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"word": "Beesley's lark"
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"taxonomic": "Mirafra spp.",
"word": "bushlark"
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"taxonomic": "Melanocorypha spp.",
"word": "calandra lark"
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"word": "greater short-toed lark"
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"word": "hoopoe-lark"
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"taxonomic": "Calamospiza melanocorys",
"word": "lark bunting"
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"word": "lark buttonquail"
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"word": "lark-plover"
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"taxonomic": "Tropaeolum majus",
"word": "lark's-heel"
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"taxonomic": "Chondestes grammacus",
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"taxonomic": "Delphinium spp.",
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"word": "mudlark"
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"word": "pink-billed lark"
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"taxonomic": "Alaudala rayta",
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"word": "scribble lark"
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"word": "sparrow-lark"
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"taxonomic": "Anthus pratensis",
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"word": "up with the lark"
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"taxonomic": "Lullula arborea",
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"word": "writing lark"
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "laureshë"
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"sense": "bird",
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"sense": "bird",
"word": "hegatxabal"
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"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "žávaranak",
"sense": "bird",
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "čučulíga",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "чучули́га"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "alosa"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "雲雀"
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{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yúnquè",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "云雀"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "bird",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
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"sense": "bird",
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"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
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"code": "fur",
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"word": "lodule"
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"word": "odule"
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"tags": [
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"word": "laverca"
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"lang": "Georgian",
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"word": "ტოროლა"
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"sense": "bird",
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"tags": [
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"sense": "bird",
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "jongdari",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "종다리"
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"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "nogojiri",
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"word": "노고지리"
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"word": "چوڕە"
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "cīrulis"
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"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
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"word": "vieversys"
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"word": "Lark"
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"sense": "bird",
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"word": "Lörk"
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"word": "Lauerk"
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"word": "Léierchen"
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"roman": "čučuliga",
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English larke, laverke, from Old English lāwerce, lǣwerce, lāuricæ, from Proto-West Germanic *laiwarikā, from Proto-Germanic *laiwarikǭ, *laiwazikǭ (compare dialectal West Frisian larts, Dutch leeuwerik, German Lerche), from *laiwaz (borrowed into Finnish leivo, Estonian lõo), of unknown ultimate origin with no definitive cognates outside of Germanic.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "larks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "lark (plural larks)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"sense": "species in Alaudidae",
"word": "woodlark"
},
{
"sense": "species in Alaudidae",
"word": "skylark"
},
{
"sense": "species in Alaudidae",
"word": "magpie-lark"
},
{
"sense": "species in Alaudidae",
"word": "horned lark"
},
{
"sense": "species in Alaudidae",
"word": "sea lark"
},
{
"sense": "species in Alaudidae",
"word": "crested lark"
},
{
"sense": "species in Alaudidae",
"word": "shorelark"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae."
],
"links": [
[
"passerine",
"passerine"
],
[
"bird",
"bird"
],
[
"Alaudidae",
"Alaudidae#Translingual"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Any of various similar-appearing birds, but usually ground-living, such as the meadowlark and titlark."
],
"links": [
[
"meadowlark",
"meadowlark"
],
[
"titlark",
"titlark"
]
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "owl"
}
],
"glosses": [
"One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks."
],
"links": [
[
"wake",
"wake"
],
[
"up with the larks",
"up with the larks"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension) One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "early bird"
},
{
"word": "early riser"
}
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, page 238",
"text": "Charles Randolph Grean is married to pop lark and multi-hit artist Betty Johnson.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A jolly or peppy person."
],
"links": [
[
"jolly",
"jolly"
],
[
"peppy",
"peppy"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/lɑːk/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/lɑɹk/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"homophone": "lakh (RP)"
},
{
"homophone": "lock (non-rhotic with father-bother merger)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)k"
},
{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lakh.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lakh.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lakh.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lakh.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-lark.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/30/En-us-lark.ogg/En-us-lark.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/En-us-lark.ogg",
"tags": [
"General-American"
],
"text": "Audio (GA)"
},
{
"enpr": "läk"
},
{
"enpr": "lärk"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "laverock"
},
{
"word": "lavrock"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "laureshë"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qubbara",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "قُبَّرَة"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "artuyt",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "արտույտ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "torağay"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "hegatxabal"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "žávaranak",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жа́варанак"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alc'hweder"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "čučulíga",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "чучули́га"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alosa"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "雲雀"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yúnquè",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "云雀"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skřivan"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "lærke"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "leeuwerik"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "alaŭdo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "lõoke"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "kiuru"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "leivo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "leivonen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alouette"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "lodule"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "odule"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "laverca"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cotovía"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṭorola",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "ტოროლა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Lerche"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "korydallós",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κορυδαλλός"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "staríthra",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"feminine"
],
"word": "σταρήθρα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "korudós",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κορυδός"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kórudos",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κόρυδος"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "pacsirta"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lævirki"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fuiseog"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "circín starraiceach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "allodola"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lodola"
},
{
"alt": "ひばり",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hibari",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "雲雀"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jongdari",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "종다리"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "nogojiri",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "노고지리"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "çurre",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "چوڕە"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lodola"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alauda"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "cīrulis"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vieversys"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vyturys"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Lark"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Lurk"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Lörk"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Lörke"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Lerke"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Lewark"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Levark"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Levalk"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Lewrik"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Lewrink"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Leerk"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Lauerk"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Leving"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Léierchen"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "čučuliga",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "чучулига"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "alwetta"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "bilbla"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "hīoi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "pīhoihoi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "whioi"
},
{
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "leivvoš"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "lerke"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lerke"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alauseta"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lauseta"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lāwerce"
},
{
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lævirki"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "toygar",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "طویغار"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "tarla kuşu",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "تارلا قوشی"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "çayır kuşu",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "چایر قوشی"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "čakâvak",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "چکاوک"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Leewoakj"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skowronek"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cotovia"
},
{
"code": "rom",
"lang": "Romani",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "chirikli-gilibani"
},
{
"code": "rom",
"lang": "Romani",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chiriklo-gilibano"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ciocârlie"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lodola"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žávoronok",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жа́воронок"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "allòdola"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "laverock"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "uiseag"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "шева"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "шевpљугa"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ševa"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ševrljuga"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "škovránok"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "škrjanec"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "škobrjonk"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "škowrončk"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alondra"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "lärka"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "tarla kuşu"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "çayır kuşu"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "toygar"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "žájvoronok",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жа́йворонок"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "chim chiền chiện"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "laud"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ehedydd"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ljurk"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ranobudnik",
"sense": "one who wakes early",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ранобудник"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "one who wakes early",
"word": "ranní ptáče"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "one who wakes early",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vroege vogel"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "one who wakes early",
"word": "aamuvirkku"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "one who wakes early",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lève-tôt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one who wakes early",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Frühaufsteher"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one who wakes early",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Frühaufsteher"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one who wakes early",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Lerche"
},
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"word": "laverock"
},
{
"word": "lavrock"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "sport, engage in harmless pranking",
"word": "dollen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sport, engage in harmless pranking",
"word": "pilailla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sport, engage in harmless pranking",
"word": "kujeilla"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "luduvam",
"sense": "frolic, engage in carefree adventure",
"word": "лудувам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zabavljavam se",
"sense": "frolic, engage in carefree adventure",
"word": "забавлявам се"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "frolic, engage in carefree adventure",
"word": "stoeien"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "frolic, engage in carefree adventure",
"word": "hullutella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "frolic, engage in carefree adventure",
"word": "toilailla"
}
],
"word": "lark"
}
{
"called_from": "page/2386",
"msg": "inconsistent language codes nds-de vs nds in translation item: 't' {1: 'nds', 2: 'Lurk', 3: 'f'}",
"path": [
"lark",
"t"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "lark",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "page/2386",
"msg": "inconsistent language codes nds vs nds-de in translation item: 't' {1: 'nds-de', 2: 'Lörk', 3: 'f'}",
"path": [
"lark",
"t"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "lark",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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