"inquisitive" meaning in All languages combined

See inquisitive on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɪŋˈkwɪzətɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inquisitive.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more inquisitive [comparative], most inquisitive [superlative]
enPR: ĭngkwĭz'ətĭv Etymology: Late 14th century, from Old French inquisitif, from Late Latin inquisitivus, from Latin inquisitus, past participle of inquirere. See also inquire. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|inquisitif}} Old French inquisitif, {{der|en|LL.|inquisitivus}} Late Latin inquisitivus, {{der|en|la|inquisitus}} Latin inquisitus, {{m|la|inquirere}} inquirere Head templates: {{en-adj}} inquisitive (comparative more inquisitive, superlative most inquisitive)
  1. Eager to acquire knowledge. Translations (eager to acquire knowledge): հետաքրքրասեր (hetakʻrkʻraser) (Armenian), любознателен (ljuboznatelen) (Bulgarian), masukitsukiton (Cebuano), mausisahon (Cebuano), 好奇 (hàoqí) (Chinese Mandarin), nysgerrig (Danish), videbegærlig (Danish), nieuwsgierig (Dutch), leergierig (Dutch), scivola (Esperanto), utelias (Finnish), tiedonhaluinen (Finnish), tiedonjanoinen (Finnish), inquisitivo (Galician), neugierig (German), wissbegierig (German), जिज्ञासु (jijñāsu) (Hindi), कुतूहली (kutūhlī) (Hindi), प्रश्नशील (praśnaśīl) (Hindi), kíváncsi (Hungarian), fürkész (Hungarian), 知りたがる (shiritagaru) (alt: しりたがる) (Japanese), ziņkārīgs (Latvian), ziņkārs (Latvian), vitebegjærlig (Norwegian Bokmål), nysgjerrig (Norwegian Bokmål), forviten (Norwegian Nynorsk), vitekjær (Norwegian Nynorsk), nyfiken (Norwegian Nynorsk), dociekliwy (Polish), inquisitivo (Portuguese), любозна́тельный (ljuboznátelʹnyj) (Russian), пытли́вый (pytlívyj) (Russian), любопы́тный (ljubopýtnyj) (Russian), радознао [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), знатижељан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), radoznao [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), znatiželjan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), inquisitivo (Spanish), vetgirig (Swedish), frågvis (Swedish), tò mò (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-inquisitive-en-adj-4QCBU6yP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of 'eager to acquire knowledge': 98 2
  2. Too curious; overly interested; nosy. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (too curious; overly interested; nosy): досадно любопитен (dosadno ljubopiten) (Bulgarian), nieuwsgierig (Dutch), tunkeileva (Finnish), curieux (French), neugierig (German), kíváncsiskodó (Hungarian), tolakodó (Hungarian), indiszkrét (Hungarian), tapintatlan (Hungarian), kandi (Hungarian), minden lében kanál (Hungarian), curioso (Italian), indiscreto (Italian), fass (Jamaican Creole), curiosus (Latin), mahira (Maori), māhirahira (Maori), nysgjerrig (Norwegian Bokmål), nieschierich (Plautdietsch), ciekawski (Polish), wścibski (Polish), inquisitivo (Portuguese), enxerido (Portuguese), intrometido (Portuguese), любопы́тный (ljubopýtnyj) (alt: назо́йливо) (Russian), inquisitivo (Spanish), curioso (Spanish), nyfiken (Swedish), dòm ngó (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-inquisitive-en-adj-hY2Ym1D8 Disambiguation of Personality: 39 61 Disambiguation of 'too curious; overly interested; nosy': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: inquisitive monkey, inquisitively, inquisitiveness Related terms: inquire

Adjective [French]

Head templates: {{head|fr|adjective form}} inquisitive
  1. feminine singular of inquisitif Tags: feminine, form-of, singular Form of: inquisitif
    Sense id: en-inquisitive-fr-adj-oj7KIMKz Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|adjective form}} inquisitive
  1. feminine plural of inquisitivo Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: inquisitivo
    Sense id: en-inquisitive-it-adj-natCxEq4 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for inquisitive meaning in All languages combined (12.4kB)

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          "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
          "word": "inquisitivo"
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          "roman": "ljuboznátelʹnyj",
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          "word": "любозна́тельный"
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          "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
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          "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
          "word": "frågvis"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
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          "interested#Adjective"
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "dosadno ljubopiten",
          "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
          "word": "досадно любопитен"
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          "word": "nieuwsgierig"
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          "word": "tunkeileva"
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          "word": "curieux"
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          "word": "neugierig"
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          "word": "kíváncsiskodó"
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          "code": "hu",
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          "word": "tolakodó"
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          "word": "indiszkrét"
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          "word": "tapintatlan"
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          "word": "kandi"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
          "word": "minden lében kanál"
        },
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          "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
          "word": "curioso"
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          "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
          "word": "indiscreto"
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          "word": "ciekawski"
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
          "word": "dòm ngó"
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        "feminine singular of inquisitif"
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        "feminine",
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}

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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "en:Personality"
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      "word": "inquisitive monkey"
    },
    {
      "word": "inquisitively"
    },
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      "word": "inquisitiveness"
    }
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      "name": "der"
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        "2": "LL.",
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "inquirere"
      },
      "expansion": "inquirere",
      "name": "m"
    }
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      "form": "more inquisitive",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "inquire"
    }
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Eager to acquire knowledge."
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          "acquire"
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          "knowledge",
          "knowledge"
        ]
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    {
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ɪŋˈkwɪzətɪv/"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-inquisitive.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-inquisitive.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ĭngkwĭz'ətĭv"
    }
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hetakʻrkʻraser",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "հետաքրքրասեր"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ljuboznatelen",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "любознателен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "masukitsukiton"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "mausisahon"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hàoqí",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "好奇"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "nysgerrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "videbegærlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "nieuwsgierig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "leergierig"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "scivola"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "utelias"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "tiedonhaluinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "tiedonjanoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "inquisitivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "neugierig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "wissbegierig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "jijñāsu",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "जिज्ञासु"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kutūhlī",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "कुतूहली"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "praśnaśīl",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "प्रश्नशील"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "kíváncsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "fürkész"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しりたがる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shiritagaru",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "知りたがる"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "ziņkārīgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "ziņkārs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "vitebegjærlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "nysgjerrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "forviten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "vitekjær"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "nyfiken"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "dociekliwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "inquisitivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ljuboznátelʹnyj",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "любозна́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pytlívyj",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "пытли́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ljubopýtnyj",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "любопы́тный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "радознао"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "знатижељан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "radoznao"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "znatiželjan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "inquisitivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "vetgirig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "frågvis"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "eager to acquire knowledge",
      "word": "tò mò"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dosadno ljubopiten",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "досадно любопитен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "nieuwsgierig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "tunkeileva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "curieux"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "neugierig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "kíváncsiskodó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "tolakodó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "indiszkrét"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "tapintatlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "kandi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "minden lében kanál"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "curioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "indiscreto"
    },
    {
      "code": "jam",
      "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "fass"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "curiosus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "mahira"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "māhirahira"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "nysgjerrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "nieschierich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "ciekawski"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "wścibski"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "inquisitivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "enxerido"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "intrometido"
    },
    {
      "alt": "назо́йливо",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ljubopýtnyj",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "любопы́тный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "inquisitivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "curioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "nyfiken"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "too curious; overly interested; nosy",
      "word": "dòm ngó"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inquisitive"
}

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  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
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        "French adjective forms",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French non-lemma forms"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "inquisitif"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "feminine singular of inquisitif"
      ],
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          "inquisitif#French"
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  "word": "inquisitive"
}

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  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian adjective forms",
        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian non-lemma forms"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "inquisitivo"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "feminine plural of inquisitivo"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inquisitivo",
          "inquisitivo#Italian"
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        "form-of",
        "plural"
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}

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