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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɹɒn.tɪsˌpiːs/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɹʌn.tɪsˌpis/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɹɑn.tɪsˌpis/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "publishing: illustration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "frontispici"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "publishing: illustration",
"word": "卷首插画"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "publishing: illustration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "frontispis"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "publishing: illustration",
"word": "frontispice"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "publishing: illustration",
"word": "frontispies"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "publishing: illustration",
"word": "frontespiisi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "publishing: illustration",
"word": "nimiönliite"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "publishing: illustration",
"word": "esiökuva"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "publishing: illustration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "frontispice"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "publishing: illustration",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Frontispiz"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "publishing: illustration",
"word": "frontispico"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "publishing: illustration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "frontespizio"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "publishing: illustration",
"word": "frontyspis"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "publishing: illustration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "frontispício"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "publishing: illustration",
"word": "frontispiciu"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "frontíspis",
"sense": "publishing: illustration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фронти́спис"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "frontispís",
"sense": "publishing: illustration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фронтиспи́с"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "publishing: illustration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "frontispicio"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "publishing: illustration",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "frontespis"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "publishing: illustration",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vinjettbild"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "publishing: illustration",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vinjettplansch"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "façade",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "frontispici"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "façade",
"word": "julkisivu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "façade",
"word": "paraatipuoli"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "façade",
"word": "frontispico"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "façade",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "frontispício"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "frontón",
"sense": "façade",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фронто́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "frontíspis",
"sense": "façade",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фронти́спис"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "frontispís",
"sense": "façade",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фронтиспи́с"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "fasád",
"sense": "façade",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фаса́д"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "façade",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "frontespis"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "small ornamental pediment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Frontspieß"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "small ornamental pediment",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Frontispiz"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "small ornamental pediment",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Fronton"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "small ornamental pediment",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Giebelfeld"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "small ornamental pediment",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Giebeldreieck"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "small ornamental pediment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Friesengiebel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "small ornamental pediment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kapitänsgiebel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "small ornamental pediment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tempelgiebel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "small ornamental pediment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Bekrönung"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "small ornamental pediment",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "frontespis"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"frontispiece"
],
"word": "frontispiece"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 3-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Middle French",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Middle French",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English verbs"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frm",
"3": "frontispice"
},
"expansion": "Middle French frontispice",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "frontispicium"
},
"expansion": "Latin frontispicium",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "frōns",
"3": "",
"4": "forehead"
},
"expansion": "frōns (“forehead”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "specio",
"3": "specere",
"4": "look at"
},
"expansion": "specere (“look at”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "piece"
},
"expansion": "piece",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle French frontispice, from Latin frontispicium, from frōns (“forehead”) + specere (“look at”). Spelling altered due to folk etymology, influenced by piece.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "frontispieces",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "frontispiecing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "frontispieced",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "frontispieced",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with rare senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The novel was frontispieced with a portrait of the author."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To supply with a frontispiece."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, rare) To supply with a frontispiece."
],
"tags": [
"rare",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɹʌn.tɪsˌpiːs/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɹɒn.tɪsˌpiːs/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɹʌn.tɪsˌpis/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɹɑn.tɪsˌpis/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"frontispiece"
],
"word": "frontispiece"
}
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