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"taxonomic": "Floerkea proserpinacoides",
"word": "false mermaid"
},
{
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"word": "Fiji mermaid"
},
{
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"word": "mermaid skirt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "mermaid syndrome"
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"word": "mermaid tresses"
},
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"taxonomic": "Chorda filum",
"word": "mermaid's fishing line"
},
{
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"alt": "Haliclona oculata; Alcyonium digitatum",
"word": "mermaid's glove"
},
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"taxonomic": "Lyngbya majuscula",
"word": "mermaid's hair"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"alt": "Spatengus spp.; Amphidetus cordatus",
"word": "mermaid's head"
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{
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"word": "mermaid's purse"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Anomiidae spp.",
"word": "mermaid's toenail"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Chorda filum",
"word": "mermaid's tresses"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Floerkea proserpinacoides",
"word": "mermaidweed"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "reverse mermaid"
}
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"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "mermayde",
"4": "",
"5": "maid of the sea"
},
"expansion": "Middle English mermayde (“maid of the sea”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "mere",
"3": "maid",
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"t1": "sea, lake"
},
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},
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"nocat": "1"
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"2": "meermeid",
"t": "mermaid"
},
"expansion": "Dutch meermeid (“mermaid”)",
"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "mermaget"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German mermaget",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Meermagd"
},
"expansion": "German Meermagd",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Meermädchen",
"t": "mermaid"
},
"expansion": "Meermädchen (“mermaid”)",
"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "mermeit",
"pos": "> German <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"de\">Meermagd</i>, <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"de\">Meermädchen</i> (“mermaid”)",
"t": "mermaid"
},
"expansion": "mermeit (“mermaid”, > German Meermagd, Meermädchen (“mermaid”))",
"name": "m"
},
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"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "meremenn"
},
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"1": "ang",
"2": "meremennen"
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"expansion": "meremennen",
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"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "meremenin",
"3": "",
"4": "mermaid, siren"
},
"expansion": "meremenin (“mermaid, siren”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English mermayde (“maid of the sea”), from mere (“sea, lake”) + maid, equivalent to mer- + maid. Cognate with Dutch meermeid (“mermaid”), Middle High German mermaget, mermeit (“mermaid”, > German Meermagd, Meermädchen (“mermaid”)). Compare Old English meremenn, meremennen, meremenin (“mermaid, siren”).",
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"form": "mermaids",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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}
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"pos": "noun",
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"word": "mereswine"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "merman"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "merwife"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "merwolf"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "🧜♀️"
}
],
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"name": "Mythological creatures",
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"_dis": "69 19 13",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Merpeople",
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"Fantasy",
"Mythology",
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"Speculative fiction",
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"name": "Stock characters",
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Holonym: merfolk"
},
{
"ref": "1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 242",
"text": "People that are drowned, and whose bodies are not founds are believed to have been taken into the dwellings of the Mermaids.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish."
],
"id": "en-mermaid-en-noun-72qLya0n",
"links": [
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"mythological",
"mythological"
],
[
"woman",
"woman"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "mergirl"
},
{
"word": "merlady"
},
{
"word": "mermaiden"
},
{
"word": "merwoman"
}
],
"translations": [
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirenë"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rusale"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵayalān",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "خَيَلَان"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"alt": "ibna(t) al-baḥr",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "اِبْنَة الْبَحْر"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"alt": "ḥūriyya(t) al-baḥr",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "حُورِيَّة الْبَحْر"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"alt": "ʕarūsa(t) al-baḥr",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "عَرُوسَة الْبَحْر"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"alt": "ḥūriyya(t) al-māʔ",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "حُورِيَّة الْمَاء"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ǰrahars",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "ջրահարս"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "kaltā d-yāmā",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ܟܲܠܬܵܐ ܕܝܵܡܵܐ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "serena"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirena"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "supərisi"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "su pərisi"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "rusálka",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "руса́лка"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "siréna",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сірэ́на"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "najáda",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ная́да"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "motsśokonna",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "মৎস্যকন্যা"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "morská siréna",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "морска́ сире́на"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rusalka",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "русалка"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "resuma.",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "ရေသူမ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirena"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "人魚"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "jan⁴ jyu⁴",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "人鱼"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "美人魚"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "mei⁵ jan⁴ jyu⁴",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "美人鱼"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "人魚"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "rényú",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "人鱼"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "美人魚"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "měirényú",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "美人鱼"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "morvoren"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mořská panna"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "havfrue"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zeemeermin"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "meermin"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "sireno"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "marvirino"
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{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "merineitsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "havfrúgv"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sævarmoy"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "merenneito"
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{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirène"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "serea"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "kaltevza",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "ქალთევზა"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ali",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "ალი"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sirinozi",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "სირინოზი"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Nixe"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Wassernixe"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Seejungfrau"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Meerjungfrau"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "gorgóna",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "γοργόνα"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "seirína",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σειρήνα"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "wahine hiʻu iʻa"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "he",
"english": "bat yam",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "בַּת יָם"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jalparī",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "जलपरी"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "matsyāṅgnā",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "मत्स्यांगना"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "hableány"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "sellő"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hafmey"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "sireno"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "maighdean mhara"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "murúch"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirena"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"alt": "にんぎょ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ningyo",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "人魚"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "su perısı",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "су перісі"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "macchaanuʼ",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "មច្ឆានុ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "rĕəʼksaʼsəy",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "រក្សសី"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"alt": "人魚",
"code": "ko",
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{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "la",
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"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "la",
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"feminine"
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"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
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"feminine"
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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"feminine"
],
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ms",
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"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
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"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
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"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "havfrue"
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"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
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"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "پری دریایی"
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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"feminine"
],
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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"feminine"
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"feminine"
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"feminine"
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"feminine"
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"feminine"
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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"feminine"
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "morska deklica"
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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"feminine"
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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"word": "sirena"
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "మత్స్యకన్య"
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "นางเงือก"
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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"lang": "Turkish",
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
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{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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"lang": "Turkish",
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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"word": "руса́лка"
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"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
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"feminine"
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{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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"feminine"
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"word": "морська́ па́нна"
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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"_dis1": "99 1 0",
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{
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{
"word": "mermaiden"
},
{
"word": "merwoman"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "mermaid smoothie",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Coloured a brilliant turquoise."
],
"links": [
[
"turquoise",
"turquoise"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(as a modifier) Coloured a brilliant turquoise."
],
"raw_tags": [
"as a modifier"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A prostitute."
],
"links": [
[
"prostitute",
"prostitute"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) A prostitute."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "hooker"
},
{
"word": "lady of the night"
},
{
"word": "prostitute"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɜːˌmeɪd/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɝ.meɪd/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-us-mermaid.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/En-us-mermaid.ogg/En-us-mermaid.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/En-us-mermaid.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirenë"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rusale"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵayalān",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "خَيَلَان"
},
{
"alt": "ibna(t) al-baḥr",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "اِبْنَة الْبَحْر"
},
{
"alt": "ḥūriyya(t) al-baḥr",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "حُورِيَّة الْبَحْر"
},
{
"alt": "ʕarūsa(t) al-baḥr",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "عَرُوسَة الْبَحْر"
},
{
"alt": "ḥūriyya(t) al-māʔ",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "حُورِيَّة الْمَاء"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ǰrahars",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "ջրահարս"
},
{
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "kaltā d-yāmā",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ܟܲܠܬܵܐ ܕܝܵܡܵܐ"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "serena"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirena"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "supərisi"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "su pərisi"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "rusálka",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "руса́лка"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "siréna",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сірэ́на"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "najáda",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ная́да"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "motsśokonna",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "মৎস্যকন্যা"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "morská siréna",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "морска́ сире́на"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rusalka",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "русалка"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "resuma.",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "ရေသူမ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirena"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "人魚"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "jan⁴ jyu⁴",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "人鱼"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "美人魚"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "mei⁵ jan⁴ jyu⁴",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "美人鱼"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "人魚"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "rényú",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "人鱼"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "美人魚"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "měirényú",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "美人鱼"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "morvoren"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mořská panna"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "havfrue"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zeemeermin"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "meermin"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "sireno"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "marvirino"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "merineitsi"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "havfrúgv"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sævarmoy"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "merenneito"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirène"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "serea"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "kaltevza",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "ქალთევზა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ali",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "ალი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sirinozi",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "სირინოზი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Nixe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Wassernixe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Seejungfrau"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Meerjungfrau"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "gorgóna",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "γοργόνα"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "seirína",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σειρήνα"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "wahine hiʻu iʻa"
},
{
"code": "he",
"english": "bat yam",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "בַּת יָם"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jalparī",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "जलपरी"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "matsyāṅgnā",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "मत्स्यांगना"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "hableány"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "sellő"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hafmey"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "sireno"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "maighdean mhara"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "murúch"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirena"
},
{
"alt": "にんぎょ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ningyo",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "人魚"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "su perısı",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "су перісі"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "macchaanuʼ",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "មច្ឆានុ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "rĕəʼksaʼsəy",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "រក្សសី"
},
{
"alt": "人魚",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ineo",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "인어"
},
{
"code": "kum",
"lang": "Kumyk",
"roman": "suwanası",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "суванасы"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "suu perisi",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "суу периси"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "nāng ngư̄ak",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "ນາງເງືອກ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "ngư̄ak",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "ເງືອກ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sirena"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "femina marina"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "puella marina"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "semipuella marina"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oceanide"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Nereis"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nāra"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "undinė"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "siréna",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сире́на"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "morska samovila",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "морска самовила"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "morska vila",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "морска вила"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "ikan duyung"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirena"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "chʼikę́ę́h łóóʼ"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "havfrue"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "havfru"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "havfrue"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "pari-ye daryâyi",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "پری دریایی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "syrena"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rusałka"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "panna wodna"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "boginka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sereia"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirenă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rusálka",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "руса́лка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "siréna",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сире́на"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "najáda",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ная́да"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "morskája déva",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "морска́я де́ва"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "maighdeann-mhara"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "сирена"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "sirena"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "morská panna"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "morska deklica"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirena"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sjöjungfru"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "havsfru"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "sirena"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "pariyi obī",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "парии обӣ"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "su anası",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "су анасы"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "matsyakanya",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "మత్స్యకన్య"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "naang-ngʉ̂ʉak",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "นางเงือก"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "ngʉ̂ʉak",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "เงือก"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "deniz kızı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "denizkızı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "susulu"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "susuna"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "suw perisi"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rusálka",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "руса́лка"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "syréna",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сире́на"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "najáda",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ная́да"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "morsʹká díva",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "морська́ ді́ва"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "morsʹká pánna",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "морська́ па́нна"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "rusalka"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "suv parisi"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "nhân ngư"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "người cá"
},
{
"alt": "美人魚",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "mỹ nhân ngư"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "tiên cá"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "nàng tiên cá"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "môr-forwyn"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "yam-meydl",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ים־מיידל"
},
{
"code": "zea",
"lang": "Zealandic",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "merreminne"
}
],
"word": "mermaid"
}
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