See pylon on Wiktionary
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},
{
"form": "pylony",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m-in"
},
"expansion": "pylon m inan",
"name": "pl-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"py‧lon"
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"py‧lon"
]
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "pl-decl-noun-m-in"
}
],
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"pl:Architectural elements"
],
"glosses": [
"pylon (gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple)"
],
"links": [
[
"architecture",
"architecture"
],
[
"pylon",
"pylon#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(architecture) pylon (gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple)"
],
"senseid": [
"pl:gateway"
],
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"architecture"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"pylon (pillar of a suspension or cable-stayed bridge)"
],
"links": [
[
"pylon",
"pylon#English"
]
],
"senseid": [
"pl:pillar"
],
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"high, narrow, vertical sign, usually displaying advertisements, found e.g. near gas stations"
],
"links": [
[
"high",
"high"
],
[
"narrow",
"narrow"
],
[
"vertical",
"vertical"
],
[
"sign",
"sign"
],
[
"advertisement",
"advertisement"
],
[
"gas station",
"gas station"
]
],
"senseid": [
"pl:sign"
],
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"pl:Aviation"
],
"glosses": [
"pylon (structural element fixed under the wing of an aircraft and holding the engine attached to it)"
],
"links": [
[
"aviation",
"aviation"
],
[
"pylon",
"pylon#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(aviation) pylon (structural element fixed under the wing of an aircraft and holding the engine attached to it)"
],
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"aeronautics",
"aerospace",
"aviation",
"business",
"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpɘ.lɔn/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɘlɔn"
}
],
"word": "pylon"
}
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