See lansquenet on Wiktionary
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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}
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"bor": "1"
},
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}
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},
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{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "lansquenete",
"alts": "1",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: lansquenete",
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}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: lansquenete"
},
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{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "lansquenete",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: lansquenete",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: lansquenete"
}
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"2": "de",
"3": "Landsknecht"
},
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"name": "bor+"
}
],
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"tags": [
"plural"
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}
],
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"1": "f"
},
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"Entry maintenance"
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
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"orig": "fr:Military units",
"parents": [
"Military",
"Occupations",
"Society",
"People",
"Work",
"All topics",
"Human",
"Human activity",
"Fundamental",
"Human behaviour"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
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"id": "en-lansquenet-fr-noun-pudmLhG3",
"links": [
[
"lansquenet",
"lansquenet#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/lɑ̃s.kə.nɛ/"
}
],
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"English uncountable nouns",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɛt",
"Rhymes:English/ɛt/3 syllables",
"Terms with Arabic translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Danish translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Georgian translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Hebrew translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Korean translations",
"Terms with Latin translations",
"Terms with Lithuanian translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Norwegian translations",
"Terms with Persian translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"Terms with Uzbek translations",
"Terms with Vietnamese translations",
"Terms with West Frisian translations",
"en:Card games",
"en:Military units"
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"2": "fr",
"3": "lansquenet"
},
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"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "de",
"3": "Landsknecht"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Landsknecht"
},
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}
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"1": "~"
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}
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"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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"ref": "1855, Gottfried Keller, translated by A.M. Holt, Green Henry, Calder Publications, published 1960, page 440:",
"text": "[…] arising out of this festival there was established an individual lansquenet tradition, in speech and outward appearance, and the bare, sunburnt necks of the vagabond soldiers, their baggy garments hanging in shreds, and their short swords, could be seen all over the country for long afterwards.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1999, HJC von Grimmelshausen, translated by Mike Mitchell, Simplicissimus, Dedalus, published 2016, page 52:",
"text": "Ruthless killing, wanton strife / Add up to a lanzknecht’s life.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 55:",
"text": "I have never really been outdoorsy enough to make a mercenary landsknecht, although their immense two-handed swords, flowing moustaches and puffed-silk slashed sleeves take some beating.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"German"
],
[
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"mercenary"
],
[
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"pikeman"
],
[
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"foot soldier"
]
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"(countable, historical) Any of a class of German mercenaries of the 15th and 16th centuries, most of whom were pikemen and foot soldiers."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"historical"
]
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"English uncountable nouns"
],
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{
"ref": "1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter I, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:",
"text": "“I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire:",
"text": "One could see part of the dimly lit court where under an enclosed poplar two soldiers on a stone bench were playing lansquenet.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1782, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, translated by Helen Constantine, Dangerous Liaisons, published 2007, page 196:",
"text": "And so it was over the game of lansquenet that I scored my first triumph.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"A gambling card game in which the dealer is given an initial card and the players another; cards are then turned up until the value (rank) of one of those cards is met."
],
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[
"gambling",
"gambling"
],
[
"card game",
"card game"
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"(uncountable) A gambling card game in which the dealer is given an initial card and the players another; cards are then turned up until the value (rank) of one of those cards is met."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "skin the lamb"
}
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɑːnskəˌnɛt/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlanskəˌnɛt/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌlænskəˈnɛt/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛt"
}
],
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{
"english": "card game",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "lambskinnet"
},
{
"word": "Landsknecht"
},
{
"word": "landsknecht"
},
{
"word": "lansknecht"
},
{
"word": "lanzknecht"
},
{
"english": "card game",
"word": "lansquenette"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lāndsknīšt",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "لَانْدْسْكْنِيشْت"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lansquenet"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"word": "國土傭僕"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "guótǔ yōngpú",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"word": "国土佣仆"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lancknecht"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "landsknægt"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "landsknecht"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lansknecht"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"word": "landsknecht"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lansquenet"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "landsḳnexṭi",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"word": "ლანდსკნეხტი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Landsknecht"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "Lántsknecht",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Λάντσκνεχτ"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "landsknékht",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "לָאנְדְסְקְנֶכְט"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lanzichenecco"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "rantsukunehito",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"word": "ランツクネヒト"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "rancheukeunehiteu",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"word": "란츠크네히트"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Landsknectus"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "landsknechtas"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "landsknekt"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nabardpiše",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"word": "نبردپیشه"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lancknecht"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "landsknecht"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lansquenete"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"tags": [
"Portugal",
"masculine"
],
"word": "lansquené"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"masculine"
],
"word": "lansquenê"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "landsknéxt",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ландскне́хт"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ландскнехт"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "landsknext"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lansquenete"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "landsknekt"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"word": "landsknext"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"word": "lencơnet"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century",
"word": "lânsfeint"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "gambling card game",
"word": "lansquenet"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "gambling card game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lansquenet"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "gambling card game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Landsknecht"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "gambling card game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Lansquenet"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "gambling card game",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zecchinetta"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "gambling card game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zecchinetto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "gambling card game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lanzichenecco"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "gambling card game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lancknecht"
}
],
"word": "lansquenet"
}
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "lansquenet",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: lansquenet",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: lansquenet"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "lansquenete",
"alts": "1",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: lansquenete",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: lansquenete"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "lansquenete",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: lansquenete",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: lansquenete"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "de",
"3": "Landsknecht"
},
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"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from German Landsknecht.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "lansquenets",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "lansquenet f (plural lansquenets)",
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"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"French 3-syllable words",
"French countable nouns",
"French entries with incorrect language header",
"French feminine nouns",
"French lemmas",
"French nouns",
"French terms borrowed from German",
"French terms derived from German",
"French terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"fr:Military units"
],
"glosses": [
"lansquenet"
],
"links": [
[
"lansquenet",
"lansquenet#English"
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],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/lɑ̃s.kə.nɛ/"
}
],
"word": "lansquenet"
}
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