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"fr:Linguistics"
],
"glosses": [
"locution (a group of words with the grammatical value of a single word)"
],
"links": [
[
"linguistics",
"linguistics"
],
[
"locution",
"locution#English"
],
[
"Trésor de la langue française informatisé",
"w:Trésor de la langue française informatisé"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(linguistics) locution (a group of words with the grammatical value of a single word)"
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/lɔ.ky.sjɔ̃/"
}
],
"word": "locution"
}
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