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"sense": "fragment of space",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "промеждутък"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fragment of space",
"word": "rakonen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Roman Catholicism: interval between attainment of different degrees of an order",
"word": "odotusaika"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "small interval of time",
"word": "väli"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "small interval of time",
"word": "rako"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "small interval of time",
"word": "tauko"
},
{
"alt": "временно́й (vremennój)",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "promežútok",
"sense": "small interval of time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "промежу́ток"
}
],
"word": "interstice"
}
{
"categories": [
"French 3-syllable words",
"French countable nouns",
"French entries with incorrect language header",
"French lemmas",
"French masculine nouns",
"French nouns",
"French terms derived from Latin",
"French terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "interstitiel"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "la",
"3": "interstitium"
},
"expansion": "Latin interstitium",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin interstitium.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "interstices",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "interstice m (plural interstices)",
"name": "fr-noun"
}
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"fr:Religion"
],
"glosses": [
"interstice"
],
"links": [
[
"religion",
"religion"
],
[
"interstice",
"interstice#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(religion) interstice"
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"gap, interval"
],
"links": [
[
"gap",
"gap"
],
[
"interval",
"interval"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.stis/"
}
],
"word": "interstice"
}
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