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"derived": [
{
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"word": "horse leech"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "horse-leech"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "land-leech"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "leech-finger"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "leechlike"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "turtle leech"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "water-leech"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "leche",
"4": "",
"5": "blood-sucking worm"
},
"expansion": "Middle English leche (“blood-sucking worm”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "lǣċe",
"4": "",
"5": "blood-sucking worm"
},
"expansion": "Old English lǣċe (“blood-sucking worm”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "lake",
"3": "lāke"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch lāke",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "laak"
},
"expansion": "Dutch laak",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "\"blood-sucking worm\"; > modern Dutch <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"nl\">laak</i>"
},
"expansion": "(\"blood-sucking worm\"; > modern Dutch laak)",
"name": "gloss"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English leche (“blood-sucking worm”), from Old English lǣċe (“blood-sucking worm”), akin to Middle Dutch lāke (\"blood-sucking worm\"; > modern Dutch laak).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "leeches",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "leech (plural leeches)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2003, William W. Johnstone, The Last Of The Dog Team, page 195",
"text": "The leech on his leg had swelled to more than five inches long, puffed and swollen on his blood.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis."
],
"id": "en-leech-en-noun-s067d9a8",
"links": [
[
"blood",
"blood"
],
[
"suck",
"suck"
],
[
"annelid",
"annelid"
],
[
"Hirudinea",
"Hirudinea#Translingual"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "bloedsuier"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "ain",
"lang": "Ainu",
"roman": "sas",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "サㇱ"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "akl",
"lang": "Aklanon",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "alimatok"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rrodhe"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "shushunjë"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gjakpirës"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ushunjëz"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕalaqa",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "عَلَقَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕəlga",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "علْڭة"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tzruk",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "տզրուկ"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avdelã"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "piuvitsã"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "suliucã"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "zük",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "জোক"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sanixuela"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sandixuela"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "zəli"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "hölök",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "һөлөк"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "izain"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pʺjáŭka",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "п'я́ўка"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "jō̃k",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "জোঁক"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pijávica",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пия́вица"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "kywat",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ကျွတ်"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hmyau.",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "မျှော့"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sangonera"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "alimatok"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "cme",
"lang": "Cerma",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "diirãŋo"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "蜈蜞"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "螞蟥"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mǎhuáng",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "蚂蟥"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shuǐzhì",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "水蛭"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "cv",
"lang": "Chuvash",
"roman": "sĕlĕh",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "сӗлӗх"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pijavice"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pijavka"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "dlm",
"lang": "Dalmatian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sansoike"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "blodigle"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "igler"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bloedzuiger"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "echel"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "laak"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "hirudo"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "kaan"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "igli"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "igil"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "blóðigil"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "juotikas"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "iilimato"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sangsue"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sansuie"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sansuje"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sambesuga"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "samesuga"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "becha"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bicha"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣urbela",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "წურბელა"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Blutegel"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Egel"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "vdélla",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "βδέλλα"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "bdélla",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "βδέλλα"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "gn",
"lang": "Guaraní",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ysope"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "jaḷo",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "જળો"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "jokh",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "જોખ"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "jok",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "જોક"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "sansi"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "mākoko"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "omo koko"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "'aluká",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "עֲלוּקָה"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jõk",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "जोंक"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jõk",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "जोँक"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jalūkā",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "जलूका"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "pióca"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "blóðsuga"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "iglur"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "sanguisugo"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "lintah"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "verimato"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "súmaire"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sanguisuga"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mignatta"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"alt": "ひる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hiru",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "蛭"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hiru",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ヒル"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "sülık",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "сүлік"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "cləəŋ",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ឈ្លើង"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "kla",
"lang": "Klamath-Modoc",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "sdaqbonks"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geomeori",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "거머리"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "kum",
"lang": "Kumyk",
"roman": "sülük",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "сюлюк"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "arbijî"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "sülük",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "сүлүк"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "thāk",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ທາກ"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "pīng",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ປີງ"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hirūdō"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sanguisūga"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dēle"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "lis",
"lang": "Lisu",
"roman": "wè̱",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ꓪꓰꓼ"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dėlė"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pijavica",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пијавица"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "lintah"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "nīraṭṭa",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "നീരട്ട"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "aṭṭa",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "അട്ട"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "msk",
"lang": "Mansaka",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "limatuk"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "guillag"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 3 2",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jiollag"
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"sense": "person who derives profit from others",
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],
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"sense": "person who derives profit from others",
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],
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"sense": "person who derives profit from others",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "person who derives profit from others",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pijavice"
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"sense": "person who derives profit from others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parasiet"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 64 9 25",
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"sense": "person who derives profit from others",
"word": "verenimijä"
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"_dis1": "2 64 9 25",
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "person who derives profit from others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
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"_dis1": "2 64 9 25",
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"sense": "person who derives profit from others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Blutsauger"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 64 9 25",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person who derives profit from others",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Blutsaugerin"
},
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"_dis1": "2 64 9 25",
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"sense": "person who derives profit from others",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "βδέλλα"
},
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"_dis1": "2 64 9 25",
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"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "person who derives profit from others",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "עלוקה"
},
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"_dis1": "2 64 9 25",
"code": "hi",
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"sense": "person who derives profit from others",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "जोंक"
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"sense": "person who derives profit from others",
"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"masculine"
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{
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{
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"partitive"
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}
],
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"common-gender",
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"indefinite",
"neuter",
"singular",
"superlative"
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},
{
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"indefinite",
"plural",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "legere",
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"comparative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "leechste",
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"indefinite",
"plural",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "lege",
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"definite",
"positive"
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},
{
"form": "legere",
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"comparative",
"definite"
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},
{
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"definite",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "leechs",
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"partitive",
"positive"
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},
{
"form": "legers",
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"comparative",
"partitive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
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"partitive",
"superlative"
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"2": "adjective"
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"Entry maintenance"
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"type": "example"
}
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"empty"
],
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[
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"empty"
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}
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"2": "noun"
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[
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"ipa": "/liːt͡ʃ/"
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"Central Franconian terms inherited from Middle High German",
"Central Franconian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Central Franconian terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"args": {
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],
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"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "and plural leechte",
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"feminine"
]
},
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"feminine"
]
},
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"comparative"
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},
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"superlative"
]
}
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"name": "head"
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{
"categories": [
"Ripuarian Franconian"
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"light, not heavy"
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"links": [
[
"light",
"light"
]
],
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"(central and eastern Ripuarian) light, not heavy"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"easy, not difficult"
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"links": [
[
"easy",
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]
],
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{
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},
{
"homophone": "Leech"
}
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{
"tags": [
"Kölsch"
],
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},
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"word": "liëht"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Western"
],
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},
{
"word": "licht"
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{
"tags": [
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"Northern"
],
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},
{
"alt": "Siegerland",
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},
{
"tags": [
"southern-Moselle-Franconian"
],
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],
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"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Old Norse",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"English verbs",
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"Rhymes:English/iːtʃ",
"Rhymes:English/iːtʃ/1 syllable",
"en:Annelids",
"en:Parasites",
"en:People"
],
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{
"word": "horse leech"
},
{
"word": "horse-leech"
},
{
"word": "land-leech"
},
{
"word": "leech-finger"
},
{
"word": "leechlike"
},
{
"word": "turtle leech"
},
{
"word": "water-leech"
}
],
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"5": "blood-sucking worm"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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{
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},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "laak"
},
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},
{
"args": {
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},
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"name": "gloss"
}
],
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{
"form": "leeches",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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],
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"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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{
"ref": "2003, William W. Johnstone, The Last Of The Dog Team, page 195",
"text": "The leech on his leg had swelled to more than five inches long, puffed and swollen on his blood.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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],
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[
"blood",
"blood"
],
[
"suck",
"suck"
],
[
"annelid",
"annelid"
],
[
"Hirudinea",
"Hirudinea#Translingual"
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]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2000, Ray Garmon, The Man Who Just Didn't Care, page 20",
"text": "'Wrecked his body and his mind, no use to hisself or his family or nobody, just a leech on society'.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2006, D. L. Harman, A State of Nine One One, page 106",
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"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion."
],
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[
"derive",
"derive"
],
[
"profit",
"profit"
],
[
"parasitic",
"parasitic"
]
],
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"(figuratively) A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion."
],
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"figuratively"
]
},
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"categories": [
"English dated terms",
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],
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"A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum."
],
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[
"medicine",
"medicine"
],
[
"glass",
"glass"
],
[
"tube",
"tube"
],
[
"tissue",
"tissue"
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[
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"vacuum"
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],
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"dated"
],
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"medicine",
"sciences"
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"categories": [
"English derogatory terms",
"English terms with quotations"
],
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{
"ref": "February 15, 2017, “WOW” (in Korean), performed by 3Racha",
"text": "머저리들 거머리들 같이 네게 들러붙는 애들\nmeojeorideul geomeorideul gachi nege deulleobunneun aedeul\nKids who are jerks and leeches stick to you.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A disrespectful person."
],
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[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
]
],
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"(derogatory) A disrespectful person."
],
"tags": [
"derogatory"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/liːt͡ʃ/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"homophone": "leach"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːtʃ"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-leech.ogg",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/En-us-leech.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
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},
{
"enpr": "lēch"
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],
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{
"sense": "person who lives as a parasite",
"word": "parasite"
},
{
"word": "sponger"
},
{
"word": "bloodsucker"
},
{
"word": "vampire"
},
{
"sense": "disrespectful person",
"word": "jerk"
}
],
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{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "bloedsuier"
},
{
"code": "ain",
"lang": "Ainu",
"roman": "sas",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "サㇱ"
},
{
"code": "akl",
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"word": "alimatok"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "sq",
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"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "sq",
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "sq",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ar",
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"roman": "ʕalaqa",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ary",
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"roman": "ʕəlga",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "hy",
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"roman": "tzruk",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "տզրուկ"
},
{
"code": "rup",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "rup",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "rup",
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"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "as",
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"roman": "zük",
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"word": "জোক"
},
{
"code": "ast",
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"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ast",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "az",
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"sense": "annelid",
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},
{
"code": "ba",
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"roman": "hölök",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "һөлөк"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
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"word": "izain"
},
{
"code": "be",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "bn",
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"sense": "annelid",
"word": "জোঁক"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "my",
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"word": "ကျွတ်"
},
{
"code": "my",
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"roman": "hmyau.",
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"word": "မျှော့"
},
{
"code": "ca",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ceb",
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"word": "alimatok"
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{
"code": "cme",
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},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
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"Hokkien"
],
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{
"code": "cmn",
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},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "mǎhuáng",
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"word": "蚂蟥"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shuǐzhì",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "水蛭"
},
{
"code": "cv",
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"word": "сӗлӗх"
},
{
"code": "cs",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pijavice"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "dlm",
"lang": "Dalmatian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sansoike"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "blodigle"
},
{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "igler"
},
{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "echel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "laak"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "hirudo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "kaan"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "igli"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "igil"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "blóðigil"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "juotikas"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "iilimato"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sangsue"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sansuie"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sansuje"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sambesuga"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "samesuga"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "becha"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bicha"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣urbela",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "წურბელა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Blutegel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Egel"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "vdélla",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "βδέλλα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "bdélla",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "βδέλλα"
},
{
"code": "gn",
"lang": "Guaraní",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ysope"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "jaḷo",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "જળો"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "jokh",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "જોખ"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "jok",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "જોક"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "sansi"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "mākoko"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "omo koko"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "'aluká",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "עֲלוּקָה"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jõk",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "जोंक"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jõk",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "जोँक"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jalūkā",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "जलूका"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "pióca"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "blóðsuga"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "iglur"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "sanguisugo"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "lintah"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "verimato"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "súmaire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sanguisuga"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mignatta"
},
{
"alt": "ひる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hiru",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "蛭"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hiru",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ヒル"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "sülık",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "сүлік"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "cləəŋ",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ឈ្លើង"
},
{
"code": "kla",
"lang": "Klamath-Modoc",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "sdaqbonks"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geomeori",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "거머리"
},
{
"code": "kum",
"lang": "Kumyk",
"roman": "sülük",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "сюлюк"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "arbijî"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "sülük",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "сүлүк"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "thāk",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ທາກ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "pīng",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ປີງ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hirūdō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sanguisūga"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dēle"
},
{
"code": "lis",
"lang": "Lisu",
"roman": "wè̱",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ꓪꓰꓼ"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dėlė"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pijavica",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пијавица"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "lintah"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "nīraṭṭa",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "നീരട്ട"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "aṭṭa",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "അട്ട"
},
{
"code": "msk",
"lang": "Mansaka",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "limatuk"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "guillag"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jiollag"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ngata"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "piriawaawa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "kōkopurangi"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "jaḷū",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "जळू"
},
{
"code": "mic",
"lang": "Mi'kmaq",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"animate"
],
"word": "squ"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xanuur xorxoj",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "хануур хорхой"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "qanaɣur qoruqai",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠬᠠᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ ᠬᠣᠷᠤᠬᠠᠢ"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "akágí yitsʼǫǫsii"
},
{
"code": "nap",
"lang": "Neapolitan",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sanguetta"
},
{
"code": "nog",
"lang": "Nogai",
"roman": "sülik",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "суьлик"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "igle"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sagnairòla"
},
{
"alt": "びーる",
"code": "ryu",
"lang": "Okinawan",
"roman": "biiru",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "蛭"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "sülük",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "سولوك"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "žawǝ́ra",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ژوره"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "waxčá",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "وخچه"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "zâlu",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "زالو"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "zoruk",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "زروک"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Iel"
},
{
"code": "pox",
"lang": "Polabian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pajăvaićă"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pijawka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sanguessuga"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "jok",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ਜੋਕ"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "jalaukā",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ਜਲੌਕਾ"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lipitoare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pijávka",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пия́вка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pijávica",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"obsolete"
],
"word": "пия́вица"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "jalūkā",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "जलूका"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sambesuca"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "sambesue"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "deala"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gealan"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "guilleag"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "пијавица"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "pijavica"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pijavica"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pijavka"
},
{
"code": "alt",
"lang": "Southern Altai",
"roman": "sülük",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "сӱлӱк"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sanguijuela"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sanguja"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hirudíneo"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "mruba"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "igel"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "blodigel"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "linta"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "zolu",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "золу"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "zulluk",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "зуллук"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "šulluk",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "шуллук"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "aṭṭai",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "அட்டை"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "sölek",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "сөлек"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "jalaukasamu",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "జలౌకసము"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "jelaga",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "జెలగ"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bpling",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ปลิง"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "tâak",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ทาก"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "'bu pad pa",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "འབུ་པད་པ"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "srin bu pad ma",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "སྲིན་བུ་པད་མ"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "śätkaroñ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "sülük"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "sülük"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pʺjávka",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "п'я́вка"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "jonk",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "جونک"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "sülük",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "سۈلۈك"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "zuluk"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "đỉa"
},
{
"code": "wym",
"lang": "Vilamovian",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "agl"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "gib"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sansowe"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gele"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gelen"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "pyavke",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "פּיאַווקע"
},
{
"code": "afb",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mə9lə7ci",
"sense": "person who derives profit from others",
"tags": [
"Gulf-Arabic"
],
"word": "مصلحچي"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "krǎvopiec",
"sense": "person who derives profit from others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кръвопиец"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kǎ́rlež",
"sense": "person who derives profit from others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "къ́рлеж"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "person who derives profit from others",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sangonera"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "person who derives profit from others",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pijavice"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person who derives profit from others",
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"tags": [
"definite",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "leechs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "legers",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"partitive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "adjective"
},
"expansion": "leech",
"name": "head"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lege"
},
"name": "fy-infl-adj"
}
],
"lang": "West Frisian",
"lang_code": "fy",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"West Frisian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The requested page title was invalid, empty or improperly linked.",
"text": "De opfrege sidetitel wie ûnjildich, leech, of ferkeard keppele.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"empty"
],
"links": [
[
"empty",
"empty"
]
]
}
],
"word": "leech"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "enm",
"3": "leche"
},
"expansion": "Middle English leche",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "ang",
"3": "lǣċe"
},
"expansion": "Old English lǣċe",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*lākī"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *lākī",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English leche, from Old English lǣċe, from Proto-West Germanic *lākī.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "leech",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Yola",
"lang_code": "yol",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Yola entries with incorrect language header",
"Yola lemmas",
"Yola nouns",
"Yola terms derived from Middle English",
"Yola terms derived from Old English",
"Yola terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Yola terms inherited from Middle English",
"Yola terms inherited from Old English",
"Yola terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Yola terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"glosses": [
"physician"
],
"links": [
[
"physician",
"physician"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/liːt͡ʃ/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "leache"
}
],
"word": "leech"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": gô͘-khî, ngô͘-khî vs. zh-min-nan",
"path": [
"leech"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "leech",
"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 2024-05-03 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.
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