
}

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