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{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "literate"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "illiteracy"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "illiterately"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "illiterateness"
}
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"2": "la",
"3": "illitteratus",
"4": "",
"5": "unlearned, ignorant"
},
"expansion": "Latin illitteratus (“unlearned, ignorant”)",
"name": "uder"
},
{
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"2": "in-",
"3": "",
"4": "un-"
},
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{
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"2": "litteratus",
"3": "",
"4": "furnished with letters"
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},
{
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"3": "",
"4": "letter, character"
},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "Recorded in English since 1556, from Latin illitteratus (“unlearned, ignorant”), itself from in- (“un-”) + litteratus (“furnished with letters”) (from littera (“letter, character”)).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more illiterate",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most illiterate",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "illiterate (comparative more illiterate, superlative most illiterate)",
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}
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"pos": "adj",
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"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"word": "innumerate"
},
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],
"word": "numerate"
}
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{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "About half of the population in Ethiopia is illiterate.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Unable to read and write."
],
"id": "en-illiterate-en-adj-9qPTuLEi",
"links": [
[
"Unable",
"unable"
],
[
"read",
"read"
],
[
"write",
"write"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔummiyy",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "أُمِّيّ"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "angraget",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "անգրագետ"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "savadsız"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "naźan",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "наҙан"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "njapisʹmjénny",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "няпісьме́нны"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "njahrámatny",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "нягра́матны"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "njeadukavány",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "неадукава́ны"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "negrámoten",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "негра́мотен"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "neobrazóvan",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "необразо́ван"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "illetrat"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "analfabet"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wénmáng",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "文盲"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "negramotný"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "nevzdělaný"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "analfabetisk"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "ongeletterd"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "analfabeet"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "analfabeta"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "lukutaidoton"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "illettré"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "illettrée"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "analphabète"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣era-ḳitxvis ucodinari",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "წერა-კითხვის უცოდინარი"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "analphabetisch"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "agrámmatos",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "αγράμματος"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "agrámmatos",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "ἀγράμματος"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "analfabét",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אַנְאַלְפָבֵּית"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "einó yodéa' tzurát álef",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"tags": [
"literary",
"masculine"
],
"word": "אֵינוֹ יוֹדֵעַ צוּרַת א'"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "aśikṣit",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "अशिक्षित"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "anpaṛh",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "अनपढ़"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "analfabéta"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "írástudatlan"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "buta huruf"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "tunaaksara"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "neamhliteartha"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "analfabeta"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"alt": "もんもうの",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "monmou no",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "文盲の"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"alt": "よみかきができない",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yomikaki ga dekinai",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "読み書きができない"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geureul moreuda",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "글을 모르다"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "munmaeng'ui",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "문맹의"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "nexwêndewar",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "نەخوێندەوار"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "nexwendewar"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "nexwenda"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nepismen",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "неписмен"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "tunaaksara"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "buta huruf"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "kū(w)are-ā-tuhi"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "unstæfwīs"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bi-savâd",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "بیسواد"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "niepiśmienny"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "niegramotny"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "analfabeto"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "iletrado"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "analfabet"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "negrámotnyj",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "негра́мотный"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neobrazóvannyj",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "необразо́ванный"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "нѐписмен"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "nèpismen"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "negramotný"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "nevzdelaný"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "nepismen"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "analfabeto"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "iletrado"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "ágrafo"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "icke läskunnig"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "analfabetisk"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "dinulat"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "maang"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nehrámotnyj",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "негра́мотний"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nepysʹménnyj",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "неписьме́нний"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "neosvíčenyj",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "неосві́чений"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "neodukóvanyj",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "неодуко́ваний"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "dốt nát"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "mù chữ"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 2 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "thất học"
}
]
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"ref": "1722, William Wollaston, “Sect. V. Truths relating to the Deity. Of his exiſtence, perfection, providence, &c.”, in The Religion of Nature Delineated, page 81",
"text": "Ignorant and ſuperſtitious wretches meaſure the actions of letterd and philoſophical men by the tattle of their nurſes or illiterate parents and companions, or by the faſhion of the country : and people of differing religions judge and condemn each other by their own tenents ; when both of them cannot be in the right, and it is well if either of them are.",
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"Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education."
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"id": "en-illiterate-en-adj-QeVt5jpH",
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"less",
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"expected"
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"standard",
"standard"
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"familiarity"
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"language",
"language"
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"literature",
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[
"little",
"little"
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"formal",
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[
"education",
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"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 95 3 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "angraget",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "անգրագետ"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 95 3 1",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "naźan",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "наҙан"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 95 3 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "neobrazóvan",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "необразо́ван"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 95 3 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "sivistymätön"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 95 3 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "kouluja käymätön"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 95 3 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "analphabète"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 95 3 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "ungebildet"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 95 3 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "ungelehrt"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 95 3 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "analfávitos",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "αναλφάβητος"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 95 3 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "műveletlen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 95 3 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "tanulatlan"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 95 3 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "ainléannta"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 95 3 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "illetterato"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 95 3 1",
"alt": "むがくの",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mugaku no",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "無学の"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 95 3 1",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "paṭhippillātta",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "പഠിപ്പില്ലാത്ത"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 95 3 1",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "nirakṣaranāya",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "നിരക്ഷരനായ"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 95 3 1",
"code": "ang",
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{
"word": "analphabetic"
},
{
"word": "ignorant"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "uncharactered"
},
{
"word": "unlettered"
}
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔummiyy",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "أُمِّيّ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "angraget",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "անգրագետ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "savadsız"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "naźan",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "наҙан"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "njapisʹmjénny",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "няпісьме́нны"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "njahrámatny",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "нягра́матны"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "njeadukavány",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "неадукава́ны"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "negrámoten",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "негра́мотен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "neobrazóvan",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "необразо́ван"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "illetrat"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "analfabet"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wénmáng",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "文盲"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "negramotný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "nevzdělaný"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "analfabetisk"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "ongeletterd"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "analfabeet"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "analfabeta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "lukutaidoton"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "illettré"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "illettrée"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "analphabète"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣era-ḳitxvis ucodinari",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "წერა-კითხვის უცოდინარი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "analphabetisch"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "agrámmatos",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "αγράμματος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "agrámmatos",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "ἀγράμματος"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "analfabét",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אַנְאַלְפָבֵּית"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "einó yodéa' tzurát álef",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"tags": [
"literary",
"masculine"
],
"word": "אֵינוֹ יוֹדֵעַ צוּרַת א'"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "aśikṣit",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "अशिक्षित"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "anpaṛh",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "अनपढ़"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "analfabéta"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "írástudatlan"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "buta huruf"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "tunaaksara"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "neamhliteartha"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "analfabeta"
},
{
"alt": "もんもうの",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "monmou no",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "文盲の"
},
{
"alt": "よみかきができない",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yomikaki ga dekinai",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "読み書きができない"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geureul moreuda",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "글을 모르다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "munmaeng'ui",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "문맹의"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "nexwêndewar",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "نەخوێندەوار"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "nexwendewar"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "nexwenda"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nepismen",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "неписмен"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "tunaaksara"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "buta huruf"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "kū(w)are-ā-tuhi"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "unstæfwīs"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bi-savâd",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "بیسواد"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "niepiśmienny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "niegramotny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "analfabeto"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "iletrado"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "analfabet"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "negrámotnyj",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "негра́мотный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neobrazóvannyj",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "необразо́ванный"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "нѐписмен"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "nèpismen"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "negramotný"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "nevzdelaný"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "nepismen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "analfabeto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "iletrado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "ágrafo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "icke läskunnig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "analfabetisk"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "dinulat"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "maang"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nehrámotnyj",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "негра́мотний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nepysʹménnyj",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "неписьме́нний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "neosvíčenyj",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "неосві́чений"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "neodukóvanyj",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "неодуко́ваний"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "dốt nát"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "mù chữ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "unable to read and write",
"word": "thất học"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "angraget",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "անգրագետ"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "naźan",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "наҙан"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "neobrazóvan",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "необразо́ван"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "sivistymätön"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "kouluja käymätön"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "analphabète"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "ungebildet"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "ungelehrt"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "analfávitos",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "αναλφάβητος"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "műveletlen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "tanulatlan"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "ainléannta"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "illetterato"
},
{
"alt": "むがくの",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mugaku no",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "無学の"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "paṭhippillātta",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "പഠിപ്പില്ലാത്ത"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "nirakṣaranāya",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "നിരക്ഷരനായ"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "unstæfwīs"
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{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "unġelǣred"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "analfabeta"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"word": "iletrado"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "bezgrámotnyj",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "безгра́мотный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "необразо́ванный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "nevéžestvennyj",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "неве́жественный"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
"word": "obildad"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature",
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"code": "hy",
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"roman": "angraget",
"sense": "not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing",
"word": "անգրագետ"
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"code": "de",
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"roman": "vùn-mòng",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"word": "文盲"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "青盲牛"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wénmáng",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"word": "文盲"
},
{
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"roman": "⁶lian-nge-haq-tsy",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"word": "亮眼瞎子"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "analfabet"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ongeletterde"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "analfabeet"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"word": "analfabeto"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"word": "lukutaidoton"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "illettré"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "illettrée"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "analphabète"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Analphabet"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Analphabetin"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "analfávitos",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "αναλφάβητος"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"word": "analfabéta"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"tags": [
"by-personal-gender",
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "analfabeta"
},
{
"alt": "もんもう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "monmō",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"word": "文盲"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hishikijisha",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"word": "非識字者"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "munmaeng",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"word": "문맹"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "nexwêndewar",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"word": "نەخوێندەوار"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "nirakṣaraṉ",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"word": "നിരക്ഷരൻ"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "analfabet"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "analfabet"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bi-savâd",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"word": "بیسواد"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "analfabeta"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "analfabetka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "analfabeto"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "analfabeta"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "analfabet"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "analfabetă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "negrámotnyj",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "негра́мотный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "analfabeto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "analfabeta"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "iletrado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "iletrada"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "an illiterate person",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "analfabet"
}
],
"word": "illiterate"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": chhiⁿ-mî-gû; chheⁿ-mê-gû vs. zh-min-nan",
"path": [
"illiterate"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "illiterate",
"trace": ""
}
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