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}
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},
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},
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"2": "praten",
"3": "",
"4": "to talk, chat"
},
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"2": "praten"
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{
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"1": "da",
"2": "prate"
},
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{
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"2": "prata",
"3": "",
"4": "to talk, prate"
},
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},
{
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"1": "fo",
"2": "práta",
"3": "",
"4": "to talk, gossip"
},
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},
{
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"2": "prata"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*prattuz",
"4": "",
"5": "idle or boastful talk, deceit"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *prattuz (“idle or boastful talk, deceit”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*brodno-",
"4": "",
"5": "to wander, rove"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *brodno- (“to wander, rove”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "bredzić",
"3": "",
"4": "to rave, jabber"
},
"expansion": "Polish bredzić (“to rave, jabber”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "bradāt",
"3": "",
"4": "to talk nonsense"
},
"expansion": "Latvian bradāt (“to talk nonsense”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English praten; related to Dutch praten (“to talk, chat”), Low German praten, Danish prate, Swedish prata (“to talk, prate”), Faroese práta (“to talk, gossip”), Icelandic prata; all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *prattuz (“idle or boastful talk, deceit”), from Proto-Indo-European *brodno- (“to wander, rove”). Cognate with Polish bredzić (“to rave, jabber”), Latvian bradāt (“to talk nonsense”).",
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"_dis": "50 50",
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],
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{
"word": "prater"
},
{
"word": "pratingly"
},
{
"word": "prattler"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaningful loquacity."
],
"id": "en-prate-en-noun-98g2ywJr",
"links": [
[
"trifling",
"trifling"
],
[
"loquacity",
"loquacity"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "waffle"
},
{
"word": "babble"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bǎrborene",
"sense": "talk to little purpose",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "бърборене"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "brǎtvež",
"sense": "talk to little purpose",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "брътвеж"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "talk to little purpose",
"word": "pälättää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "talk to little purpose",
"word": "hölpöttää"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "talk to little purpose",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Geschwätz"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "talk to little purpose",
"word": "kotete"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "talk to little purpose",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "bajdurzyć"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "boltovnjá",
"sense": "talk to little purpose",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "болтовня́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pustoslóvije",
"sense": "talk to little purpose",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пустосло́вие"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "trjop",
"sense": "talk to little purpose",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "трёп"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "talk to little purpose",
"word": "gevezelik"
}
]
}
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},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪt"
},
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{
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"expansion": "Danish prate",
"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
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"2": "prata",
"3": "",
"4": "to talk, prate"
},
"expansion": "Swedish prata (“to talk, prate”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"2": "práta",
"3": "",
"4": "to talk, gossip"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "prata"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic prata",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*prattuz",
"4": "",
"5": "idle or boastful talk, deceit"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *prattuz (“idle or boastful talk, deceit”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*brodno-",
"4": "",
"5": "to wander, rove"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *brodno- (“to wander, rove”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "bredzić",
"3": "",
"4": "to rave, jabber"
},
"expansion": "Polish bredzić (“to rave, jabber”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "bradāt",
"3": "",
"4": "to talk nonsense"
},
"expansion": "Latvian bradāt (“to talk nonsense”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English praten; related to Dutch praten (“to talk, chat”), Low German praten, Danish prate, Swedish prata (“to talk, prate”), Faroese práta (“to talk, gossip”), Icelandic prata; all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *prattuz (“idle or boastful talk, deceit”), from Proto-Indo-European *brodno- (“to wander, rove”). Cognate with Polish bredzić (“to rave, jabber”), Latvian bradāt (“to talk nonsense”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "prates",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "prating",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "prated",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "prated",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
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],
"derived": [
{
"word": "prate-roast"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1976 June 7, Nik Cohn, “Inside the Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night”, in New York Magazine",
"text": "They are not so chic, these kids. They don’t haunt press receptions or opening nights; they don’t pose as street punks in the style of Bruce Springsteen, or prate of rock & Rimbaud.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1999 February 19, Stephen Holden, “'Office Space': One Big Happy Family? No, Not at This Company”, in New York Times",
"text": "Puffed up with fake jocularity, Bill epitomizes the smiley, buck-passing, back-stabbing, passive-aggressive office dictator who fears and despises his underlings while prating nauseatingly about everybody being one big happy family.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly."
],
"id": "en-prate-en-verb--6lL8rAI",
"links": [
[
"transitive",
"transitive"
],
[
"intransitive",
"intransitive"
],
[
"talk",
"talk"
],
[
"loquacious",
"loquacious"
],
[
"foolishly",
"foolishly"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, intransitive) To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "blabber"
},
{
"word": "prattle"
},
{
"word": "chatter"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bǎrborja",
"sense": "to talk much, to chatter",
"word": "бърборя"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to talk much, to chatter",
"word": "babbelen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to talk much, to chatter",
"word": "bavarder"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to talk much, to chatter",
"word": "plaudern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to talk much, to chatter",
"word": "schwatzen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to talk much, to chatter",
"word": "schwätzen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to talk much, to chatter",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "faseln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to talk much, to chatter",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "schwafeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to talk much, to chatter",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "labern"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to talk much, to chatter",
"word": "kotete"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "boltátʹ",
"sense": "to talk much, to chatter",
"word": "болта́ть"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "lapati",
"sense": "to talk much, to chatter",
"word": "लपति"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to talk much, to chatter",
"word": "brbljati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to talk much, to chatter",
"word": "naklapati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to talk much, to chatter",
"word": "lupetati"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to talk much, to chatter",
"word": "boş konuşmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to talk much, to chatter",
"word": "gevezelik etmek"
}
]
}
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},
{
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"lang_code": "nl",
"pos": "verb",
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
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{
"word": "praten"
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"singular present subjunctive of praten"
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"praten",
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{
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"1": "sv",
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},
{
"form": "prater",
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"form": "prata",
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},
{
"form": "pratet",
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],
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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{
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]
}
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"categories": [
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"kind": "other",
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"word": "pratiti"
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"third-person plural present of pratiti"
],
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],
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},
{
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"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "prate",
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"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "praten",
"source": "inflection",
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"infinitive",
"infinitive-i-long"
]
},
{
"form": "praten",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"gerund",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "hawwe",
"source": "inflection",
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"auxiliary"
]
},
{
"form": "praat",
"source": "inflection",
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"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "prate",
"source": "inflection",
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"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "praatst",
"source": "inflection",
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"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "pratest",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "praat",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "prate",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "prate",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "praten",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "praat",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "pratend",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "praat",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "praten",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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"1": "fy",
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"1": "praat",
"2": "prate"
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],
"lang": "West Frisian",
"lang_code": "fy",
"pos": "verb",
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{
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"ref": "1976 June 7, Nik Cohn, “Inside the Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night”, in New York Magazine",
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"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "prate",
"name": "head"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "praat",
"2": "prate"
},
"name": "fy-infl-verb-wk1"
}
],
"lang": "West Frisian",
"lang_code": "fy",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"West Frisian class 1 weak verbs",
"West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
"West Frisian lemmas",
"West Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"West Frisian verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"to talk"
],
"links": [
[
"talk",
"talk"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpraːtə/"
}
],
"word": "prate"
}
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