See perfin on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "From the first syllables of perforated initial.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "perfins",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "perfin (plural perfins)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Philately",
"orig": "en:Philately",
"parents": [
"Hobbies",
"Recreation",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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},
{
"_dis": "47 53",
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "48 52",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "54 46",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "46 54",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "45 55",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"Perforated initial; a series of small holes punched into a stamp and forming a letter, series of letters or other design for the purpose of preventing the unauthorized use of the stamps."
],
"id": "en-perfin-en-noun-0cN9Ky3F",
"links": [
[
"philately",
"philately"
],
[
"Perforated",
"perforated"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(philately) Perforated initial; a series of small holes punched into a stamp and forming a letter, series of letters or other design for the purpose of preventing the unauthorized use of the stamps."
],
"topics": [
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"philately"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "perforated initial",
"word": "reijite"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "perforated initial",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "perforé"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Philately",
"orig": "en:Philately",
"parents": [
"Hobbies",
"Recreation",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "47 53",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "48 52",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "54 46",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "46 54",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "44 56",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "45 55",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A stamp marked with perforated initials."
],
"id": "en-perfin-en-noun-x6pKLKHZ",
"links": [
[
"philately",
"philately"
],
[
"stamp",
"stamp"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(philately) A stamp marked with perforated initials."
],
"topics": [
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"philately"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"plural",
"plural-only"
],
"word": "SPIFS"
}
],
"word": "perfin"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations"
],
"etymology_text": "From the first syllables of perforated initial.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "perfins",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "perfin (plural perfins)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"en:Philately"
],
"glosses": [
"Perforated initial; a series of small holes punched into a stamp and forming a letter, series of letters or other design for the purpose of preventing the unauthorized use of the stamps."
],
"links": [
[
"philately",
"philately"
],
[
"Perforated",
"perforated"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(philately) Perforated initial; a series of small holes punched into a stamp and forming a letter, series of letters or other design for the purpose of preventing the unauthorized use of the stamps."
],
"topics": [
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"philately"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Philately"
],
"glosses": [
"A stamp marked with perforated initials."
],
"links": [
[
"philately",
"philately"
],
[
"stamp",
"stamp"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(philately) A stamp marked with perforated initials."
],
"topics": [
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"philately"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"plural",
"plural-only"
],
"word": "SPIFS"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "perforated initial",
"word": "reijite"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "perforated initial",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "perforé"
}
],
"word": "perfin"
}
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