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"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "postern (comparative more postern, superlative most postern)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"word": "Shottle and Postern"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Situated at the rear; posterior."
],
"links": [
[
"posterior",
"posterior"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpɒst(ə)n/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈpəʊst(ə)n/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-postern.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-postern.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-postern.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-postern.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-postern.wav.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈpɑstɚn/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈpoʊstɚn/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaden",
"sense": "situated at the rear",
"word": "заден"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "situated at the rear",
"word": "achteraangelegen"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zádnij",
"sense": "situated at the rear",
"word": "за́дний"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"postern"
],
"word": "postern"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "noun form"
},
"expansion": "postern",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish non-lemma forms",
"Swedish noun forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "poster"
}
],
"glosses": [
"definite singular of poster"
],
"links": [
[
"poster",
"poster#Swedish"
]
],
"tags": [
"definite",
"form-of",
"singular"
]
}
],
"word": "postern"
}
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