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"etymology_text": "From Middle English spectacle, from Middle French spectacle, from Latin spectāculum (“a show, spectacle”), from spectō (“to see, behold”), frequentative of speciō (“to see”). See species. Doublet of spectaculum.",
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"text": "The horse race was a thrilling spectacle.",
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{
"text": "22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/\nIn movie terms, it suggests Paul Verhoeven in Robocop/Starship Troopers mode, an R-rated bloodbath where the grim spectacle of children murdering each other on television is bread-and-circuses for the age of reality TV, enforced by a totalitarian regime to keep the masses at bay."
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"sense": "exciting event",
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"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
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],
"word": "مَشْهَد"
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"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
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"word": "مَسْرَحِيَّة"
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"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
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],
"word": "відо́вішча"
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],
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"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
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"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"word": "奇觀"
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"roman": "qíguān",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
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"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
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"feminine"
],
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"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"word": "näytelmä"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"word": "näky"
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"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"word": "spektaakkeli"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"tags": [
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "théama",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
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"neuter"
],
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},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"word": "látvány"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"word": "látnivaló"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"word": "látványosság"
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{
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spettacolo"
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"alt": "そうかん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sōkan",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"word": "壮観"
},
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"alt": "こうけい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōkei",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"word": "光景"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 1 3 1 4",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "körınıs",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"word": "көрініс"
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{
"_dis1": "92 1 3 1 4",
"alt": "光景",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gwanggyeong",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"word": "광경"
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{
"_dis1": "92 1 3 1 4",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "körünüş",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"word": "көрүнүш"
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"tags": [
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"word": "spectāculum"
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "izstāde"
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ekspozīcija"
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{
"_dis1": "92 1 3 1 4",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "manzare",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"word": "منظره"
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{
"_dis1": "92 1 3 1 4",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tamâšâ",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"word": "تماشا"
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"_dis1": "92 1 3 1 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "widowisko"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spektakl"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "espetáculo"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "show"
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"_dis1": "92 1 3 1 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "mostra"
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"_dis1": "92 1 3 1 4",
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "tamāśā",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ਤਮਾਸ਼ਾ"
},
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "spectacol"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zrélišče",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "зре́лище"
},
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"lang": "Russian",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "спекта́кль"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "представле́ние"
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "podívaná"
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "espectáculo"
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"_dis1": "92 1 3 1 4",
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"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
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"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"word": "манзара"
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"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"word": "тамошо"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"word": "manzara"
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"word": "temaşa"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "vydóvyšče",
"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "видо́вище"
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"_dis1": "92 1 3 1 4",
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"roman": "vydóvysʹko",
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"neuter"
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"sense": "something exciting or extraordinary",
"word": "tomosha"
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"word": "näytös"
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"_dis1": "5 83 6 1 5",
"code": "es",
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"word": "papelón"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "aid to intellectual sight",
"word": "peili"
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[
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],
"text": "→ German: Spektakel\n→ Danish: spektakel\n→ Norwegian Bokmål: spetakkel\n→ Norwegian Nynorsk: spetakkel"
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"3": "spectacol",
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],
"text": "→ Romanian: spectacul, spectacol"
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"2": "спекта́кль",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: спекта́кль (spektáklʹ)\n→ Uzbek: spektakl\n→ Yakut: испэктээк (ispekteek)"
}
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},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: spectacul, spectacol",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: spectacul, spectacol"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "спекта́кль",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: спекта́кль (spektáklʹ)\n→ Uzbek: spektakl\n→ Yakut: испэктээк (ispekteek)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: спекта́кль (spektáklʹ)\n→ Uzbek: spektakl\n→ Yakut: испэктээк (ispekteek)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*speḱ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "la",
"3": "spectaculum"
},
"expansion": "Latin spectaculum",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "spectare",
"t": "to look"
},
"expansion": "spectare (“to look”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin spectaculum, from spectare (“to look”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "spectacles",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "spectacle m (plural spectacles)",
"name": "fr-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"spec‧ta‧cle"
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"French terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "They thought it was entertaining and that there was a clear difference between it and the current show.",
"text": "Ils ont estimé qu’il est divertissant et qu’il se démarque nettement du spectacle actuel.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a show, a spectacle, a performance, a concert"
],
"links": [
[
"show",
"show"
],
[
"spectacle",
"spectacle#English"
],
[
"performance",
"performance"
],
[
"concert",
"concert"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"French terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "They went down on their knees crying for the deaths of their fellow countrymen at this atrocious sight.",
"text": "Devant un tel spectacle ils se jetèrent à genoux pleurant les morts de leurs compatriotes.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a sight, a showing, a display"
],
"links": [
[
"sight",
"sight"
],
[
"showing",
"showing"
],
[
"display",
"display"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/spɛk.takl/"
},
{
"audio": "Fr-spectacle.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/Fr-spectacle.ogg/Fr-spectacle.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Fr-spectacle.ogg",
"text": "audio"
}
],
"word": "spectacle"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "spectacle"
},
"expansion": "English: spectacle",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: spectacle"
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "spectacle",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"something that helps understanding"
]
}
],
"word": "spectacle"
}
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