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"etymology_text": "From Middle English larges, largess, largesse [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman largece, largesce, Middle French largece, largesce, largesse, and Old French largesce (“breadth, width; request for a monetary gift; (act of) generous giving; (chiefly in the plural) generous gift; generosity, liberality”) (in Anglo-Norman also “liberty; privilege”; modern French largesse), from large (“big, large; generous; wide”) (from Latin largus (“abundant, plentiful; large; bountiful, liberal”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *lai- (“fat, grease, lard”) or *las- (“to be willing; covetous; eager”)) + -esce (suffix forming nouns).",
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"word": "miserliness"
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{
"word": "niggardliness"
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{
"word": "stinginess"
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{
"word": "tightfistedness"
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"ref": "2020 February 11, Norimitsu Onishi, “A pedophile writer is on trial. So are the French elites.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-30",
"text": "He [Gabriel Matzneff] was invited to the Élysée Palace by President François Mitterrand and socialized with the far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen. He benefited from the largess of the fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, the business tycoon Pierre Bergé.",
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"word": "munificence"
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"roman": "ščódrascʹ",
"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шчо́драсць"
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{
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"roman": "štédrost",
"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ще́дрост"
},
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"_dis1": "47 11 12 6 2 4 18",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"word": "樂善好施"
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{
"_dis1": "47 11 12 6 2 4 18",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lèshànhàoshī",
"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"word": "乐善好施"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "štědrost"
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"_dis1": "47 11 12 6 2 4 18",
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gulheid"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"word": "runsaskätisyys"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"word": "avokätisyys"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"word": "anteliaisuus"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "largesse"
},
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"_dis1": "47 11 12 6 2 4 18",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "largueza"
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"_dis1": "47 11 12 6 2 4 18",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "xenerosidade"
},
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"_dis1": "47 11 12 6 2 4 18",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Großzügigkeit"
},
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"_dis1": "47 11 12 6 2 4 18",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "dōnātīvum"
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"_dis1": "47 11 12 6 2 4 18",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "daréžlivost",
"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "даре́жливост"
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"_dis1": "47 11 12 6 2 4 18",
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"roman": "velikódušnost",
"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "велико́душност"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "štédrost",
"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ште́дрост"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 11 12 6 2 4 18",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hojność"
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{
"_dis1": "47 11 12 6 2 4 18",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "szczodrość"
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{
"_dis1": "47 11 12 6 2 4 18",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "largueza"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 11 12 6 2 4 18",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "generosidade"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 11 12 6 2 4 18",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ščédrostʹ",
"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ще́дрость"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 11 12 6 2 4 18",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "štedrosť"
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{
"_dis1": "47 11 12 6 2 4 18",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "largueza"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 11 12 6 2 4 18",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"word": "ahilik"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 11 12 6 2 4 18",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"word": "bonkörlük"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 11 12 6 2 4 18",
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"word": "cömertlik"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 11 12 6 2 4 18",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"word": "eli açıklık"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 11 12 6 2 4 18",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"word": "mürüvvet"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 11 12 6 2 4 18",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "semahat"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 11 12 6 2 4 18",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ščédristʹ",
"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ще́дрість"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 11 12 6 2 4 18",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "haelioni"
}
]
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"Often preceded by do, give, or make: the generous or liberal giving of gifts or money, especially by someone of high standing on a special occasion; also, excessive or wasteful giving."
],
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],
[
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],
[
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],
[
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],
[
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],
[
"standing",
"standing#Noun"
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[
"special",
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[
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[
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[
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"(uncountable)",
"Often preceded by do, give, or make: the generous or liberal giving of gifts or money, especially by someone of high standing on a special occasion; also, excessive or wasteful giving."
],
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"uncountable"
],
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"_dis1": "10 51 13 6 3 8 9",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(uncountable) generous or liberal giving of gifts or money",
"word": "avokätisyys"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 51 13 6 3 8 9",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(uncountable) generous or liberal giving of gifts or money",
"word": "runsaskätisyys"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 51 13 6 3 8 9",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(uncountable) generous or liberal giving of gifts or money",
"word": "anteliaisuus"
},
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"_dis1": "10 51 13 6 3 8 9",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "(uncountable) generous or liberal giving of gifts or money",
"word": "haelioni"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 38 13 9 3 13 15",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(uncountable) excessive or wasteful giving",
"word": "haaskaaminen"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 38 13 9 3 13 15",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(uncountable) excessive or wasteful giving",
"word": "tuhlaaminen"
}
]
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"Money, etc., given in this way."
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"way",
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"(uncountable)",
"Money, etc., given in this way."
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
},
{
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"Abundance of something (chiefly beneficial), regarded as having been given generously."
],
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[
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"beneficial"
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"regard#Verb"
]
],
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"(uncountable)",
"(figuratively) Abundance of something (chiefly beneficial), regarded as having been given generously."
],
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{
"word": "bounty"
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"ref": "1594, John Huarte [i.e., Juan Huarte de San Juan], “By what Meanes It may be Shewed, to what Difference of Abilitie the Art of Warfare Appertaineth, and by what Signes the Man may be Knowen, who is Endowed with this Maner of Wit”, in Richard Carew, transl., Examen de Ingenios. The Examination of Mens Wits. […], London: […] Adam Jslip, for Richard Watkins, →OCLC, page 225",
"text": "This captaine then falling in companie vvith a knot of Caualieros, and diſcourſing of the largeſſe & liberty, vvhich ſouldiers enjoy in Italie, in a certaine demand, vvhich one of them made him, he gaue him the you becauſe he vvas native of that place, and the ſonne of meane parents, born in a village of ſome fevv houſes: […]\nIn Rocío G. Sumillera, editor (2014), The Examination of Men’s Wits (MHRA Tudor & Stuart Translations; 17), London: Modern Humanities Research Association, →ISBN, footnote 153, page 247, the editor writes: “[…] ‘The you’ in Carew’s text translates the Spanish vos, used to address inferiors in rank, and therefore fairly disrespectful at the time.”",
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"Chiefly in the form at one's largesse: freedom or liberty to act."
],
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"freedom",
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[
"liberty",
"liberty"
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]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable)",
"(obsolete) Chiefly in the form at one's largesse: freedom or liberty to act."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"uncountable"
]
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{
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"glosses": [
"An act of donating or giving generously."
],
"id": "en-largesse-en-noun-7XSmbDyY",
"links": [
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"act",
"act#Noun"
]
],
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"(countable)",
"An act of donating or giving generously."
],
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"countable"
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"_dis1": "5 11 8 8 4 45 18",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(countable) act of donating or giving generously",
"word": "antelias lahjoittaminen"
}
]
},
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"A specific gift of money, etc., given in this way, specifically (historical) at harvest time; a donation, a gratuity."
],
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[
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],
[
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"donation"
],
[
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],
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"(countable)",
"(also figuratively) A specific gift of money, etc., given in this way, specifically (historical) at harvest time; a donation, a gratuity."
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"_dis1": "3 5 34 10 1 3 43",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(countable) specific gift of money, etc., given in this way",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dar"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 34 10 1 3 43",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(countable) specific gift of money, etc., given in this way",
"word": "gulle giften"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 34 10 1 3 43",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(countable) specific gift of money, etc., given in this way",
"word": "lahja"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 34 10 1 3 43",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(countable) specific gift of money, etc., given in this way",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "largesses"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 34 10 1 3 43",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(countable) specific gift of money, etc., given in this way",
"word": "elargizione"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 34 10 1 3 43",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pódarok",
"sense": "(countable) specific gift of money, etc., given in this way",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "по́дарок"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 34 10 1 3 43",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "(countable) specific gift of money, etc., given in this way",
"word": "whakahiku"
}
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/lɑːˈ(d)ʒɛs/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(uncountable) generous or liberal giving of gifts or money",
"word": "avokätisyys"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(uncountable) generous or liberal giving of gifts or money",
"word": "runsaskätisyys"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(uncountable) generous or liberal giving of gifts or money",
"word": "anteliaisuus"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "(uncountable) generous or liberal giving of gifts or money",
"word": "haelioni"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(uncountable) excessive or wasteful giving",
"word": "haaskaaminen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(uncountable) excessive or wasteful giving",
"word": "tuhlaaminen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(uncountable) money, etc., given in this way",
"word": "lahjaraha"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "(uncountable) money, etc., given in this way",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "largītiō"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(countable) act of donating or giving generously",
"word": "antelias lahjoittaminen"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(countable) specific gift of money, etc., given in this way",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(countable) specific gift of money, etc., given in this way",
"word": "gulle giften"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(countable) specific gift of money, etc., given in this way",
"word": "lahja"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(countable) specific gift of money, etc., given in this way",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "largesses"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(countable) specific gift of money, etc., given in this way",
"word": "elargizione"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pódarok",
"sense": "(countable) specific gift of money, etc., given in this way",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "по́дарок"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "(countable) specific gift of money, etc., given in this way",
"word": "whakahiku"
}
],
"word": "largesse"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "fro",
"3": "largesce"
},
"expansion": "Old French largesce",
"name": "uder"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "large",
"3": "-esse",
"id2": "quality"
},
"expansion": "large + -esse",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old French largesce, corresponding to large + -esse.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "largesses",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "largesse f (plural largesses)",
"name": "fr-noun"
}
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"French 2-syllable words",
"French countable nouns",
"French entries with incorrect language header",
"French feminine nouns",
"French lemmas",
"French nouns",
"French terms derived from Old French",
"French terms suffixed with -esse (quality)",
"French terms with IPA pronunciation",
"French terms with audio links",
"French undefined derivations",
"Rhymes:French/ɛs",
"Rhymes:French/ɛs/2 syllables"
],
"glosses": [
"largess; financial generosity"
],
"links": [
[
"largess",
"largess"
],
[
"generosity",
"generosity"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/laʁ.ʒɛs/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛs"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Avatea-largesse.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d4/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Avatea-largesse.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Avatea-largesse.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d4/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Avatea-largesse.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Avatea-largesse.wav.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"word": "largesse"
}
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