See flèche on Wiktionary
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"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "flèche f (plural flèches)",
"name": "fr-noun"
}
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"flitch"
],
"links": [
[
"flitch",
"flitch"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/flɛʃ/"
},
{
"audio": "Fr-flèche.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bb/Fr-fl%C3%A8che.ogg/Fr-fl%C3%A8che.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Fr-fl%C3%A8che.ogg"
}
],
"word": "flèche"
}
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