See femme on Wiktionary
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"word": "femme"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "roa-poi",
"2": "la",
"3": "femina"
},
"expansion": "Latin femina",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Latin femina.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "roa-poi",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "femme",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Poitevin-Saintongeais",
"lang_code": "roa-poi",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 6 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Poitevin-Saintongeais entries with incorrect language header",
"Poitevin-Saintongeais lemmas",
"Poitevin-Saintongeais nouns",
"Poitevin-Saintongeais terms derived from Latin",
"Poitevin-Saintongeais terms inherited from Latin",
"Poitevin-Saintongeais terms with usage examples",
"roa-poi:Female",
"roa-poi:People"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "a good woman",
"text": "en boune femme",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"woman"
],
"links": [
[
"woman",
"woman"
]
]
}
],
"word": "femme"
}
Download raw JSONL data for femme meaning in All languages combined (24.2kB)
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
"msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'femme oblique singular or', originally 'femme oblique singular or f'",
"path": [
"femme"
],
"section": "Old French",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "femme",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
"msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'femme oblique singular or', originally 'femme oblique singular or f'",
"path": [
"femme"
],
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"subsection": "noun",
"title": "femme",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
"msg": "suspicious related form tags ['feminine', 'canonical']: 'femme oblique singular or' in 'femme oblique singular, f (oblique plural femmes, nominative singular femme, nominative plural femmes)'",
"path": [
"femme"
],
"section": "Old French",
"subsection": "noun",
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