"shrill" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ʃɹɪl/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-us-shrill.ogg [General-American], En-au-shrill.ogg [Australia] Forms: shriller [comparative], shrillest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪl Etymology: From Late Middle English schrille, shirle, shrille (“of a sound: high-pitched, piercing; producing such a sound”), possibly from the earlier shil, schille (“loud, resounding; high-pitched, shrill; audible, clear; melodious, sweet-sounding”), from Old English scill (“sonorous sounding”), of Germanic origin. The r in the word was introduced by analogy to Middle English skrīke, skrīken, scrēmen, possibly to avoid confusion with non-Anglian forms of schelle (modern English shell) where Old English scill (“sonorous sounding”) and scill (“shell”) existed. The word is cognate with Icelandic skella (“crash, bang, slam”), Low German schrell (“sharp in taste or tone”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|schrille}} Middle English schrille, {{m|enm|shirle}} shirle, {{m|enm|shrille|t=of a sound: high-pitched, piercing; producing such a sound}} shrille (“of a sound: high-pitched, piercing; producing such a sound”), {{m|enm|shil}} shil, {{m|enm|schille|t=loud, resounding; high-pitched, shrill; audible, clear; melodious, sweet-sounding}} schille (“loud, resounding; high-pitched, shrill; audible, clear; melodious, sweet-sounding”), {{inh|en|ang|scill|t=sonorous sounding}} Old English scill (“sonorous sounding”), {{cog|enm|skrīke}} Middle English skrīke, {{m|enm|skrīken}} skrīken, {{m|enm|scrēmen}} scrēmen, {{m|enm|schelle}} schelle, {{cog|en|shell}} English shell, {{cog|ang|scill|t=sonorous sounding}} Old English scill (“sonorous sounding”), {{m|ang|scill|t=shell}} scill (“shell”), {{cog|is|skella|t=crash, bang, slam}} Icelandic skella (“crash, bang, slam”), {{cog|nds|schrell|t=sharp in taste or tone}} Low German schrell (“sharp in taste or tone”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} shrill (comparative shriller, superlative shrillest)
  1. High-pitched and piercing. Categories (topical): Sounds Translations (high-pitched and piercing): писклив (piskliv) (Bulgarian), пронизителен (pronizitelen) (Bulgarian), estrident (Catalan), 尖聲的 (Chinese Mandarin), 尖声的 (jiānshēng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 刺耳的 (cì'ěr de) (Chinese Mandarin), pronikavý (Czech), ječivý (Czech), ostrý (Czech), skinger (Danish), schel (Dutch), strida (Esperanto), kimeä (Finnish), kimakka (Finnish), strident (French), estridente [feminine, masculine] (Galician), schrill (German), sipító (Hungarian), stridulo [masculine] (Italian), stridore (Italian), stridio (Italian), stridente (Italian), penetrante (Italian), 甲高い (kandakai) (alt: かんだかい) (Japanese), strīdulus (Latin), spalgs (Latvian), tīkākā (Maori), tikā (Maori), tioro (Maori), estridente [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), estrídulo [masculine] (Portuguese), пронзи́тельный (pronzítelʹnyj) (Russian), piskav (Serbo-Croatian), kreštav (Serbo-Croatian), drečav (Serbo-Croatian), vreščeč (Slovene), estridente (Spanish), gäll (Swedish), matinis (Tagalog), прони́зливий (pronýzlyvyj) (Ukrainian), main (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-shrill-en-adj-IFC33BEM Disambiguation of Sounds: 11 6 9 33 37 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 5 10 4 5 19 Disambiguation of 'high-pitched and piercing': 91 1 5 3
  2. Having a shrill voice. Translations (having a shrill voice): ὀξύφωνος (oxúphōnos) (Ancient Greek), писклив (piskliv) (Bulgarian), kimeä-ääninen (Finnish), criard (French), stridula [feminine] (Italian), kreštav (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-shrill-en-adj-gfn-EWPn Disambiguation of 'having a shrill voice': 1 97 1 1
  3. Sharp or keen to the senses. Translations (sharp or keen to the senses): рязък (rjazǎk) (Bulgarian), ostrý (Czech), scherp (Dutch), kirpeä (Finnish), terävä (Finnish), agudo [masculine] (Galician), scharf (German), stridente (Italian), acuto [masculine] (Italian), agudo (Portuguese), drečav (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-shrill-en-adj-IU88MS-B Disambiguation of 'sharp or keen to the senses': 5 1 93 1
  4. (figuratively, derogatory, especially of a complaint or demand) Fierce, loud, strident. Tags: derogatory, especially, figuratively Categories (topical): Sounds Translations (especially of a complaint or demand: fierce, loud, strident): ostrý (Czech), hlasitý (Czech), äänekäs (Finnish), tiukka (Finnish), kova (Finnish), isterico [masculine] (Italian), drečav (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-shrill-en-adj-cjeaNMiH Disambiguation of Sounds: 11 6 9 33 37 4 Disambiguation of 'especially of a complaint or demand: fierce, loud, strident': 6 2 2 90
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Derived forms: shrillish, shrillness, shrilly, unshrill Coordinate_terms: garish, strident

Noun [English]

IPA: /ʃɹɪl/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-us-shrill.ogg [General-American], En-au-shrill.ogg [Australia] Forms: shrills [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪl Etymology: From Late Middle English schrille, shirle, shrille (“of a sound: high-pitched, piercing; producing such a sound”), possibly from the earlier shil, schille (“loud, resounding; high-pitched, shrill; audible, clear; melodious, sweet-sounding”), from Old English scill (“sonorous sounding”), of Germanic origin. The r in the word was introduced by analogy to Middle English skrīke, skrīken, scrēmen, possibly to avoid confusion with non-Anglian forms of schelle (modern English shell) where Old English scill (“sonorous sounding”) and scill (“shell”) existed. The word is cognate with Icelandic skella (“crash, bang, slam”), Low German schrell (“sharp in taste or tone”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|schrille}} Middle English schrille, {{m|enm|shirle}} shirle, {{m|enm|shrille|t=of a sound: high-pitched, piercing; producing such a sound}} shrille (“of a sound: high-pitched, piercing; producing such a sound”), {{m|enm|shil}} shil, {{m|enm|schille|t=loud, resounding; high-pitched, shrill; audible, clear; melodious, sweet-sounding}} schille (“loud, resounding; high-pitched, shrill; audible, clear; melodious, sweet-sounding”), {{inh|en|ang|scill|t=sonorous sounding}} Old English scill (“sonorous sounding”), {{cog|enm|skrīke}} Middle English skrīke, {{m|enm|skrīken}} skrīken, {{m|enm|scrēmen}} scrēmen, {{m|enm|schelle}} schelle, {{cog|en|shell}} English shell, {{cog|ang|scill|t=sonorous sounding}} Old English scill (“sonorous sounding”), {{m|ang|scill|t=shell}} scill (“shell”), {{cog|is|skella|t=crash, bang, slam}} Icelandic skella (“crash, bang, slam”), {{cog|nds|schrell|t=sharp in taste or tone}} Low German schrell (“sharp in taste or tone”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} shrill (plural shrills)
  1. A shrill sound. Categories (topical): Sounds Translations (shrill sound): писък (pisǎk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kimeä ääni (Finnish), piskanje (Serbo-Croatian), kreštanje (Serbo-Croatian), drečanje (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-shrill-en-noun-I-4-ZOJ9 Disambiguation of Sounds: 11 6 9 33 37 4

Verb [English]

IPA: /ʃɹɪl/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-us-shrill.ogg [General-American], En-au-shrill.ogg [Australia] Forms: shrills [present, singular, third-person], shrilling [participle, present], shrilled [participle, past], shrilled [past]
Rhymes: -ɪl Etymology: From Late Middle English schrille, shirle, shrille (“of a sound: high-pitched, piercing; producing such a sound”), possibly from the earlier shil, schille (“loud, resounding; high-pitched, shrill; audible, clear; melodious, sweet-sounding”), from Old English scill (“sonorous sounding”), of Germanic origin. The r in the word was introduced by analogy to Middle English skrīke, skrīken, scrēmen, possibly to avoid confusion with non-Anglian forms of schelle (modern English shell) where Old English scill (“sonorous sounding”) and scill (“shell”) existed. The word is cognate with Icelandic skella (“crash, bang, slam”), Low German schrell (“sharp in taste or tone”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|schrille}} Middle English schrille, {{m|enm|shirle}} shirle, {{m|enm|shrille|t=of a sound: high-pitched, piercing; producing such a sound}} shrille (“of a sound: high-pitched, piercing; producing such a sound”), {{m|enm|shil}} shil, {{m|enm|schille|t=loud, resounding; high-pitched, shrill; audible, clear; melodious, sweet-sounding}} schille (“loud, resounding; high-pitched, shrill; audible, clear; melodious, sweet-sounding”), {{inh|en|ang|scill|t=sonorous sounding}} Old English scill (“sonorous sounding”), {{cog|enm|skrīke}} Middle English skrīke, {{m|enm|skrīken}} skrīken, {{m|enm|scrēmen}} scrēmen, {{m|enm|schelle}} schelle, {{cog|en|shell}} English shell, {{cog|ang|scill|t=sonorous sounding}} Old English scill (“sonorous sounding”), {{m|ang|scill|t=shell}} scill (“shell”), {{cog|is|skella|t=crash, bang, slam}} Icelandic skella (“crash, bang, slam”), {{cog|nds|schrell|t=sharp in taste or tone}} Low German schrell (“sharp in taste or tone”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} shrill (third-person singular simple present shrills, present participle shrilling, simple past and past participle shrilled)
  1. To make a shrill noise. Derived forms: outshrill, shrilling, shrillingly Translations (to make a shrill noise): пискам (piskam) (Bulgarian), ječet [imperfective] (Czech), zaječet [perfective] (Czech), stridi (Esperanto), kirkaista (Finnish), stridere (Italian), визжать (vizžatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), верещать (vereščatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), kreštati (Serbo-Croatian), vrištati (Serbo-Croatian), drečati (Serbo-Croatian), piskati (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-shrill-en-verb-pDjH4-rk

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Italian",
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          "alt": "かんだかい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kandakai",
          "sense": "high-pitched and piercing",
          "word": "甲高い"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "high-pitched and piercing",
          "word": "strīdulus"
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          "_dis1": "91 1 5 3",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "high-pitched and piercing",
          "word": "spalgs"
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          "_dis1": "91 1 5 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "high-pitched and piercing",
          "word": "tīkākā"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 1 5 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "high-pitched and piercing",
          "word": "tikā"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 1 5 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "high-pitched and piercing",
          "word": "tioro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 1 5 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "high-pitched and piercing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "estridente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 1 5 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "high-pitched and piercing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "estrídulo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 1 5 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pronzítelʹnyj",
          "sense": "high-pitched and piercing",
          "word": "пронзи́тельный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 1 5 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "high-pitched and piercing",
          "word": "piskav"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 1 5 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "high-pitched and piercing",
          "word": "kreštav"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 1 5 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "high-pitched and piercing",
          "word": "drečav"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 1 5 3",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "high-pitched and piercing",
          "word": "vreščeč"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 1 5 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "high-pitched and piercing",
          "word": "estridente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 1 5 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "high-pitched and piercing",
          "word": "gäll"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 1 5 3",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "high-pitched and piercing",
          "word": "matinis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 1 5 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pronýzlyvyj",
          "sense": "high-pitched and piercing",
          "word": "прони́зливий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 1 5 3",
          "code": "cy",
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          "sense": "high-pitched and piercing",
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          "ref": "1872, M[ary] E[lizabeth] Braddon, “A Dread Revelation”, in Charlotte’s Inheritance. A Novel (Harper’s Library of Select Novels; no. 311), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, publishers, Franklin Square, →OCLC, book VIII (A Fight against Time), page 105, column 1",
          "text": "\"It is Miss Halliday!\" cried the house-maid, as she opened the door. \"And oh my,\" she added, looking back into the hall with a sorrowful face, \"how bad she do look!\" [...] \"Oh, don't she look white!\" cried a shrill girl with a baby in her arms.",
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      ],
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          "_dis1": "1 97 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "piskliv",
          "sense": "having a shrill voice",
          "word": "писклив"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 1 1",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having a shrill voice",
          "word": "kimeä-ääninen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "having a shrill voice",
          "word": "criard"
        },
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          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
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          "sense": "having a shrill voice",
          "word": "ὀξύφωνος"
        },
        {
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          "sense": "having a shrill voice",
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          ],
          "word": "stridula"
        },
        {
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        }
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          "ref": "2010 October 14, Jacqueline Friedrich, “Son follows in late winemaker Didier Dagueneau’s storied footsteps”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 2017-12-01",
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          "_dis1": "5 1 93 1",
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          "roman": "rjazǎk",
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          "word": "рязък"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 93 1",
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          "sense": "sharp or keen to the senses",
          "word": "ostrý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 93 1",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "sharp or keen to the senses",
          "word": "scherp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 93 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "sharp or keen to the senses",
          "word": "kirpeä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 93 1",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "sharp or keen to the senses",
          "word": "terävä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 93 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "sharp or keen to the senses",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "agudo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 93 1",
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          "sense": "sharp or keen to the senses",
          "word": "scharf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 93 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "sharp or keen to the senses",
          "word": "stridente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 93 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "sharp or keen to the senses",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "acuto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 93 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "sharp or keen to the senses",
          "word": "agudo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 93 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "sharp or keen to the senses",
          "word": "drečav"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "ref": "1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “In which Mr. Dangerfield Visits the Church of Chapelizod, and Zekiel Irons Goes A-fishing”, in The House by the Church-yard [...] In Three Volumes, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC; republished as The House by the Church-yard: A Novel … Three Volumes in One, New York, N.Y.: Carleton, publisher, […] ; London: Tinsley & Co., 1866, →OCLC, page 115",
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      ],
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          "sense": "especially of a complaint or demand: fierce, loud, strident",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 2 90",
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          "sense": "especially of a complaint or demand: fierce, loud, strident",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 2 90",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "especially of a complaint or demand: fierce, loud, strident",
          "word": "äänekäs"
        },
        {
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          "sense": "especially of a complaint or demand: fierce, loud, strident",
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        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "especially of a complaint or demand: fierce, loud, strident",
          "word": "kova"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 2 90",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "especially of a complaint or demand: fierce, loud, strident",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "isterico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 2 90",
          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "especially of a complaint or demand: fierce, loud, strident",
          "word": "drečav"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "ref": "1942 July-August, Philip Spencer, “On the Footplate in Egypt”, in Railway Magazine, page 208",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Paul Lathan, chapter 6, in The Cemetery Within, Victoria, B.C.: Trafford Publishing, page 36",
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          "ref": "2017 November 10, Daniel Taylor, “Youthful England earn draw with Germany but Lingard rues late miss”, in The Guardian, London, archived from the original on 2018-03-28",
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      "word": "尖聲的"
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      "roman": "jiānshēng de",
      "sense": "high-pitched and piercing",
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      "sense": "high-pitched and piercing",
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      "sense": "high-pitched and piercing",
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      "sense": "high-pitched and piercing",
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      "sense": "high-pitched and piercing",
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      "sense": "high-pitched and piercing",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "tl",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "code": "cy",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "kirpeä"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "sharp or keen to the senses",
      "word": "terävä"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "word": "agudo"
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      "word": "isterico"
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          "ref": "2017 November 10, Daniel Taylor, “Youthful England earn draw with Germany but Lingard rues late miss”, in The Guardian, London, archived from the original on 2018-03-28",
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          "ref": "2018, Jaco Bakker, Johannes A. M. Langermans, “Ultrasonic Components of Vocalizations in Marmosets”, in Stefan M. Brudzynski, editor, Handbook of Ultrasonic Vocalization: A Window into the Emotional Brain (Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience; 25), London, San Diego, Calif.: Academic Press, part L (Ultrasonic Vocalization in Other Vertebrate Taxa), figure 49.1 caption, page 539, column 2",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "pisǎk",
      "sense": "shrill sound",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "kimeä ääni"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "shrill sound",
      "word": "piskanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "shrill sound",
      "word": "kreštanje"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "shrill sound",
      "word": "drečanje"
    }
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}

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