"latch" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /læt͡ʃ/ Audio: en-us-latch.ogg [US] Forms: latches [plural]
enPR: lăch Rhymes: -ætʃ Etymology: From Middle English latche, lacche (“a latch; a trap”), from lacchen (“to seize, catch, grasp”), from Old English læċċan (“to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize”). See above for more. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|latche}} Middle English latche, {{m|enm|lacche||a latch; a trap}} lacche (“a latch; a trap”), {{m|enm|lacchen||to seize, catch, grasp}} lacchen (“to seize, catch, grasp”), {{inh|en|ang|læċċan||to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize}} Old English læċċan (“to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} latch (plural latches)
  1. A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side. Translations (fastening for a door): reze (Albanian), bakllama (Albanian), qapı sürgüsü (Azerbaijani), клямка (kljamka) [feminine] (Belarusian), резе (reze) [neuter] (Bulgarian), мандало (mandalo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), pestell [masculine] (Catalan), 門閂 (Chinese Mandarin), 门闩 (ménshuān) (Chinese Mandarin), 門釦 (Chinese Mandarin), 门扣 (ménkòu) (Chinese Mandarin), 门釦 (ménkòu) (Chinese Mandarin), petlice [feminine] (Czech), klink [feminine] (Dutch), anso (Esperanto), klinko (Esperanto), riglilo (Esperanto), säppi (Finnish), salpa (Finnish), loquet [masculine] (French), pecho [masculine] (Galician), caravilla [feminine] (Galician), martabela [feminine] (Galician), Riegel [masculine] (German), Falle [feminine] (German), Klinke [feminine] (German), Sperre [feminine] (German), Verriegelung [feminine] (German), Schnappverschluss [masculine] (German), Schnappriegel [masculine] (German), Anschlag [masculine] (German), Verschluss [masculine] (German), Verschlusshebel [masculine] (German), Schnapper [masculine] (German), Schnäpper [masculine] (German), Rastklinke [feminine] (German), Arretierung [feminine] (German), μάνταλο (mántalo) [masculine] (Greek), σύρτης (sýrtis) [masculine] (Greek), בריח (baríakh) [masculine] (Hebrew), सिटकनी (siṭaknī) (Hindi), कुंडी (kuṇḍī) (Hindi), अर्गल (argal) (Hindi), retesz (Hungarian), selot (Indonesian), chiavistello [masculine] (Italian), fermo [masculine] (Italian), 掛け金 (kakegane) (alt: かけがね) (Japanese), ラッチ (ratchi) (Japanese), គន្លឹះទ្វារ (kɔɔnlɨh tviə) (Khmer), 걸쇠 (geolsoe) (Korean), കുറ്റി (kuṟṟi) (Malayalam), whakarawa (Maori), түгжээ (tügžee) (Mongolian), оньс (onʹs) (Mongolian), كلید (kilid) (Ottoman Turkish), مغلاق (miğlak) (Ottoman Turkish), کلون (kolun) (Persian), zasuwa [feminine] (Polish), rygiel [masculine] (Polish), antaba [feminine] (Polish), tranca [feminine] (Portuguese), trinco (Portuguese), zăvor [neuter] (Romanian), zăvoare [neuter, plural] (Romanian), щеко́лда (ščekólda) [feminine] (Russian), задви́жка (zadvížka) [feminine] (Russian), защёлка (zaščólka) [feminine] (Russian), запо́р (zapór) (alt: дверно́й) [masculine] (Russian), засо́в (zasóv) [masculine] (Russian), zasun (Serbo-Croatian), reza (Serbo-Croatian), zavoranj [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), cerrojo [masculine] (Spanish), pestillo [masculine] (Spanish), hasp (Swedish), regel (Swedish), busulan (Tagalog), лукидон (lukidon) (Tajik), กลอน (glɔɔn) (Thai), за́сув (zásuv) [masculine] (Ukrainian), gaʻlaqa (Uzbek), loʻkidon (Uzbek), chốt cửa (Vietnamese), then cửa (Vietnamese), clicied [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-latch-en-noun-VgdF8IOb Disambiguation of 'fastening for a door': 73 7 4 5 5 2 3
  2. (electronics) An electronic circuit that is like a flip-flop, except that it is level triggered instead of edge triggered. Categories (topical): Electronics, Fasteners Translations (flip-flop electronic circuit): 锁存器 (suǒcúnqì) (Chinese Mandarin), salpa (Finnish), kiikku (Finnish), Klinkenschalter [masculine] (German), Auffangregister [neuter] (German), Signalschalter [masculine] (German), μανταλωτής (mantalotís) [masculine] (Greek), μανδαλωτής (mandalotís) (Greek), przerzutnik [masculine] (Polish), flip-flop [masculine] (Portuguese), biestable [masculine] (Spanish), låskrets (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-latch-en-noun-Nc3xiY4Y Disambiguation of Fasteners: 18 30 5 13 10 5 6 1 6 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 53 2 2 13 5 13 0 2 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 47 3 1 10 7 14 1 3 6 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'flip-flop electronic circuit': 2 82 2 2 5 2 5
  3. (obsolete) A latching. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-latch-en-noun-rY2j4MDQ
  4. (obsolete) A crossbow. Tags: obsolete Translations (crossbow): kruisboog (Dutch), varsijousi (Finnish), Armbrust [feminine] (German), самострел (samostrel) [masculine] (Macedonian), kusza [feminine] (Polish), samostrel [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kuša [feminine] (Slovak), หน้าไม้ (nâa-máai) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-latch-en-noun-et2ZVOtA Disambiguation of 'crossbow': 1 3 1 88 3 2 2
  5. (obsolete) That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-latch-en-noun-prpMdjZV
  6. A breastfeeding baby's connection to the breast.
    Sense id: en-latch-en-noun-8Y-ny0xs
  7. (databases) A lightweight lock to protect internal structures from being modified by multiple concurrent accesses. Categories (topical): Databases
    Sense id: en-latch-en-noun-ambQEpPb Topics: computing, databases, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lech, letch Derived forms: latchbolt, latchkey, latch-up, on the latch, spring latch, throat latch
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /læt͡ʃ/ Audio: en-us-latch.ogg [US] Forms: latches [present, singular, third-person], latching [participle, present], latched [participle, past], latched [past], laught [obsolete, participle, past], laught [obsolete, past]
enPR: lăch Rhymes: -ætʃ Etymology: From Middle English lacchen (“to seize, catch, grasp”, verb), from Old English læċċan (“to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize”), from Proto-Germanic *lakjaną, *lakwijaną, *lakkijaną (“to seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂g-, *(s)leh₂gʷ- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Middle Dutch lakken (“to grasp, catch”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lacchen||to seize, catch, grasp|pos=verb}} Middle English lacchen (“to seize, catch, grasp”, verb), {{inh|en|ang|læċċan||to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize}} Old English læċċan (“to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*lakjaną}} Proto-Germanic *lakjaną, {{m|gem-pro|*lakwijaną}} *lakwijaną, {{m|gem-pro|*lakkijaną||to seize}} *lakkijaną (“to seize”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)leh₂g-}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂g-, {{m|ine-pro|*(s)leh₂gʷ-||to take, seize}} *(s)leh₂gʷ- (“to take, seize”), {{cog|dum|lakken|t=to grasp, catch}} Middle Dutch lakken (“to grasp, catch”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=laught|past2_qual=obsolete}} latch (third-person singular simple present latches, present participle latching, simple past and past participle latched or (obsolete) laught)
  1. To close or lock as if with a latch. Translations (to close with a latch): rigli (Esperanto), salvata (Finnish), panna säppiin (Finnish), pechar (Galician), verriegeln (German), einrasten (German), einklinken (German), sperren (German), zuschnappen (German), schließen (German), zuklinken (German), whakarawa (Maori), trincar (Portuguese), regla (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-latch-en-verb-S~7iu3Mj Disambiguation of 'to close with a latch': 100 0
  2. (transitive) To catch; lay hold of. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-latch-en-verb-Ht6e1WGo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: latch on, latch on to, latch onto
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /læt͡ʃ/ Audio: en-us-latch.ogg [US] Forms: latches [present, singular, third-person], latching [participle, present], latched [participle, past], latched [past]
enPR: lăch Rhymes: -ætʃ Etymology: Compare French lécher (“to lick”). Etymology templates: {{cog|fr|lécher||to lick}} French lécher (“to lick”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} latch (third-person singular simple present latches, present participle latching, simple past and past participle latched)
  1. (obsolete) To smear; to anoint. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-latch-en-verb-cyj615V6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
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          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "reze"
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          "word": "bakllama"
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        {
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "qapı sürgüsü"
        },
        {
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "kljamka",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "клямка"
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        {
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "reze",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "резе"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "mandalo",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "мандало"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pestell"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "門閂"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "ménshuān",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "门闩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "門釦"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "ménkòu",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "门扣"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "ménkòu",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "门釦"
        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "petlice"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "klink"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "anso"
        },
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          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "eo",
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          "word": "klinko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "eo",
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          "word": "riglilo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "säppi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "salpa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "loquet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pecho"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "caravilla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "martabela"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Riegel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Falle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Klinke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Sperre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Verriegelung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schnappriegel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Anschlag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Verschluss"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Verschlusshebel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Schnapper"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
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          ],
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        },
        {
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Rastklinke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Arretierung"
        },
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          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "el",
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "el",
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          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "roman": "siṭaknī",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
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          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "कुंडी"
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        {
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          "word": "अर्गल"
        },
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          "word": "retesz"
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          "word": "selot"
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          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "chiavistello"
        },
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          "sense": "fastening for a door",
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          ],
          "word": "fermo"
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        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
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          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "掛け金"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "ja",
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          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "ラッチ"
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          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "km",
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          "word": "គន្លឹះទ្វារ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "geolsoe",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "걸쇠"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
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          "lang": "Malayalam",
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          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "കുറ്റി"
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          "sense": "fastening for a door",
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          "word": "antaba"
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "tranca"
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          "word": "trinco"
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          ],
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          "word": "щеко́лда"
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          ],
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          ],
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          ],
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          ],
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          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
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          "word": "hasp"
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        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
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          "word": "regel"
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          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "busulan"
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          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
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          "word": "лукидон"
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          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
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          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "กลอน"
        },
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
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          "word": "loʻkidon"
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          "word": "chốt cửa"
        },
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          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
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          "sense": "fastening for a door",
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "qapı sürgüsü"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kljamka",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "клямка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "reze",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "резе"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mandalo",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "мандало"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pestell"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "門閂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ménshuān",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "门闩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "門釦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ménkòu",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "门扣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ménkòu",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "门釦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "petlice"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "klink"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "anso"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "klinko"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "riglilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "säppi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "salpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "loquet"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pecho"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "caravilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "martabela"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Riegel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Falle"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Klinke"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sperre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verriegelung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schnappverschluss"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schnappriegel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Anschlag"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verschluss"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verschlusshebel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schnapper"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schnäpper"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rastklinke"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Arretierung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mántalo",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μάνταλο"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sýrtis",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "σύρτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "baríakh",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "בריח"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "siṭaknī",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "सिटकनी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kuṇḍī",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "कुंडी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "argal",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "अर्गल"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "retesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "selot"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chiavistello"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fermo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かけがね",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kakegane",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "掛け金"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ratchi",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "ラッチ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kɔɔnlɨh tviə",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "គន្លឹះទ្វារ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "geolsoe",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "걸쇠"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kuṟṟi",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "കുറ്റി"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "whakarawa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "tügžee",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "түгжээ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "onʹs",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "оньс"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kilid",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "كلید"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "miğlak",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "مغلاق"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kolun",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "کلون"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zasuwa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rygiel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "antaba"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tranca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "trinco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zăvor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "zăvoare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ščekólda",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "щеко́лда"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zadvížka",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "задви́жка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaščólka",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "защёлка"
    },
    {
      "alt": "дверно́й",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zapór",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "запо́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zasóv",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "засо́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "zasun"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "reza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zavoranj"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cerrojo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pestillo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "hasp"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "regel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "busulan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "lukidon",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "лукидон"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "glɔɔn",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "กลอน"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zásuv",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "за́сув"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "gaʻlaqa"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "loʻkidon"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "chốt cửa"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "then cửa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clicied"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "suǒcúnqì",
      "sense": "flip-flop electronic circuit",
      "word": "锁存器"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "flip-flop electronic circuit",
      "word": "salpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "flip-flop electronic circuit",
      "word": "kiikku"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "flip-flop electronic circuit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Klinkenschalter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "flip-flop electronic circuit",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Auffangregister"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "flip-flop electronic circuit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Signalschalter"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mantalotís",
      "sense": "flip-flop electronic circuit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μανταλωτής"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mandalotís",
      "sense": "flip-flop electronic circuit",
      "word": "μανδαλωτής"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "flip-flop electronic circuit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przerzutnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "flip-flop electronic circuit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flip-flop"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "flip-flop electronic circuit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "biestable"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "flip-flop electronic circuit",
      "word": "låskrets"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "crossbow",
      "word": "kruisboog"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "crossbow",
      "word": "varsijousi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "crossbow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Armbrust"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "samostrel",
      "sense": "crossbow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "самострел"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "crossbow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kusza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "crossbow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "samostrel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "crossbow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kuša"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nâa-máai",
      "sense": "crossbow",
      "word": "หน้าไม้"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "latch"
  ],
  "word": "latch"
}

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    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ætʃ",
    "Rhymes:English/ætʃ/1 syllable",
    "en:Fasteners"
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        "2": "lécher",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick"
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      "expansion": "French lécher (“to lick”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare French lécher (“to lick”).",
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      "form": "latches",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latching",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latched",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latched",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
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        "To smear; to anoint."
      ],
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          "smear"
        ],
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          "anoint",
          "anoint"
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      ],
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        "(obsolete) To smear; to anoint."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/læt͡ʃ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ætʃ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-latch.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/86/En-us-latch.ogg/En-us-latch.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/En-us-latch.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "lăch"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "latch"
  ],
  "word": "latch"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.