See heather on Wiktionary
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "heide",
"t": "heather"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian heide (“heather”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "heide",
"t": "heather"
},
"expansion": "Dutch heide (“heather”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds-de",
"2": "Heide"
},
"expansion": "German Low German Heide",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Heide",
"t": "heather"
},
"expansion": "German Heide (“heather”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English hather, hathir, from Old English *hǣddre and hǣþ (“heather”), cognate with Scots hedder, hadder, heddir (“heather”), Saterland Frisian Heede (“heather”), West Frisian heide (“heather”), Dutch heide (“heather”), German Low German Heide, Heid (“heather”), German Heide (“heather”).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "heather (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"heath‧er"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Of a purple colour with a tint of pink and blue."
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈhɛðɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhɛðə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-heather.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/65/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-heather.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-heather.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/65/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-heather.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-heather.wav.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhiːðəɹ/",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛðə(ɹ)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"dialectal"
],
"word": "hadder"
},
{
"word": "hether"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "hather"
}
],
"word": "heather"
}
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{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": Ārʹsjogk dialect vs. nuar̥r̥t",
"path": [
"heather"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "heather",
"trace": ""
}
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