See languor on Wiktionary
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"text": "It is earth's brief breathing space, after the heat and hurry of her busier time; like that repose known only to the young and happy, when the nerves gradually compose themselves, the thoughts gather into some vague but delicious train, and the eyes are closed by languor before sleep.",
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"text": "The languor of Youth—how unique and quintessential it is! How quickly, how irrecoverably lost! The zest, the generous affections, the illusions, the despair, all the traditional attributes of Youth—all save this—come and go with us through life; [...] but languor—the relaxation of yet unwearied sinews, the mind sequestered and self-regarding, the sun standing still in the heavens and the earth throbbing to our own pulse—that belongs to Youth alone and dies with it.",
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],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlæŋɡə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-languor.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e1/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-languor.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-languor.wav.mp3",
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlæŋ(ɡ)ɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-us-langour.mp3",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/En-us-langour.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5d/En-us-langour.mp3/En-us-langour.mp3.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æŋɡə(ɹ)"
}
],
"word": "languor"
}
{
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{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "lëngjyrë"
},
"expansion": "Albanian: lëngjyrë",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Albanian: lëngjyrë"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rup",
"2": "lãngoari"
},
"expansion": "Aromanian: lãngoari",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
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{
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"2": "languor"
},
"expansion": "English: languor",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: languor"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "langueur"
},
"expansion": "French: langueur",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "French: langueur"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "languore"
},
"expansion": "Italian: languore",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Italian: languore"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "langor"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese: langor",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Portuguese: langor"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "lingoare"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "languor"
},
"expansion": "Spanish: languor",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Spanish: languor"
}
],
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"1": "la",
"2": "langueō",
"3": "-or",
"t1": "to be faint, weary, languid"
},
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"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From langueō (“to be faint, weary, languid”) + -or.",
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{
"form": "languōris",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
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"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "languor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "languōrēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "languōris",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "languōrum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "languōrī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "languōribus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "languōrem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "languōrēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "languōre",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "languōribus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "languor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "languōrēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "languor<3>"
},
"expansion": "languor m (genitive languōris); third declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "languor<3>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
"Latin 2-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin masculine nouns",
"Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin terms suffixed with -or",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin third declension nouns",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"faintness, feebleness, languor, apathy"
],
"links": [
[
"faintness",
"faintness"
],
[
"feebleness",
"feebleness"
],
[
"languor",
"languor#English"
],
[
"apathy",
"apathy"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlan.ɡʷor/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈɫ̪äŋɡʷɔr]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlan.ɡwor/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈläŋɡwor]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "languor"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "la",
"3": "languor"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Latin languor",
"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin languor.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "languores",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "languor m (plural languores)",
"name": "es-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"lan‧guor"
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "lánguido"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Spanish/oɾ",
"Rhymes:Spanish/oɾ/2 syllables",
"Spanish 2-syllable words",
"Spanish countable nouns",
"Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
"Spanish lemmas",
"Spanish masculine nouns",
"Spanish nouns",
"Spanish terms borrowed from Latin",
"Spanish terms derived from Latin",
"Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Spanish terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"languor"
],
"links": [
[
"languor",
"languor#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) languor"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "languidez"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/lanˈɡwoɾ/"
},
{
"ipa": "[lãŋˈɡwoɾ]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-oɾ"
}
],
"word": "languor"
}
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