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"g": "f-p"
},
"expansion": "imperative f pl",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Italian adjective forms",
"Italian entries with incorrect language header",
"Italian non-lemma forms",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "imperativo"
}
],
"glosses": [
"feminine plural of imperativo"
],
"links": [
[
"imperativo",
"imperativo#Italian"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"form-of",
"plural"
]
}
],
"word": "imperative"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*per-",
"id": "fare"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From imperātīvus (“commanded”), from imperō (“command, order”), from im- (form of in) + parō (“prepare, arrange; intend”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "imperātīvē",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "imperātīvē",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "imperātīvē (not comparable)",
"name": "la-adv"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "adv",
"related": [
{
"word": "imperābiliter"
},
{
"word": "imperāns"
},
{
"word": "imperātīvus"
},
{
"word": "imperātōr"
},
{
"word": "imperātōriē"
},
{
"word": "imperātōrius"
},
{
"word": "imperātrīx"
},
{
"word": "imperātum"
},
{
"word": "imperātus"
},
{
"word": "imperiābiliter"
},
{
"word": "imperiālis"
},
{
"word": "imperiōsē"
},
{
"word": "imperiōsus"
},
{
"word": "imperitō"
},
{
"word": "imperium"
},
{
"word": "imperō"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin adverbs",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (fare)",
"Latin uncomparable adverbs",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"In an imperative manner, imperatively."
],
"links": [
[
"imperative",
"imperative#English"
],
[
"imperatively",
"imperatively"
]
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "inperātīvē"
}
],
"word": "imperative"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "noun form",
"g": "n-p"
},
"expansion": "imperative n pl",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
"Romanian non-lemma forms",
"Romanian noun forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "imperativ"
}
],
"glosses": [
"indefinite plural of imperativ"
],
"links": [
[
"imperativ",
"imperativ#Romanian"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[imperaˈtive]"
}
],
"word": "imperative"
}
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