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"expansion": "Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “circle”)",
"name": "uder"
}
],
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"form": "gyroscopes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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},
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}
],
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"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "noun",
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"French countable nouns",
"French entries with incorrect language header",
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"French nouns",
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"French terms prefixed with gyro-",
"French terms suffixed with -scope",
"French terms with IPA pronunciation",
"French undefined derivations",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"gyroscope"
],
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"gyroscope",
"gyroscope#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"wikipedia": [
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]
}
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"ipa": "/ʒi.ʁɔs.kɔp/"
},
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}
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