See gingham on Wiktionary
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"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
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"Norwegian Bokmål countable nouns",
"Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
"Norwegian Bokmål lemmas",
"Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns",
"Norwegian Bokmål nouns",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms borrowed from English",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from English",
"Norwegian Bokmål uncountable nouns",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"nb:Fabrics"
],
"glosses": [
"gingham"
],
"links": [
[
"gingham",
"gingham#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable and uncountable) gingham"
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"masculine",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
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}
{
"etymology_templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "en",
"3": "gingham"
},
"expansion": "English gingham",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From English gingham.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ginghamen",
"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ginghamar",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ginghamane",
"tags": [
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Nynorsk countable nouns",
"Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header",
"Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas",
"Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns",
"Norwegian Nynorsk nouns",
"Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from English",
"Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from English",
"Norwegian Nynorsk uncountable nouns",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"nn:Fabrics"
],
"glosses": [
"gingham"
],
"links": [
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],
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]
}
],
"word": "gingham"
}
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