See serif on Wiktionary
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"word": "pääteviiva"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "empattement"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sérif"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Serife"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "akremónas",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ακρεμόνας"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "patoúra",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "πατούρα"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tag",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "תָּג"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"word": "betűtalp"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "seiríf"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"dated",
"masculine"
],
"word": "trasnán"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trasmhír"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "grazia"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "serifu",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"word": "セリフ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seripeu",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"word": "세리프"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "užkardėlė"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sérif",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "се́риф"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"word": "serif"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "szeryf"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "serifa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaséčka",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "засе́чка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podséčka",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "подсе́чка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otséčka",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "отсе́чка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "seríf",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сери́ф"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gracia"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "remate"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "serifa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "patín"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "seriff"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"serif"
],
"word": "serif"
}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
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"English uncomparable adjectives",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
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"Rhymes:English/iːf",
"Rhymes:English/iːf/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹɪf",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹɪf/2 syllables",
"Terms with Arabic translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Hebrew translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Irish translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Korean translations",
"Terms with Lithuanian translations",
"Terms with Macedonian translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Norwegian translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations"
],
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"2": "nl",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Dutch",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "sgraffiare"
},
"expansion": "Italian sgraffiare",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Schraffe",
"3": "",
"4": "serif"
},
"expansion": "German Schraffe (“serif”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "-"
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"expansion": "serif (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "sans serif"
}
],
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"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Typography"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2018, Paul W. Ross, Revival: The Handbook of Software for Engineers and Scientists:",
"text": "It is generally believed, by those who study such things, that serif typefaces are easier to read when reading a lot of words. The hickeys (serifs) on each letter tend to push our eye toward the next letter.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of a typeface, provided with serifs."
],
"links": [
[
"typography",
"typography"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(typography) Of a typeface, provided with serifs."
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"topics": [
"media",
"publishing",
"typography"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɛɹɪf/"
},
{
"ipa": "/səˈɹiːf/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-serif.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e5/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-serif.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-serif.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e5/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-serif.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-serif.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹɪf"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːf"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "with serifs",
"word": "patkový"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "with serifs",
"word": "päätteellinen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "with serifs",
"word": "talpas"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"serif"
],
"word": "serif"
}
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