"ladies and gentlemen" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} ladies and gentlemen pl (plural only)
  1. Used to address an audience. Tags: plural, plural-only Translations (phrase used to address an audience of men and women): سَيِّدَاتِي وَسَادَتِي (sayyidātī wa-sādatī) (Arabic), տիկնայք եւ պարոնայք (tiknaykʿ ew paronaykʿ) (Armenian), xanımlar və bəylər (Azerbaijani), xanımlar və ağalar [South-Azerbaijani] (Azerbaijani), xanımlar və cənablar (Azerbaijani), па́нства (pánstva) [plural] (Belarusian), шано́ўнае спада́рства (šanóŭnaje spadárstva) [neuter, plural] (Belarusian), да́мы і спада́ры (dámy i spadáry) (Belarusian), па́ні і пано́ве (páni i panóvje) (Belarusian), လူကြီးမင်းများခင်ဗျား (lu-kri:mang:mya:hkangbya:) (Burmese), မိဘပြည်သူများ (mi.bha.pranysu-mya:) (Burmese), senyores i senyors (Catalan), 女士們,先生們 (Chinese Mandarin), 女士们 (Chinese Mandarin), 先生们 (nǚshìmen, xiānshengmen) (Chinese Mandarin), 各位 (gèwèi) (english: everyone, ladies and gentlemen) (Chinese Mandarin), 各位來賓 (Chinese Mandarin), 各位来宾 (gèwèi láibīn) (Chinese Mandarin), dámy a pánové (Czech), mine damer og herrer (Danish), dames en heren (Dutch), gesinjoroj (Esperanto), hyvät naiset ja herrat (Finnish), Mesdames et Messieurs (French), ქალბატონებო და ბატონებო (kalbaṭonebo da baṭonebo) (Georgian), Damen und Herren [plural] (German), meine Damen und Herren [plural] (German), Herrschaften [feminine, ironic, plural] (German), κυρίες και κύριοι (kyríes kai kýrioi) (Greek), גבירותי ורבותי (gvirotay verabotay) (Hebrew), hölgyeim és uraim (Hungarian), dömur mínar og herrar (Icelandic), tuan-tuan dan nyonya-nyonya (Indonesian), hadirin sekalian (Indonesian), saudara-saudara (Indonesian), a dhaoine uaisle [masculine, plural] (Irish), signore e signori (Italian), 御列席の皆様 (go-resseki no minasama) (alt: ごれっせきのみなさま) (Japanese), 御来場の皆様 (go-raijō no minasama) (alt: ごらいじょうのみなさま) (Japanese), 皆様 (minasama) (alt: みなさま) (Japanese), 여러분 (yeoreobun) (Korean), 신사숙녀 여러분 (sinsasungnyeo yeoreobun) (Korean), ponios ir ponai (Lithuanian), nhunhum co nhonhônha (Macanese), tuan-tuan dan puan-puan (Malay), ноёд хатагтай нар аа (nojod xatagtaj nar aa) (Mongolian), shidineʼé (Navajo), shikʼéí dóó shidineʼé, átaháásiiłóó (Navajo), hastóí dóó sáanii (Navajo), mine damer og herrer (Norwegian), خانمها و آقایان (xânom-hâ va âqâyân) (Persian), panie i panowie (Polish), senhoras e senhores (Portuguese), doamnelor și domnilor (Romanian), господа́ (gospodá) [plural] (Russian), да́мы и господа́ (dámy i gospodá) (Russian), даме и господо [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), dame i gospodo [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), dámy a páni (Slovak), señoras y señores (Spanish), damas y caballeros (Spanish), mina damer och herrar (Swedish), mga binibini at mga ginoo (Tagalog), bayanlar ve baylar (Turkish), bayanlar baylar (Turkish), па́нство (pánstvo) [plural] (Ukrainian), па́ні й пано́ве (páni j panóve) (Ukrainian), خواتین و حضرات (xawātīn-o-hazrāt) (Urdu), (quý) ông bà (Vietnamese), (quý) ông bà anh chị em (Vietnamese), (quý) cô bác anh chị em (Vietnamese), boneddigion a boneddigesau (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-ladies_and_gentlemen-en-noun-Np3CawNR Categories (other): English coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 56 44 Disambiguation of 'phrase used to address an audience of men and women': 95 5
  2. (rare and euphemistic) Public toilets: a ladies' room and a gentlemen's room. Tags: euphemistic, plural, plural-only, rare Categories (topical): Rooms, Toilet (room) Derived forms: theydies and gentlethems
    Sense id: en-ladies_and_gentlemen-en-noun-wckbgThu Disambiguation of Rooms: 9 91 Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 5 95 Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English merisms, English pluralia tantum, English terms of address, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 86 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 84 Disambiguation of English merisms: 22 78 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 21 79 Disambiguation of English terms of address: 30 70 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 16 84

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          "roman": "mi.bha.pranysu-mya:",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "မိဘပြည်သူများ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "senyores i senyors"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "女士們,先生們"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "english": "everyone, ladies and gentlemen",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gèwèi",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
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          "word": "各位來賓"
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          "roman": "gèwèi láibīn",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "各位来宾"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "dámy a pánové"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "mine damer og herrer"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "dames en heren"
        },
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "gesinjoroj"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "hyvät naiset ja herrat"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "Mesdames et Messieurs"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "kalbaṭonebo da baṭonebo",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "ქალბატონებო და ბატონებო"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Damen und Herren"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "meine Damen und Herren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "ironic",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Herrschaften"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kyríes kai kýrioi",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "κυρίες και κύριοι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "gvirotay verabotay",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "גבירותי ורבותי"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "hölgyeim és uraim"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "dömur mínar og herrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "tuan-tuan dan nyonya-nyonya"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "hadirin sekalian"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "saudara-saudara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "a dhaoine uaisle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "signore e signori"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "alt": "ごれっせきのみなさま",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "go-resseki no minasama",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "御列席の皆様"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "alt": "ごらいじょうのみなさま",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "go-raijō no minasama",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "御来場の皆様"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "alt": "みなさま",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "minasama",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "皆様"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yeoreobun",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "여러분"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sinsasungnyeo yeoreobun",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "신사숙녀 여러분"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "ponios ir ponai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mzs",
          "lang": "Macanese",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "nhunhum co nhonhônha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "tuan-tuan dan puan-puan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "nojod xatagtaj nar aa",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "ноёд хатагтай нар аа"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "shidineʼé"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "shikʼéí dóó shidineʼé, átaháásiiłóó"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "hastóí dóó sáanii"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "mine damer og herrer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "xânom-hâ va âqâyân",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "خانمها و آقایان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "panie i panowie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "senhoras e senhores"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "doamnelor și domnilor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gospodá",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "господа́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dámy i gospodá",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "да́мы и господа́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "даме и господо"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "dame i gospodo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "dámy a páni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "señoras y señores"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "damas y caballeros"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "mina damer och herrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "mga binibini at mga ginoo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "bayanlar ve baylar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "bayanlar baylar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pánstvo",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "па́нство"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "páni j panóve",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "па́ні й пано́ве"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "xawātīn-o-hazrāt",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "خواتین و حضرات"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "(quý) ông bà"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "(quý) ông bà anh chị em"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "(quý) cô bác anh chị em"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
          "word": "boneddigion a boneddigesau"
        }
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          "_dis": "16 84",
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            "Architecture",
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            "Sciences",
            "Culture",
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        {
          "ref": "1941, Joyce Cary, chapter XLIV, in Herself Surprised, page 108",
          "text": "There are quays there and lamps and some squares of grass; a ladies and gentlemen, and a cinema.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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          "toilet",
          "toilet"
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          "ladies' room"
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          "gentlemen's room"
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        "(rare and euphemistic) Public toilets: a ladies' room and a gentlemen's room."
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        "euphemistic",
        "plural",
        "plural-only",
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  "word": "ladies and gentlemen"
}
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    "English merisms",
    "English multiword terms",
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          "ref": "1996, “The Cambridge History of American Literature”, in Sacvan Bercovitch, editor, Poetry and criticism, 1940-1995, volume 8, page 408",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Used to address an audience."
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        [
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        "plural",
        "plural-only"
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        "(rare and euphemistic) Public toilets: a ladies' room and a gentlemen's room."
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      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sayyidātī wa-sādatī",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "سَيِّدَاتِي وَسَادَتِي"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tiknaykʿ ew paronaykʿ",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "տիկնայք եւ պարոնայք"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "xanımlar və bəylər"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "tags": [
        "South-Azerbaijani"
      ],
      "word": "xanımlar və ağalar"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "xanımlar və cənablar"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pánstva",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "па́нства"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "šanóŭnaje spadárstva",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "шано́ўнае спада́рства"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dámy i spadáry",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "да́мы і спада́ры"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "páni i panóvje",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "па́ні і пано́ве"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "lu-kri:mang:mya:hkangbya:",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "လူကြီးမင်းများခင်ဗျား"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "mi.bha.pranysu-mya:",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "မိဘပြည်သူများ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "senyores i senyors"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "女士們,先生們"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "女士们"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǚshìmen, xiānshengmen",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "先生们"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "everyone, ladies and gentlemen",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gèwèi",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "各位"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "各位來賓"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gèwèi láibīn",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "各位来宾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "dámy a pánové"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "mine damer og herrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "dames en heren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "gesinjoroj"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "hyvät naiset ja herrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "Mesdames et Messieurs"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "kalbaṭonebo da baṭonebo",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "ქალბატონებო და ბატონებო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Damen und Herren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "meine Damen und Herren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "ironic",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Herrschaften"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kyríes kai kýrioi",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "κυρίες και κύριοι"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "gvirotay verabotay",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "גבירותי ורבותי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "hölgyeim és uraim"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "dömur mínar og herrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "tuan-tuan dan nyonya-nyonya"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "hadirin sekalian"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "saudara-saudara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "a dhaoine uaisle"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "signore e signori"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ごれっせきのみなさま",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "go-resseki no minasama",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "御列席の皆様"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ごらいじょうのみなさま",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "go-raijō no minasama",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "御来場の皆様"
    },
    {
      "alt": "みなさま",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "minasama",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "皆様"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yeoreobun",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "여러분"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sinsasungnyeo yeoreobun",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "신사숙녀 여러분"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "ponios ir ponai"
    },
    {
      "code": "mzs",
      "lang": "Macanese",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "nhunhum co nhonhônha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "tuan-tuan dan puan-puan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "nojod xatagtaj nar aa",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "ноёд хатагтай нар аа"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "shidineʼé"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "shikʼéí dóó shidineʼé, átaháásiiłóó"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "hastóí dóó sáanii"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "mine damer og herrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xânom-hâ va âqâyân",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "خانمها و آقایان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "panie i panowie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "senhoras e senhores"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "doamnelor și domnilor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gospodá",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "господа́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dámy i gospodá",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "да́мы и господа́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "даме и господо"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "dame i gospodo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "dámy a páni"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "señoras y señores"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "damas y caballeros"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "mina damer och herrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "mga binibini at mga ginoo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "bayanlar ve baylar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "bayanlar baylar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pánstvo",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "па́нство"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "páni j panóve",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "па́ні й пано́ве"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "xawātīn-o-hazrāt",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "خواتین و حضرات"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "(quý) ông bà"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "(quý) ông bà anh chị em"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "(quý) cô bác anh chị em"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "phrase used to address an audience of men and women",
      "word": "boneddigion a boneddigesau"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ladies and gentlemen"
}

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