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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/En-us-foment.ogg",
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"translations": [
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to incite or cause",
"word": "煽動"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"english": "sin³ dung⁶",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to incite or cause",
"word": "煽动"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to incite or cause",
"word": "lietsoa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to incite or cause",
"word": "fomenter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to incite or cause",
"word": "fördern"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "odéd",
"sense": "to incite or cause",
"word": "עודד"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khirkhér",
"sense": "to incite or cause",
"word": "חרחר"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to incite or cause",
"word": "szít"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to incite or cause",
"word": "fomentare"
},
{
"alt": "じょうせいする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jōsei suru",
"sense": "to incite or cause",
"word": "醸成する"
},
{
"alt": "たいどうする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "taidō suru",
"sense": "to incite or cause",
"word": "胎動する"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to incite or cause",
"word": "fyre opp under"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to incite or cause",
"word": "fomentar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "provocírovatʹ",
"sense": "to incite or cause",
"word": "провоци́ровать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pobuždátʹ",
"sense": "to incite or cause",
"word": "побужда́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podstrekátʹ",
"sense": "to incite or cause",
"word": "подстрека́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razžigátʹ",
"sense": "to incite or cause",
"word": "разжига́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to incite or cause",
"word": "fomentar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to incite or cause",
"word": "instigera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to incite or cause",
"word": "underblåsa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to incite or cause",
"word": "nära"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to incite or cause",
"word": "befordra"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(medicine) to apply a poultice to",
"word": "borogat"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "(medicine) to apply a poultice to",
"word": "leggja bakstur við"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "(medicine) to apply a poultice to",
"word": "fomentar"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "(medicine) to apply a poultice to",
"word": "stuvagar"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "(medicine) to apply a poultice to",
"tags": [
"Late-Latin"
],
"word": "fōmentō"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "klastʹ primóčki íli pripárki",
"sense": "(medicine) to apply a poultice to",
"word": "класть примо́чки и́ли припа́рки"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(medicine) to apply a poultice to",
"word": "fomentar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(medicine) to apply a poultice to",
"word": "badda"
}
],
"word": "foment"
}
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Late Latin",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old French",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰegʷʰ-",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɛnt",
"Rhymes:English/ɛnt/2 syllables"
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*dʰegʷʰ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "fomenten"
},
"expansion": "Middle English fomenten",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "fomenter"
},
"expansion": "Old French fomenter",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "LL.",
"3": "fomentare"
},
"expansion": "Late Latin fomentare",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "fōmentum",
"4": "",
"5": "lotion"
},
"expansion": "Latin fōmentum (“lotion”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "fovere",
"3": "",
"4": "heat, cherish"
},
"expansion": "fovere (“heat, cherish”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "foments",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
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}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1892, Julian Ralph, On Canada's Frontier",
"text": "He came in no conciliatory mood, and the foment was kept up.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Fomentation."
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"links": [
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"Fomentation",
"fomentation"
]
]
}
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"ipa": "/fəʊˈmɛnt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/foʊˈmɛnt/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/fəˈmɛnt/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛnt"
},
{
"homophone": "ferment (in some dialects, unstressed)"
},
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"audio": "en-us-foment.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ac/En-us-foment.ogg/En-us-foment.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/En-us-foment.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
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}
],
"wikipedia": [
"fomentation"
],
"word": "foment"
}
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