See espalier on Wiktionary
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"business",
"lifestyle"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"fr:Sports"
],
"glosses": [
"wall bars"
],
"links": [
[
"sports",
"sports"
],
[
"wall bars",
"wall bars"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(sports) wall bars"
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɛs.pa.lje/"
}
],
"word": "espalier"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "fr",
"3": "espalier"
},
"expansion": "French espalier",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "it",
"3": "spalliera"
},
"expansion": "Italian spalliera",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From French espalier, from Italian spalliera, from spalla (“shoulder”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "espalieret",
"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "espalier",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "espalierer",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "espaliera",
"tags": [
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "espalierene",
"tags": [
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"nb:Horticulture"
],
"glosses": [
"espalier"
],
"links": [
[
"horticulture",
"horticulture"
],
[
"espalier",
"espalier#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(horticulture) espalier"
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"topics": [
"agriculture",
"business",
"horticulture",
"lifestyle"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Danne espalier"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A formation of people lined up in two columns facing each other (to secure a passageway)."
],
"links": [
[
"passageway",
"passageway"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
}
],
"word": "espalier"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "fr",
"3": "espalier"
},
"expansion": "French espalier",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "it",
"3": "spalliera"
},
"expansion": "Italian spalliera",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From French espalier, from Italian spalliera, from spalla (“shoulder”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "espalieret",
"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "espalier",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "espaliera",
"tags": [
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"nn:Horticulture"
],
"glosses": [
"espalier"
],
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[
"horticulture",
"horticulture"
],
[
"espalier",
"espalier#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(horticulture) espalier"
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"topics": [
"agriculture",
"business",
"horticulture",
"lifestyle"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Danne espalier"
}
],
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"A formation of people lined up in two columns facing each other (to secure a passageway)."
],
"links": [
[
"passageway",
"passageway"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
}
],
"word": "espalier"
}
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