"speculum" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈspɛk.jʊ.ləm/ [UK], /ˈspɛk.jə.ləm/ [General-American, UK] Forms: specula [plural], speculums [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin speculum. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*speḱ-}}, {{lbor|en|la|speculum}} Learned borrowing from Latin speculum Head templates: {{en-noun|specula|s}} speculum (plural specula or speculums)
  1. (medicine) A medical instrument used during an examination to dilate an orifice. Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (medical instrument): espècul [masculine] (Catalan), eendenbek [masculine] (Dutch), speculum [neuter] (Dutch), spegulumo (Esperanto), spéculum [masculine] (French), spegill [masculine] (Icelandic), slanga [feminine] (Icelandic), specillum [neuter] (Latin), wziernik [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), espéculo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-speculum-en-noun-ZdnRUgvL Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'medical instrument': 90 3 5 2
  2. A mirror, especially one used in a telescope.
    Sense id: en-speculum-en-noun-en:mirror
  3. (ornithology) A bright, lustrous patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds, usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female. Categories (topical): Ornithology Synonyms: mirror, beauty spot [archaic] Translations (patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds): siipipeili (Finnish), Flügelspiegel [masculine] (German), 翼鏡 (yokukyō) (alt: よくきょう) (Japanese), Flunkenspegel [masculine] (Low German), vingspegel [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-speculum-en-noun-sylTkjJK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 5 73 4 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, ornithology Disambiguation of 'patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds': 3 1 96 1
  4. A lookout place.
    Sense id: en-speculum-en-noun-kCZGVIi8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: speculum metal Related terms: speculum literature

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈspe.ku.lum/ [Classical], [ˈs̠pɛkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ] [Classical], /ˈspe.ku.lum/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈspɛːkulum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From speciō + -ulum (instrument noun suffix). Compare with spectrum. Etymology templates: {{af|la|speciō|-ulum|pos2=instrument noun suffix}} speciō + -ulum (instrument noun suffix), {{m|la|spectrum}} spectrum Head templates: {{la-noun|speculum<2>}} speculum n (genitive speculī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|speculum<2>}} Forms: speculī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], speculum [nominative, singular], specula [nominative, plural], speculī [genitive, singular], speculōrum [genitive, plural], speculō [dative, singular], speculīs [dative, plural], speculum [accusative, singular], specula [accusative, plural], speculō [ablative, singular], speculīs [ablative, plural], speculum [singular, vocative], specula [plural, vocative]
  1. a looking-glass, mirror Tags: declension-2, neuter Synonyms: speclum (english: late) [proscribed] Related terms: speculor

Noun [Romanian]

Head templates: {{ro-noun|n|speculumuri}} speculum n (plural speculumuri) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|g=n|gpd=speculumurilor|gpi=speculumuri|gsd=speculumului|gsi=speculum|n=|npd=speculumurile|npi=speculumuri|nsd=speculumul|nsi=speculum|vp=speculumurilor|vs=speculumule|vs2=}} Forms: speculumuri [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], speculum [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], un speculum [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], speculumul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], speculumuri [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], niște speculumuri [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], speculumurile [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], speculum [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], unui speculum [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], speculumului [dative, definite, genitive, singular], speculumuri [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], unor speculumuri [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], speculumurilor [dative, definite, genitive, plural], speculumule [singular, vocative], speculumurilor [plural, vocative]
  1. Alternative form of specul Tags: alt-of, alternative, neuter Alternative form of: specul
    Sense id: en-speculum-ro-noun-QFh1qToo Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "medical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "specillum"
        },
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          "_dis1": "90 3 5 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "medical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "inanimate",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "wziernik"
        },
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          "sense": "medical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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        ],
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        ],
        [
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          "patch#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "colour",
          "colour#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "found",
          "find#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "wings",
          "wing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "ducks",
          "duck#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "birds",
          "bird#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "situated",
          "situate#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "distal",
          "distal"
        ],
        [
          "portions",
          "portion#Noun"
        ],
        [
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          "secondary#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "quills",
          "quill#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "brilliant",
          "brilliant#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "adult",
          "adult#Adjective"
        ],
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          "male",
          "male#Noun"
        ],
        [
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          "female#Noun"
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        "(ornithology) A bright, lustrous patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds, usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female."
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        {
          "word": "mirror"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "beauty spot"
        }
      ],
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        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "ornithology"
      ],
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          "_dis1": "3 1 96 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds",
          "word": "siipipeili"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 96 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Flügelspiegel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 96 1",
          "alt": "よくきょう",
          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "yokukyō",
          "sense": "patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds",
          "word": "翼鏡"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 96 1",
          "code": "nds",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 96 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "vingspegel"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "A lookout place."
      ],
      "id": "en-speculum-en-noun-kCZGVIi8",
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        [
          "lookout",
          "lookout"
        ],
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          "place",
          "place#Noun"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɛk.jʊ.ləm/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɛk.jə.ləm/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "UK"
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  ],
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}

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          "name": "desc"
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        {
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          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
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        }
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      "text": "→ Catalan: espècul"
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            "2": "speculum",
            "bor": "1"
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        }
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      "text": "→ English: speculum"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "spéculum",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: spéculum"
    },
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            "1": "it",
            "2": "specolo",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Italian: specolo"
    },
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            "2": "espéculo",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: espéculo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: espéculo"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "specul",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: specul",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: specul"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "espéculo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: espéculo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: espéculo"
    }
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "speculō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "speculum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
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  "lang": "Latin",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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          "mirror"
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          "word": "speculor"
        }
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          "english": "late",
          "tags": [
            "proscribed"
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        "neuter"
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      "ipa": "/ˈspe.ku.lum/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈs̠pɛkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspe.ku.lum/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈspɛːkulum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "speculum"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "speculumuri",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ro-noun-n-uri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "un speculum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculumul",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculumuri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niște speculumuri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculumurile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unui speculum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculumului",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculumuri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unor speculumuri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculumurilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculumule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculumurilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "speculumuri"
      },
      "expansion": "speculum n (plural speculumuri)",
      "name": "ro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "gpd": "speculumurilor",
        "gpi": "speculumuri",
        "gsd": "speculumului",
        "gsi": "speculum",
        "n": "",
        "npd": "speculumurile",
        "npi": "speculumuri",
        "nsd": "speculumul",
        "nsi": "speculum",
        "vp": "speculumurilor",
        "vs": "speculumule",
        "vs2": ""
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "specul"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of specul"
      ],
      "id": "en-speculum-ro-noun-QFh1qToo",
      "links": [
        [
          "specul",
          "specul#Romanian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "speculum"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English learned borrowings from Latin",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *speḱ-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "speculum metal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*speḱ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "speculum"
      },
      "expansion": "Learned borrowing from Latin speculum",
      "name": "lbor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Learned borrowing from Latin speculum.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "specula",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculums",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "specula",
        "2": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "speculum (plural specula or speculums)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "speculum literature"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Medicine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A medical instrument used during an examination to dilate an orifice."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "medical",
          "medical#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "instrument",
          "instrument"
        ],
        [
          "used",
          "use#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "examination",
          "examination"
        ],
        [
          "dilate",
          "dilate"
        ],
        [
          "orifice",
          "orifice"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine) A medical instrument used during an examination to dilate an orifice."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A mirror, especially one used in a telescope."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mirror",
          "mirror#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "telescope",
          "telescope#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:mirror"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Ornithology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A bright, lustrous patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds, usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ornithology",
          "ornithology"
        ],
        [
          "bright",
          "bright#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "lustrous",
          "lustrous"
        ],
        [
          "patch",
          "patch#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "colour",
          "colour#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "found",
          "find#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "wings",
          "wing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "ducks",
          "duck#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "birds",
          "bird#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "situated",
          "situate#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "distal",
          "distal"
        ],
        [
          "portions",
          "portion#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "secondary",
          "secondary#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "quills",
          "quill#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "brilliant",
          "brilliant#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "adult",
          "adult#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "male",
          "male#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "female",
          "female#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ornithology) A bright, lustrous patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds, usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mirror"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "beauty spot"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "ornithology"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A lookout place."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lookout",
          "lookout"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place#Noun"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɛk.jʊ.ləm/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɛk.jə.ləm/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "medical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "espècul"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "medical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eendenbek"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "medical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "speculum"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "medical instrument",
      "word": "spegulumo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "medical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spéculum"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "medical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spegill"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "medical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "slanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "medical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "specillum"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "medical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wziernik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "medical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "espéculo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds",
      "word": "siipipeili"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Flügelspiegel"
    },
    {
      "alt": "よくきょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yokukyō",
      "sense": "patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds",
      "word": "翼鏡"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Flunkenspegel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vingspegel"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "speculum"
  ],
  "word": "speculum"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "LL.",
            "2": "speclum"
          },
          "expansion": "Late Latin: speclum",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Late Latin: speclum (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "espècul",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: espècul",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: espècul"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "speculum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: speculum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: speculum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "spéculum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: spéculum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: spéculum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "specolo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: specolo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: specolo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "espéculo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: espéculo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: espéculo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "specul",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: specul",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: specul"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "espéculo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: espéculo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: espéculo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "speciō",
        "3": "-ulum",
        "pos2": "instrument noun suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "speciō + -ulum (instrument noun suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "spectrum"
      },
      "expansion": "spectrum",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From speciō + -ulum (instrument noun suffix). Compare with spectrum.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "speculī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "speculum<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "speculum n (genitive speculī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "speculum<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "speculor"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 3-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin neuter nouns",
        "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin second declension nouns",
        "Latin terms suffixed with -ulum",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a looking-glass, mirror"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "looking-glass",
          "looking-glass"
        ],
        [
          "mirror",
          "mirror"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspe.ku.lum/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈs̠pɛkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspe.ku.lum/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈspɛːkulum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "late",
      "tags": [
        "proscribed"
      ],
      "word": "speclum"
    }
  ],
  "word": "speculum"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "speculumuri",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ro-noun-n-uri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "un speculum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculumul",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculumuri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niște speculumuri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculumurile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unui speculum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculumului",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculumuri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unor speculumuri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculumurilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculumule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speculumurilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "speculumuri"
      },
      "expansion": "speculum n (plural speculumuri)",
      "name": "ro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "gpd": "speculumurilor",
        "gpi": "speculumuri",
        "gsd": "speculumului",
        "gsi": "speculum",
        "n": "",
        "npd": "speculumurile",
        "npi": "speculumuri",
        "nsd": "speculumul",
        "nsi": "speculum",
        "vp": "speculumurilor",
        "vs": "speculumule",
        "vs2": ""
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "specul"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Romanian countable nouns",
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian neuter nouns",
        "Romanian nouns",
        "Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of specul"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "specul",
          "specul#Romanian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "speculum"
}

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