See span on Wiktionary
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},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "attention span"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "clearspan"
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"word": "cospan"
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"word": "drawspan"
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"word": "endspan"
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"word": "gerospan"
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"word": "handspan"
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"word": "healthspan"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "inspan"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "knot span"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "legspan"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "life span"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lifespan"
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"word": "linear span"
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"word": "linkspan"
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"word": "makespan"
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"word": "memory span"
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"word": "midspan"
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"word": "overspan"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "palmspan"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "span block"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "span counter"
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"word": "span iron"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "spanless"
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"word": "spannable"
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"word": "spanned → unspanned"
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"word": "spanner"
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"word": "spanning → multi-"
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{
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"word": "span of control"
},
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"word": "span roof"
},
{
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"word": "span shackle"
},
{
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"word": "spanwise"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "spanworm"
},
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"english": "spick and span",
"word": "spick-and-span"
},
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"word": "subspan"
},
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"word": "tetraspan"
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"word": "timespan"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "time-span reduction"
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"word": "widespan"
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"expansion": "Old English spann",
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"3": "*spannō",
"t": "span, handbreadth"
},
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"name": "inh"
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"name": "der"
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},
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},
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},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic [Term?]",
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"tags": [
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"The full width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger used as an informal unit of length."
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"Any of various traditional units of length approximating this distance, especially the English handspan of 9 inches forming ⅛ fathom and equivalent to 22.86 cm."
],
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"traditional",
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[
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[
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[
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"translations": [
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šibr",
"sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"masculine"
],
"word": "شبر"
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"word": "թիզ"
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"roman": "qarış",
"sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand",
"word": "ҡарыш"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pedja",
"sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "педя"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pam"
},
{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "píď"
},
{
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "spand"
},
{
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"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sponn"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand",
"word": "vaaksa"
},
{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "empan"
},
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "palmo"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Spanne"
},
{
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "spithamḗ",
"sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σπιθαμή"
},
{
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "zéret",
"sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "זֶרֶת"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand",
"word": "arasz"
},
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "réise"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand",
"word": "spanna"
},
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"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "süiem",
"sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand",
"word": "сүйем"
},
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"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "bist",
"sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand",
"word": "بست"
},
{
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"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "karış",
"sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand",
"word": "карыш"
},
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"word": "uzanmaq"
},
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"word": "обхващам"
},
{
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"word": "kulkea"
},
{
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to extend through the distance between or across",
"word": "couvrir"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 16 2 1 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to extend through the distance between or across",
"word": "chevaucher"
},
{
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to extend through the distance between or across",
"word": "überspannen"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 16 2 1 2 1",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to extend through the distance between or across",
"word": "einnehmen"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 16 2 1 2 1",
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to extend through the distance between or across",
"word": "átível"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 16 2 1 2 1",
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"word": "áthidal"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to extend through the distance between or across",
"word": "coprire"
},
{
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"sense": "to extend through the distance between or across",
"word": "apim̃ti"
},
{
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"word": "tūhāngai"
},
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"word": "tīpae"
},
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"sense": "to extend through the distance between or across",
"word": "авалташ"
},
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"sense": "to extend through the distance between or across",
"word": "preklenúť"
},
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"code": "es",
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"word": "cubrir"
},
{
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to extend through the distance between or across",
"word": "spänna över"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 16 2 1 2 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to extend through the distance between or across",
"word": "sträcka sig över"
},
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"_dis1": "78 16 2 1 2 1",
"code": "uk",
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"sense": "to extend through the distance between or across",
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"imperfective"
],
"word": "охо́плювати"
},
{
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"roman": "oxopýty",
"sense": "to extend through the distance between or across",
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],
"word": "охопи́ти"
}
]
},
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"text": "The parking lot spans three acres.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "The novel spans three centuries.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To extend through (a time period)."
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],
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"_dis1": "13 82 2 1 2 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "to extend through a time period",
"word": "обхващам"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to extend through a time period",
"word": "kattaa"
},
{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to extend through a time period",
"word": "couvrir"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 82 2 1 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to extend through a time period",
"word": "s’étendre"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 82 2 1 2 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to extend through a time period",
"word": "felölel"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 82 2 1 2 1",
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to extend through a time period",
"word": "obejmować"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 82 2 1 2 1",
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to extend through a time period",
"word": "mieć zasięg"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 82 2 1 2 1",
"code": "pl",
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"word": "rozciągać się"
},
{
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to extend through a time period",
"word": "abranger"
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{
"_dis1": "13 82 2 1 2 1",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to extend through a time period",
"word": "abarcar"
},
{
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "to extend through a time period",
"word": "spänna över"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 82 2 1 2 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to extend through a time period",
"word": "sträcka sig över"
},
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"code": "uk",
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"perfective"
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"text": "to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder"
},
{
"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 48:13, column 2:",
"text": "Mine hand alſo hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath ſpanned the heauens: when I call vnto them, they ſtand vp together.",
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}
],
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"_dis1": "0 0 99 1 0 0",
"code": "ota",
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"word": "قارشلامق"
},
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},
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"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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},
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"ref": "1972, Mountain, numbers 20-24, page 22:",
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{
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{
"code": "fi",
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"masculine"
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"code": "gl",
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"feminine"
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"feminine"
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"feminine"
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"code": "bg",
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"code": "bg",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "it",
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"code": "it",
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"code": "pt",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "hu",
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"Swedish colloquialisms"
],
"glosses": [
"stakeout"
],
"links": [
[
"stakeout",
"stakeout"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) stakeout"
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"neuter"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/spɑːn/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːn"
}
],
"word": "span"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 7 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
"West Frisian lemmas",
"West Frisian neuter nouns",
"West Frisian nouns",
"West Frisian terms derived from Dutch",
"West Frisian terms derived from Low German"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "nds",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Low German",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "nl",
"3": "spannen",
"t": "to yoke, stretch"
},
"expansion": "Dutch spannen (“to yoke, stretch”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Low German or Dutch spannen (“to yoke, stretch”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "spannen",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "spantsje",
"tags": [
"diminutive"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"10": "{{{pl3}}}",
"11": "",
"12": "",
"13": "diminutive",
"14": "spantsje",
"15": "",
"16": "{{{dim2}}}",
"17": "",
"18": "{{{dim3}}}",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "plural",
"6": "spannen",
"7": "",
"8": "{{{pl2}}}",
"9": "",
"f2accel-form": "p",
"f2request": "1",
"f6accel-form": "diminutive",
"g": "n",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "span n (plural spannen, diminutive spantsje)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "n",
"2": "spannen",
"3": "spantsje"
},
"expansion": "span n (plural spannen, diminutive spantsje)",
"name": "fy-noun"
}
],
"lang": "West Frisian",
"lang_code": "fy",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"span, team (pair of draught animals in a team)"
],
"links": [
[
"span",
"#English"
],
[
"team",
"team"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"pair, couple"
],
"links": [
[
"pair",
"pair"
],
[
"couple",
"couple"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
}
],
"word": "span"
}
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