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{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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{
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"source": "w+disamb"
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{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Turkish translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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{
"_dis": "17 14 13 13 19 9 5 10",
"kind": "other",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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[
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"locus"
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[
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{
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[
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[
"hair",
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
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"2": "roulette",
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{
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
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],
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"2": "roulette",
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{
"depth": 1,
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"2": "ルーレット",
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{
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"2": "rulett",
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{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "rulett",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: rulett",
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"2": "roleta",
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"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "ruleta",
"bor": "1"
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{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "roulett",
"bor": "1"
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],
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},
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{
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"1": "th",
"2": "รูเล็ตต์",
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],
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"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Roulette (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "roulette",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: roulette",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: roulette"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "ルーレット",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese: ルーレット",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: ルーレット"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "rulett",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: rulett",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: rulett"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "rulett",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: rulett",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: rulett"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "roleta",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: roleta",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: roleta"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "ruleta",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: ruleta",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: ruleta"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "roulett",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swedish: roulett",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swedish: roulett"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "th",
"2": "รูเล็ตต์",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Thai: รูเล็ตต์ (ruu-lèt)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Thai: รูเล็ตต์ (ruu-lèt)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "rouler",
"3": "-ette"
},
"expansion": "rouler + -ette",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From rouler + -ette.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "roulettes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "roulette f (plural roulettes)",
"name": "fr-noun"
}
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"small wheel"
],
"links": [
[
"small",
"small"
],
[
"wheel",
"wheel"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"caster, castor"
],
"links": [
[
"caster",
"caster"
],
[
"castor",
"castor"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"French terms with archaic senses",
"fr:Geometry"
],
"glosses": [
"cycloid"
],
"links": [
[
"geometry",
"geometry"
],
[
"cycloid",
"cycloid"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(geometry, archaic) cycloid"
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"geometry",
"mathematics",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"roulette (game)"
],
"links": [
[
"roulette",
"roulette#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"roulette wheel"
],
"links": [
[
"roulette wheel",
"roulette wheel"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"roulette"
],
"links": [
[
"roulette",
"roulette#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(engraving) roulette"
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"arts",
"crafts",
"engraving",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"French terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "roller skating",
"text": "patin à roulettes",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"roller"
],
"links": [
[
"roller",
"roller"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"fr:Dentistry"
],
"glosses": [
"dentist drill"
],
"links": [
[
"dentistry",
"dentistry"
],
[
"dentist",
"dentist"
],
[
"drill",
"drill"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dentistry) dentist drill"
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"dentistry",
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"pastry roller"
],
"links": [
[
"pastry",
"pastry"
],
[
"roller",
"roller"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʁu.lɛt/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-roulette.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/69/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Beno%C3%AEt_Prieur-roulette.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Beno%C3%AEt_Prieur-roulette.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/69/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Beno%C3%AEt_Prieur-roulette.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Beno%C3%AEt_Prieur-roulette.wav.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "rouette"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"fr:roulette"
],
"word": "roulette"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "Russian roulette",
"word": "roulette russa"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "fr",
"3": "roulette"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from French roulette",
"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from French roulette.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f",
"2": "#"
},
"expansion": "roulette f (invariable)",
"name": "it-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Italian 2-syllable words",
"Italian countable nouns",
"Italian entries with incorrect language header",
"Italian feminine nouns",
"Italian indeclinable nouns",
"Italian lemmas",
"Italian nouns",
"Italian terms borrowed from French",
"Italian terms derived from French",
"Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Italian/ɛt",
"Rhymes:Italian/ɛt/2 syllables"
],
"glosses": [
"roulette (game of chance)"
],
"links": [
[
"roulette",
"roulette#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"invariable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ruˈlɛt/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛt"
}
],
"word": "roulette"
}
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