See mettle on Wiktionary
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"homophone": "meddle (in accents with flapping)"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "a quality of endurance and courage",
"word": "معدن"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kuraž",
"sense": "a quality of endurance and courage",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "кураж"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izdrǎžlivost",
"sense": "a quality of endurance and courage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "издръжливост"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "a quality of endurance and courage",
"word": "tremp"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "a quality of endurance and courage",
"word": "fermesa"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "a quality of endurance and courage",
"word": "moed"
},
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"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "a quality of endurance and courage",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "mót"
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{
"code": "fo",
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"tags": [
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"word": "treyst"
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"word": "áræði"
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{
"code": "fo",
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"sense": "a quality of endurance and courage",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a quality of endurance and courage",
"word": "lujahermoisuus"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a quality of endurance and courage",
"word": "rohkeus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "prouesse"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a quality of endurance and courage",
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"masculine"
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"word": "Mut"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "a quality of endurance and courage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Eifer"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a quality of endurance and courage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Enthusiasmus"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a quality of endurance and courage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Stamina"
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{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "a quality of endurance and courage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "miotal"
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"code": "mr",
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"sense": "a quality of endurance and courage",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "धैर्य"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "a quality of endurance and courage",
"tags": [
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"word": "Iewa"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "a quality of endurance and courage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "firmeza"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "pyl",
"sense": "a quality of endurance and courage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "пыл"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "a quality of endurance and courage",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "рве́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "vynóslivostʹ",
"sense": "a quality of endurance and courage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "выно́сливость"
},
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"sense": "a quality of endurance and courage",
"word": "mod"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a quality of endurance and courage",
"word": "kurage"
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "a quality of endurance and courage",
"word": "azim"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "harakter",
"sense": "good temperament and character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "характер"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "темперамент"
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{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "good temperament and character",
"word": "fermesa"
},
{
"code": "nl",
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "good temperament and character",
"word": "karakter"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "good temperament and character",
"word": "sopuisuus"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "good temperament and character",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Feurigkeit"
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"code": "sv",
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"word": "karaktär"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "good temperament and character",
"word": "eldighet"
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"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
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"ref": "1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:",
"text": "And then one afternoon in the hinder end of April came young Heriotside riding to the Skerburnfoot. His arm was healed, he had got him a fine new suit of green, and his horse was a mettle beast that well set off his figure.",
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"homophone": "metal (general)"
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},
{
"homophone": "meddle (in accents with flapping)"
}
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}
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