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"ipa": "/ɔːk/",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "orcess"
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"expansion": "→ Catalan: orc",
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"1": "cs",
"2": "ork",
"bor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ Czech: ork",
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"1": "da",
"2": "ork",
"bor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ Danish: ork",
"name": "desc"
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],
"text": "→ Danish: ork"
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{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "ork",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Dutch: ork",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Dutch: ork"
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{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "et",
"2": "örk",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Estonian: örk",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Estonian: örk"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "örkki",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: örkki",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Finnish: örkki"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "orc",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: orc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ French: orc"
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{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "ka",
"2": "ორკი",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Georgian: ორკი (orḳi)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Georgian: ორკი (orḳi)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "el",
"2": "ορκ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Greek: ορκ (ork)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Greek: ορκ (ork)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "ork",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hungarian: ork",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hungarian: ork"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "orki",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Icelandic: orki",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Icelandic: orki"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "オーク",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "ōku"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese: オーク (ōku)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: オーク (ōku)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "오크",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 오크 (okeu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 오크 (okeu)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "orks",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Latvian: orks",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Latvian: orks"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "orkas",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Lithuanian: orkas",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Lithuanian: orkas"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "mr",
"2": "ऑर्क",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Marathi: ऑर्क (ŏrka)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Marathi: ऑर्क (ŏrka)"
},
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "ork",
"3": "orc",
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},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian: ork, orc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norwegian: ork, orc"
},
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "ork",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Polish: ork",
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"text": "→ Polish: ork"
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "orc",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: orc",
"name": "desc"
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],
"text": "→ Portuguese: orc"
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "orc",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: orc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: orc"
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "орк",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: орк (ork)",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "→ Russian: орк (ork)"
},
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"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "ork",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: ork",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "орк"
},
"expansion": "орк",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: ork / орк"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "ork",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swedish: ork",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swedish: ork"
},
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "uk",
"2": "орк",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Ukrainian: орк (ork)",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "→ Ukrainian: орк (ork)"
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"3": "orco",
"4": "",
"5": "man-eating giant"
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"name": "der"
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"4": "",
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"2": "ogre"
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},
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},
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"2": "у́рка",
"3": "",
"4": "prison slang for 'criminal'"
},
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"etymology_text": "Probably from Italian orco (“man-eating giant”); later revived by J. R. R. Tolkien, partly after Old English orc, which he took to mean \"demon\". Both are from Latin Orcus (“the underworld; the god Pluto”). Doublet of ogre.\nSense 2 is a semantic loan from Ukrainian орк (ork, “evil monstrous humanoid creature; orc”) or Russian орк (ork), both from the English word and possibly under the influence of Russian у́рка (úrka, “prison slang for 'criminal'”). Popularized in English in 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "goblin"
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"ref": "1656, Samuel Holland, Don Zara del Fogo, I.1",
"text": "Who at one stroke didst pare away three heads from off the shoulders of an Orke, begotten by an Incubus.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1834, \"The National Fairy Mythology of England\" in Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Vol. 10, p. 53",
"text": "The chief exploit of the hero, Beowulf the Great, is the destruction of the two monsters Grendel and his mother; both like most of the evil beings in the old times, dwellers in the fens and the waters; and both, moreover, as some Christian bard has taken care to inform us, of \"Cain's kin,\" as were also the eotens, and the elves, and the orcs (eótenas, and ylfe, and orcneas)."
},
{
"ref": "1954, JRR Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring",
"text": "There was a flash like flame and the helm burst asunder. The orc fell with cloven head.",
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"A mythical evil monstrous humanoid creature, usually quite aggressive and often green."
],
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"fantasy",
"fantasy"
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"mythology",
"mythology"
],
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"mythical",
"mythical"
],
[
"evil",
"evil"
],
[
"monstrous",
"monstrous"
],
[
"humanoid",
"humanoid"
],
[
"creature",
"creature"
],
[
"aggressive",
"aggressive"
],
[
"green",
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],
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"(fantasy, mythology) A mythical evil monstrous humanoid creature, usually quite aggressive and often green."
],
"topics": [
"fantasy",
"human-sciences",
"mysticism",
"mythology",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
],
"translations": [
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔōrk",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "أُورْك"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ōrk",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "օրկ"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ork",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ork",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "орк"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "orc"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "半獸人"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bànshòurén",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "半兽人"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "獸人"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shòurén",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "兽人"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "奧克"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "àokè",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "奥克"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "歐克"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ōukè",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "欧克"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ork"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skřet"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ork"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ork"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "orko"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "mäekoll"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "örk"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "örkki"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "orque"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "orc"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "orco"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "orḳi",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "ორკი"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
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{
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"masculine",
"singular",
"stem"
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{
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"dual",
"masculine",
"stem"
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{
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"masculine",
"plural",
"stem"
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{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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"table-tags"
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{
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"inflection-template"
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},
{
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"mutation",
"mutation-radical"
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{
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"mutation"
]
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{
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"12": "",
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"17": "",
"18": "{{{pl3}}}",
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"4": "",
"5": "",
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"sort": ""
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{
"args": {
"1": "m"
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{
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"1": "oirc"
},
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{
"args": {
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"dat_sg3": "",
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"gen_pl3": "",
"gen_pl4": "",
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"gen_sg3": "",
"n": "",
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"nom_du3": "",
"nom_pl": "oirc+L",
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"nom_sg3": "",
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"args": {
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{
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{
"kind": "other",
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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{
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"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
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},
{
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "sga",
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"Livestock",
"Mammals",
"Agriculture",
"Animals",
"Vertebrates",
"Applied sciences",
"Lifeforms",
"Chordates",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
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"piglet"
],
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[
"piglet",
"piglet"
]
],
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{
"word": "banb"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ork/"
}
],
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}
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{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "en",
"3": "orc"
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}
],
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{
"form": "orcs",
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"plural"
]
}
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{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "#s"
},
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}
],
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
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},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "pt",
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"Fiction",
"Speculative fiction",
"Artistic works",
"Genres",
"Art",
"Entertainment",
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"orc (evil, monstrous humanoid creature)"
],
"id": "en-orc-pt-noun-he2eds5i",
"links": [
[
"fantasy",
"fantasy"
],
[
"orc",
"orc#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(fantasy) orc (evil, monstrous humanoid creature)"
],
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"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"fantasy"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈɔʁ.ki/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈɔh.ki]",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɔʁ.ki/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈɔh.ki]",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɔɾ.ki/",
"tags": [
"São-Paulo"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɔʁ.ki/",
"tags": [
"Rio-de-Janeiro"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈɔχ.ki]",
"tags": [
"Rio-de-Janeiro"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɔɻ.ke/",
"tags": [
"Southern-Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɔɾ.kɨ/",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
}
],
"word": "orc"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "orcs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "orc m (plural orcs)",
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}
],
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"Catalan countable nouns",
"Catalan entries with incorrect language header",
"Catalan lemmas",
"Catalan masculine nouns",
"Catalan nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"an orc"
],
"links": [
[
"orc",
"orc#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "orc"
}
{
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"English doublets",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English semantic loans from Ukrainian",
"English terms borrowed back into English",
"English terms derived from Italian",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Middle French",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Ukrainian",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)k",
"Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)k/1 syllable",
"en:Delphinids",
"en:Mythological creatures",
"en:Russia"
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frm",
"3": "orque"
},
"expansion": "Middle French orque",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "it",
"3": "orca"
},
"expansion": "Italian orca",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "orca",
"4": "",
"5": "type of whale"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "orca"
},
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"name": "doublet"
}
],
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{
"form": "orcs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "orc (plural orcs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses"
],
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"Any of several large, ferocious sea creatures, now especially the killer whale."
],
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[
"ferocious",
"ferocious"
],
[
"sea",
"sea"
],
[
"creature",
"creature"
],
[
"killer whale",
"killer whale"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
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],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɔɹk/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɔːk/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)k"
},
{
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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],
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{
"word": "ork"
}
],
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"orc"
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"word": "orc"
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{
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"English 1-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English doublets",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English semantic loans from Ukrainian",
"English terms borrowed back into English",
"English terms derived from Italian",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Ukrainian",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)k",
"Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)k/1 syllable",
"en:Delphinids",
"en:Mythological creatures",
"en:Russia"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "SMOrc"
},
{
"word": "orcess"
},
{
"word": "orcish"
},
{
"word": "Orcish"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "orc",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Catalan: orc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cs",
"2": "ork",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Czech: ork",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Czech: ork"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "ork",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Danish: ork",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Danish: ork"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "ork",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Dutch: ork",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Dutch: ork"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "et",
"2": "örk",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Estonian: örk",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Estonian: örk"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "örkki",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: örkki",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Finnish: örkki"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "orc",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: orc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ French: orc"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ka",
"2": "ორკი",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Georgian: ორკი (orḳi)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Georgian: ორკი (orḳi)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "el",
"2": "ορκ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Greek: ορκ (ork)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Greek: ορκ (ork)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "ork",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hungarian: ork",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hungarian: ork"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "orki",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Icelandic: orki",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Icelandic: orki"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "オーク",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "ōku"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese: オーク (ōku)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: オーク (ōku)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "오크",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 오크 (okeu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 오크 (okeu)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "orks",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Latvian: orks",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Latvian: orks"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "orkas",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Lithuanian: orkas",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Lithuanian: orkas"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mr",
"2": "ऑर्क",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Marathi: ऑर्क (ŏrka)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Marathi: ऑर्क (ŏrka)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "ork",
"3": "orc",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian: ork, orc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norwegian: ork, orc"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "ork",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Polish: ork",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Polish: ork"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "orc",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: orc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: orc"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "orc",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: orc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: orc"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "орк",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: орк (ork)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: орк (ork)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "ork",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: ork",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "орк"
},
"expansion": "орк",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: ork / орк"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "ork",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swedish: ork",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swedish: ork"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "uk",
"2": "орк",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Ukrainian: орк (ork)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Ukrainian: орк (ork)"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "it",
"3": "orco",
"4": "",
"5": "man-eating giant"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "orc"
},
"expansion": "Old English orc",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "Orcus",
"4": "",
"5": "the underworld; the god Pluto"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ogre"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of ogre",
"name": "doublet"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "uk",
"3": "орк",
"4": "",
"5": "evil monstrous humanoid creature; orc",
"senseid": "Russian"
},
"expansion": "Sense 2 is a semantic loan from Ukrainian орк (ork, “evil monstrous humanoid creature; orc”)",
"name": "semantic loan"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "орк"
},
"expansion": "Russian орк (ork)",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "у́рка",
"3": "",
"4": "prison slang for 'criminal'"
},
"expansion": "Russian у́рка (úrka, “prison slang for 'criminal'”)",
"name": "m+"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "orcs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
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"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "ogre"
},
{
"word": "goblin"
},
{
"word": "troll"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
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"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
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"en:Mythology"
],
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{
"ref": "1656, Samuel Holland, Don Zara del Fogo, I.1",
"text": "Who at one stroke didst pare away three heads from off the shoulders of an Orke, begotten by an Incubus.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1834, \"The National Fairy Mythology of England\" in Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Vol. 10, p. 53",
"text": "The chief exploit of the hero, Beowulf the Great, is the destruction of the two monsters Grendel and his mother; both like most of the evil beings in the old times, dwellers in the fens and the waters; and both, moreover, as some Christian bard has taken care to inform us, of \"Cain's kin,\" as were also the eotens, and the elves, and the orcs (eótenas, and ylfe, and orcneas)."
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"ref": "1954, JRR Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring",
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"ref": "2015, Andrew Wilson, The Ukrainians: Unexpected Nation, page 354",
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"ref": "2022 March 1, Bruno Maçães, “Europe’s Illusion of Peace Has Been Irrevocably Shattered”, in Time",
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"ref": "2022 July 25, Michael Wasiura, “Belarusian Exiles Join Ukrainians in Taking Up Arms Against Russia”, in Newsweek, retrieved 2022-07-25",
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"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*pórḱos"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "porcus"
},
"expansion": "Latin porcus",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "farrow"
},
"expansion": "English farrow",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos. Cognate with Latin porcus and English farrow.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sga-decl-o-masc",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "orc",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative",
"singular",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "orc",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"masculine",
"nominative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "oirc",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "oirc",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"singular",
"stem",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "orc",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"masculine",
"stem",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "orcu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"stem",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "orc",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"singular",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "orc",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual",
"masculine",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "orcu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"plural",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "oirc",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"singular",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "orc",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive",
"masculine",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "orc",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "orc",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"singular",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "orcaib",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual",
"masculine",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "orcaib",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"plural",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sga-mutation",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "orc",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"mutation",
"mutation-radical"
]
},
{
"form": "n-orc",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"mutation"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"10": "",
"11": "",
"12": "",
"13": "",
"14": "{{{3}}}",
"15": "",
"16": "{{{pl2}}}",
"17": "",
"18": "{{{pl3}}}",
"2": "noun",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "{{{2}}}",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
"cat2": "",
"g": "m",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "orc m",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "orc m",
"name": "sga-noun"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "oirc"
},
"name": "sga-decl-o-masc"
},
{
"args": {
"acc_du": "orc+L",
"acc_du2": "",
"acc_du3": "",
"acc_pl": "orcu+H",
"acc_pl2": "",
"acc_pl3": "",
"acc_sg": "orc+N",
"acc_sg2": "",
"acc_sg3": "",
"class": "o-m",
"dat_du": "orcaib",
"dat_du2": "",
"dat_du3": "",
"dat_pl": "orcaib",
"dat_pl2": "",
"dat_pl3": "",
"dat_sg": "orc+L",
"dat_sg2": "",
"dat_sg3": "",
"gen_du": "orc",
"gen_du2": "",
"gen_du3": "",
"gen_pl": "orc+N",
"gen_pl2": "",
"gen_pl3": "",
"gen_pl4": "",
"gen_sg": "oirc+L",
"gen_sg2": "",
"gen_sg3": "",
"n": "",
"nom_du": "orc+L",
"nom_du2": "",
"nom_du3": "",
"nom_pl": "oirc+L",
"nom_pl2": "",
"nom_pl3": "",
"nom_sg": "orc",
"nom_sg2": "",
"nom_sg3": "",
"voc_du": "orc+L",
"voc_du2": "",
"voc_du3": "",
"voc_pl": "orcu+H",
"voc_pl2": "",
"voc_pl3": "",
"voc_sg": "oirc",
"voc_sg2": "",
"voc_sg3": ""
},
"name": "sga-decl-noun"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "o",
"2": "rc"
},
"name": "sga-mutation"
}
],
"lang": "Old Irish",
"lang_code": "sga",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
"Old Irish lemmas",
"Old Irish masculine nouns",
"Old Irish masculine o-stem nouns",
"Old Irish nouns",
"Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
"Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
"Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"sga:Baby animals",
"sga:Pigs"
],
"glosses": [
"piglet"
],
"links": [
[
"piglet",
"piglet"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "banb"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ork/"
}
],
"word": "orc"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "en",
"3": "orc"
},
"expansion": "Unadapted borrowing from English orc",
"name": "ubor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Unadapted borrowing from English orc.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "orcs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "#s"
},
"expansion": "orc m (plural orcs)",
"name": "pt-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Portuguese 2-syllable words",
"Portuguese countable nouns",
"Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
"Portuguese lemmas",
"Portuguese masculine nouns",
"Portuguese nouns",
"Portuguese terms borrowed from English",
"Portuguese terms derived from English",
"Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Portuguese unadapted borrowings from English",
"pt:Fantasy"
],
"glosses": [
"orc (evil, monstrous humanoid creature)"
],
"links": [
[
"fantasy",
"fantasy"
],
[
"orc",
"orc#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(fantasy) orc (evil, monstrous humanoid creature)"
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"fantasy"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɔʁ.ki/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈɔh.ki]",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɔʁ.ki/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈɔh.ki]",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɔɾ.ki/",
"tags": [
"São-Paulo"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɔʁ.ki/",
"tags": [
"Rio-de-Janeiro"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈɔχ.ki]",
"tags": [
"Rio-de-Janeiro"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɔɻ.ke/",
"tags": [
"Southern-Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɔɾ.kɨ/",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
}
],
"word": "orc"
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/2466",
"msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Old Irish]; cleaned text: Initial mutations of a following adjective: *ᴴ = triggers aspiration *ᴸ = triggers lenition *ᴺ = triggers nasalization",
"path": [
"orc"
],
"section": "Old Irish",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "orc",
"trace": ""
}
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