"mulier" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmjuː.lɪə/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mulier.wav [Southern-England] Forms: muliers [plural]
Etymology: From Latin mulier (“woman”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mel-}}, {{bor|en|la|mulier|t=woman}} Latin mulier (“woman”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} mulier (plural muliers)
  1. (law, historical) Lawful issue born in wedlock, in distinction from an elder brother born of the same parents before their marriage. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Law, People Related terms: muliebrity
    Sense id: en-mulier-en-noun-RsPcSVan Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Topics: law

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈmu.li.er/ [Classical], [ˈmʊlʲiɛr] [Classical], /ˈmu.li.er/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈmuːlier] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *moljes, of uncertain origin; it has been proposed that it might derive from mollior, comparative of mollis (“soft, tender”), while others propose it might be akin to mulgere and therefore mean “the milk-giver”. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*moljes}} Proto-Italic *moljes, {{m|la|mollior}} mollior, {{m|la|mollis||soft, tender}} mollis (“soft, tender”), {{m|la|mulgere}} mulgere Head templates: {{la-noun|mulier/mulier<3>|g=f}} mulier f (genitive mulieris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|mulier/mulier<3>}} Forms: mulieris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], mulier [nominative, singular], mulierēs [nominative, plural], mulieris [genitive, singular], mulierum [genitive, plural], mulierī [dative, singular], mulieribus [dative, plural], mulierem [accusative, singular], mulierēs [accusative, plural], muliere [ablative, singular], mulieribus [ablative, plural], mulier [singular, vocative], mulierēs [plural, vocative]
  1. a woman, female Tags: declension-3, feminine Categories (topical): Female people Synonyms: fēmina, vira (english: hapax, mentioning, Old Latin)
    Sense id: en-mulier-la-noun-svUUGiE2 Disambiguation of Female people: 63 1 19 18 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 43 16 16 25
  2. (by extension) a wife Tags: broadly, declension-3, feminine Synonyms: uxor, nūpta, coniūnx, mātrōna
    Sense id: en-mulier-la-noun-BdPsG2XL
  3. (figuratively) a coward, poltroon Tags: declension-3, feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-mulier-la-noun-nnzcnN7g
  4. (Medieval Latin) a virgin adult Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-3, feminine
    Sense id: en-mulier-la-noun-Rf25XHcL Categories (other): Medieval Latin, Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 4 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: muliebris, muliebriter, muliebritās, muliebrōsus, muliercula, mulierculārius, mulieritās, mulierārius, mulierō, mulierōsitās, mulierōsus

Inflected forms

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      "text": "Balkan Romance:"
    },
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          "expansion": "Aromanian: muljari, muljare, muljeari, muljeare, mljari, mljare, muieri",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: muljari, muljare, muljeari, muljeare, mljari, mljare, muieri"
    },
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          "expansion": "Istro-Romanian: muľerĕ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Istro-Romanian: muľerĕ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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            "1": "ruq",
            "2": "muľari"
          },
          "expansion": "Megleno-Romanian: muľari",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Megleno-Romanian: muľari"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "muiere"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: muiere",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: muiere"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Dalmatian:"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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            "2": "mojer",
            "alts": "1",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "mojer, molier, moler; mulir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "moglie",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: moglie, mogliera; muglieri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: moglie, mogliera; muglieri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "mugliera"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: mugliera",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: mugliera"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "mugghieri",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: mugghieri, muggheri, muglieri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: mugghieri, muggheri, muglieri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Insular Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "muzere",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: muzere, mulleri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: muzere, mulleri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "North Italian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Italic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "egl",
            "2": "mujer",
            "3": "mujera"
          },
          "expansion": "Emilian: mujer, mujera",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Emilian: mujer, mujera"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lij",
            "2": "moier"
          },
          "expansion": "Ligurian: moier",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Ligurian: moier"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "muglier"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: muglier",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Lombard: muglier"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "mié"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: mié",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: mié"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "muglier",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Romansch: muglier",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Romansch: muglier"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "mujé"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: mujé",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: mujé"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rgn",
            "2": "mój",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Romagnol: mój, mujéṟ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romagnol: mój, mujéṟ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "muîr"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: muîr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: muîr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ist",
            "2": "muier"
          },
          "expansion": "Istriot: muier",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Istriot: muier"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "mojer",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: mojer, mojere",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: mojer, mojere"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Old Francoprovençal: moillier, muillier"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "mulyer"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: mulyer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: mulyer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "muiler",
            "3": "moylier",
            "4": "muillier",
            "5": "mulier",
            "6": "moillier"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: muiler, moylier, muillier, mulier, moillier",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: muiler, moylier, muillier, mulier, moillier"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "muillier",
            "3": "molier"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle French: muillier, molier",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hapax"
          },
          "expansion": "(hapax)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: muillier, molier (hapax)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Occitano-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-oca",
            "2": "muyller",
            "3": "muyler",
            "4": "muller",
            "5": "muyer",
            "6": "muler"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Catalan: muyller, muyler, muller, muyer, muler",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Catalan: muyller, muyler, muller, muyer, muler"
    },
    {
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      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
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          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: muller",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: muller"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "molher"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: molher\nOccitan: molhèr\n→ Middle French: moulhé",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: molher\nOccitan: molhèr\n→ Middle French: moulhé"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "muller"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: muller",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: muller"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "muyer"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: muyer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: muyer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: moller, muller, molher\nFala: mullel\nGalician: muller\nPortuguese: mulher (see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: moller, muller, molher\nFala: mullel\nGalician: muller\nPortuguese: mulher (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "mugier"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: mugier, muger; muller\nLadino: mujer\nSpanish: mujer",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: mugier, muger; muller\nLadino: mujer\nSpanish: mujer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "mulier",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ English: mulier",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: mulier"
    }
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      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *moljes",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "mollior"
      },
      "expansion": "mollior",
      "name": "m"
    },
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "mollis",
        "3": "",
        "4": "soft, tender"
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      "expansion": "mollis (“soft, tender”)",
      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "mulgere"
      },
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    {
      "form": "mulieris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mulier",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mulierēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mulieris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mulierum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mulierī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mulieribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mulierem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mulierēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muliere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mulieribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mulier",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mulierēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mulier/mulier<3>",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "mulier f (genitive mulieris); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mulier/mulier<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "43 16 16 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 1 19 18",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Female people",
          "orig": "la:Female people",
          "parents": [
            "Female",
            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "You are a wise woman, Nausistrata.",
          "ref": "c. 161 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Phormio 5.9",
          "text": "mulier sapiēns es, Nausistrata."
        }
      ],
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        "a woman, female"
      ],
      "id": "en-mulier-la-noun-svUUGiE2",
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ],
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fēmina"
        },
        {
          "english": "hapax, mentioning, Old Latin",
          "word": "vira"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "marītus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a wife"
      ],
      "id": "en-mulier-la-noun-BdPsG2XL",
      "links": [
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) a wife"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "uxor"
        },
        {
          "word": "nūpta"
        },
        {
          "word": "coniūnx"
        },
        {
          "word": "mātrōna"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a coward, poltroon"
      ],
      "id": "en-mulier-la-noun-nnzcnN7g",
      "links": [
        [
          "coward",
          "coward"
        ],
        [
          "poltroon",
          "poltroon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) a coward, poltroon"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Medieval Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 4 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a virgin adult"
      ],
      "id": "en-mulier-la-noun-Rf25XHcL",
      "links": [
        [
          "virgin",
          "virgin"
        ],
        [
          "adult",
          "adult"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin) a virgin adult"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmu.li.er/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmʊlʲiɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmu.li.er/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmuːlier]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mulier"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "la:Female people"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*mel-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "mulier",
        "t": "woman"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin mulier (“woman”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin mulier (“woman”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "muliers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "mulier (plural muliers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "muliebrity"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mel-",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Law",
        "en:People"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1908, Alfred John Horwood, Luke Owen Pike, Year books of the reign of King Edward the Third: Volume 15",
          "text": "Or suppose an inquest were taken between us, and it were found that they are muliers, for which reason the voucher stood, and they came and pleaded the same exception to escape from warranting as heirs, then two inquests would be taken[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lawful issue born in wedlock, in distinction from an elder brother born of the same parents before their marriage."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "Lawful",
          "lawful"
        ],
        [
          "issue",
          "issue"
        ],
        [
          "wedlock",
          "wedlock"
        ],
        [
          "parent",
          "parent"
        ],
        [
          "marriage",
          "marriage"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law, historical) Lawful issue born in wedlock, in distinction from an elder brother born of the same parents before their marriage."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmjuː.lɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mulier.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mulier.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mulier.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mulier.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mulier.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mulier"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "la:Female people"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "muliebris"
    },
    {
      "word": "muliebriter"
    },
    {
      "word": "muliebritās"
    },
    {
      "word": "muliebrōsus"
    },
    {
      "word": "muliercula"
    },
    {
      "word": "mulierculārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "mulieritās"
    },
    {
      "word": "mulierārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "mulierō"
    },
    {
      "word": "mulierōsitās"
    },
    {
      "word": "mulierōsus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Balkan Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "muljari",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: muljari, muljare, muljeari, muljeare, mljari, mljare, muieri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: muljari, muljare, muljeari, muljeare, mljari, mljare, muieri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ruo",
            "2": "muľerĕ"
          },
          "expansion": "Istro-Romanian: muľerĕ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Istro-Romanian: muľerĕ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ruq",
            "2": "muľari"
          },
          "expansion": "Megleno-Romanian: muľari",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Megleno-Romanian: muľari"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "muiere"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: muiere",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: muiere"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Dalmatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "mojer",
            "alts": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "mojer, molier, moler; mulir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "mojer, molier, moler; mulir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "moglie",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: moglie, mogliera; muglieri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: moglie, mogliera; muglieri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "mugliera"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: mugliera",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: mugliera"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "mugghieri",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: mugghieri, muggheri, muglieri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: mugghieri, muggheri, muglieri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Insular Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "muzere",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: muzere, mulleri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: muzere, mulleri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "North Italian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Italic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "egl",
            "2": "mujer",
            "3": "mujera"
          },
          "expansion": "Emilian: mujer, mujera",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Emilian: mujer, mujera"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lij",
            "2": "moier"
          },
          "expansion": "Ligurian: moier",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Ligurian: moier"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "muglier"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: muglier",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Lombard: muglier"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "mié"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: mié",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: mié"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "muglier",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Romansch: muglier",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Romansch: muglier"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "mujé"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: mujé",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: mujé"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rgn",
            "2": "mój",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Romagnol: mój, mujéṟ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romagnol: mój, mujéṟ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "muîr"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: muîr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: muîr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ist",
            "2": "muier"
          },
          "expansion": "Istriot: muier",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Istriot: muier"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "mojer",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: mojer, mojere",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: mojer, mojere"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Old Francoprovençal: moillier, muillier"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "mulyer"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: mulyer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: mulyer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "muiler",
            "3": "moylier",
            "4": "muillier",
            "5": "mulier",
            "6": "moillier"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: muiler, moylier, muillier, mulier, moillier",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: muiler, moylier, muillier, mulier, moillier"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "muillier",
            "3": "molier"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle French: muillier, molier",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hapax"
          },
          "expansion": "(hapax)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: muillier, molier (hapax)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Occitano-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-oca",
            "2": "muyller",
            "3": "muyler",
            "4": "muller",
            "5": "muyer",
            "6": "muler"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Catalan: muyller, muyler, muller, muyer, muler",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Catalan: muyller, muyler, muller, muyer, muler"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "muller"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: muller",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: muller"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "molher"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: molher\nOccitan: molhèr\n→ Middle French: moulhé",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: molher\nOccitan: molhèr\n→ Middle French: moulhé"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "muller"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: muller",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: muller"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "muyer"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: muyer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: muyer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "moller"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: moller, muller, molher\nFala: mullel\nGalician: muller\nPortuguese: mulher (see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: moller, muller, molher\nFala: mullel\nGalician: muller\nPortuguese: mulher (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "mugier"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: mugier, muger; muller\nLadino: mujer\nSpanish: mujer",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: mugier, muger; muller\nLadino: mujer\nSpanish: mujer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "mulier",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: mulier",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: mulier"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *moljes",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "mollior"
      },
      "expansion": "mollior",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "mollis",
        "3": "",
        "4": "soft, tender"
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "mulgere"
      },
      "expansion": "mulgere",
      "name": "m"
    }
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    {
      "form": "mulieris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mulier",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mulierēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mulieris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mulierum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mulierī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mulieribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mulierem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mulierēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muliere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mulieribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mulier",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mulierēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mulier/mulier<3>",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "mulier f (genitive mulieris); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mulier/mulier<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "You are a wise woman, Nausistrata.",
          "ref": "c. 161 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Phormio 5.9",
          "text": "mulier sapiēns es, Nausistrata."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a woman, female"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ],
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fēmina"
        },
        {
          "english": "hapax, mentioning, Old Latin",
          "word": "vira"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "marītus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a wife"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) a wife"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "uxor"
        },
        {
          "word": "nūpta"
        },
        {
          "word": "coniūnx"
        },
        {
          "word": "mātrōna"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a coward, poltroon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "coward",
          "coward"
        ],
        [
          "poltroon",
          "poltroon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) a coward, poltroon"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Medieval Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a virgin adult"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "virgin",
          "virgin"
        ],
        [
          "adult",
          "adult"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin) a virgin adult"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmu.li.er/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmʊlʲiɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmu.li.er/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmuːlier]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mulier"
}

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