See piquant on Wiktionary
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"2": "adjective",
"3": "",
"4": "piquans",
"5": "feminine singular",
"6": "piquante",
"7": "masculine plural",
"8": "piquans",
"9": "",
"f1accel-form": "p",
"f2accel-form": "f|s",
"f3accel-form": "m|p",
"f5accel-form": "f|p",
"g": "m",
"g2": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "piquant m (feminine singular piquante, masculine plural piquans, feminine plural piquantes)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"2": "piquans"
},
"expansion": "piquant m (feminine singular piquante, masculine plural piquans, feminine plural piquantes)",
"name": "frm-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Middle French",
"lang_code": "frm",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "picquant"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of picquant"
],
"links": [
[
"picquant",
"picquant#Middle_French"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "piquant"
}
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