See klezmer on Wiktionary
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"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klezmerze",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "klezmerzy",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m-pr",
"adj": "klezmerski",
"f": "klezmerka"
},
"expansion": "klezmer m pers (female equivalent klezmerka, related adjective klezmerski)",
"name": "pl-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"klez‧mer"
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "pl-decl-noun-m-pr"
}
],
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "klezmersko"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"klezmer (Jewish folk musician)"
],
"links": [
[
"klezmer",
"klezmer#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"person"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Polish derogatory terms"
],
"glosses": [
"musician playing for profit in catering establishments or at weddings"
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"musician",
"musician"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(derogatory) musician playing for profit in catering establishments or at weddings"
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"masculine",
"person"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈklɛz.mɛr/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛzmɛr"
}
],
"word": "klezmer"
}
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