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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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"roman": "guòshī",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"word": "出醜"
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"roman": "chūchǒu",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"word": "出丑"
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"word": "fejltagelse"
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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"code": "nl",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"word": "möhläys"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
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"word": "falenza"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Fauxpas"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Ausrutscher"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Patzer"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "gkáfa",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "fáshla",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "פַשְלָה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"word": "ügyetlenség"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"word": "ballépés"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sproposito"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "figuraccia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "errore"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "topica"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"alt": "しっさく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"word": "失策"
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"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "gaf",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brøler"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gafa"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"word": "gafe"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gafă"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oplóšnostʹ",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "опло́шность"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
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"word": "оши́бка"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "konfuz",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
"word": "конфуз"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"Latin-America",
"feminine"
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"word": "metida de pata"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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"word": "desliz"
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{
"code": "es",
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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"expansion": "Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌷 (gafah, “clasp”, noun)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐌲𐌰-",
"pos": "intensifier"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽",
"3": "",
"4": "to catch"
},
"expansion": "𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (fahan, “to catch”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Occitan gaf (“clasp”), from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌷 (gafah, “clasp”, noun), from 𐌲𐌰- (ga-, intensifier) + 𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (fahan, “to catch”).",
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"form": "gaffes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"1": "f"
},
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"name": "fr-noun"
}
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"fr:Nautical"
],
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"boathook"
],
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[
"nautical",
"nautical"
],
[
"boathook",
"boathook"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(nautical) boathook"
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"nautical",
"transport"
]
}
],
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},
{
"rhymes": "-af"
},
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"text": "Audio"
}
],
"word": "gaffe"
}
{
"categories": [
"German entries with incorrect language header",
"German non-lemma forms",
"German terms with audio links",
"German verb forms"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "gaffe",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "gaffen"
}
],
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"first-person singular present"
],
"links": [
[
"gaffen",
"gaffen#German"
]
],
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"inflection of gaffen:\n"
],
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"form-of",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
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{
"word": "gaffen"
}
],
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],
"links": [
[
"gaffen",
"gaffen#German"
]
],
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"inflection of gaffen:\n"
],
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"imperative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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{
"word": "gaffen"
}
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"first/third-person singular subjunctive I"
],
"links": [
[
"gaffen",
"gaffen#German"
]
],
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"inflection of gaffen:\n"
],
"tags": [
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"form-of",
"singular",
"subjunctive-i",
"third-person"
]
}
],
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"audio": "De-gaffe.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/De-gaffe.ogg/De-gaffe.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/De-gaffe.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"word": "gaffe"
}
{
"categories": [
"Italian 1-syllable words",
"Italian 2-syllable words",
"Italian countable nouns",
"Italian entries with incorrect language header",
"Italian feminine nouns",
"Italian indeclinable nouns",
"Italian lemmas",
"Italian non-lemma forms",
"Italian noun forms",
"Italian nouns",
"Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Rhymes:Italian/af",
"Rhymes:Italian/af/1 syllable",
"Rhymes:Italian/affe",
"Rhymes:Italian/affe/2 syllables"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "noun form",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "gaffe f",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"gàf‧fe"
],
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "gaffa"
}
],
"glosses": [
"plural of gaffa"
],
"links": [
[
"gaffa",
"gaffa#Italian"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"form-of",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈɡaf.fe/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-affe"
}
],
"word": "gaffe"
}
{
"categories": [
"Italian 1-syllable words",
"Italian countable nouns",
"Italian entries with incorrect language header",
"Italian feminine nouns",
"Italian indeclinable nouns",
"Italian lemmas",
"Italian nouns",
"Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Rhymes:Italian/af",
"Rhymes:Italian/af/1 syllable"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "f",
"2": "#"
},
"expansion": "gaffe f (invariable)",
"name": "it-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"gaffe, blunder, boob"
],
"links": [
[
"gaffe",
"gaffe#English"
],
[
"blunder",
"blunder"
],
[
"boob",
"boob"
]
],
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"feminine",
"invariable"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈɡaf/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-af"
}
],
"word": "gaffe"
}
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