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Noun [Afrikaans]

IPA: /spɪə̯ˈlɔnk/, /spəˈlɔnk/ Forms: spelonke [plural], spelonkie [diminutive]
Etymology: From Dutch spelonk, from Middle Dutch spelonke, from Old French spelonque, from Italian spelonca, from Latin spelunca (“cave, cavern; grotto; den”), from Ancient Greek σπῆλυγξ (spêlunx, “cave”), from Ancient Greek σπέος (spéos, “cave, cavern”). Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|spelonk}} Dutch spelonk, {{inh|af|dum|spelonke}} Middle Dutch spelonke, {{der|af|fro|spelonque}} Old French spelonque, {{der|af|it|spelonca}} Italian spelonca, {{der|af|la|spelunca||cave, cavern; grotto; den}} Latin spelunca (“cave, cavern; grotto; den”), {{der|af|grc|σπῆλυγξ||cave}} Ancient Greek σπῆλυγξ (spêlunx, “cave”) Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|spelonke|||||diminutive|spelonkie|||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} spelonk (plural spelonke, diminutive spelonkie), {{af-noun|e|spelonkie}} spelonk (plural spelonke, diminutive spelonkie)
  1. cave, cavern, grotto Synonyms: grot
    Sense id: en-spelonk-af-noun-PVw4Qab0 Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /speːˈlɔnk/ Audio: Nl-spelonk.ogg Forms: spelonken [plural], spelonkje [diminutive, neuter], spelonksken [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɔnk Etymology: From Middle Dutch spelonke, from Old French spelonque, from Italian spelonca, from Latin spelunca (“cave, cavern; grotto; den”), from Ancient Greek σπῆλυγξ (spêlunx, “cave”), from Ancient Greek σπέος (spéos, “cave, cavern”). Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|spelonke}} Middle Dutch spelonke, {{der|nl|fro|spelonque}} Old French spelonque, {{der|nl|it|spelonca}} Italian spelonca, {{der|nl|la|spelunca||cave, cavern; grotto; den}} Latin spelunca (“cave, cavern; grotto; den”), {{der|nl|grc|σπῆλυγξ||cave}} Ancient Greek σπῆλυγξ (spêlunx, “cave”) Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|spelonken|+|dim2=-sken}} spelonk f (plural spelonken, diminutive spelonkje n or spelonksken n)
  1. (literary) grotto Tags: feminine, literary Synonyms: grot
    Sense id: en-spelonk-nl-noun-Vt2kWtpQ
  2. (Brabant) bad, dank, poorly-lit housing Tags: Brabant, feminine Synonyms: kruipkot
    Sense id: en-spelonk-nl-noun-5ioDOxRS Categories (other): Brabantian Dutch, Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: grotspelonk

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} spelonk
  1. Alternative form of spelunke Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: spelunke
    Sense id: en-spelonk-enm-noun--ZARKlLX Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        {
          "word": "kruipkot"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Brabant",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/speːˈlɔnk/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-spelonk.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/17/Nl-spelonk.ogg/Nl-spelonk.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Nl-spelonk.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔnk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spelonk"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "spelonk",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "spelunke"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English nouns",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of spelunke"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spelunke",
          "spelunke#Middle_English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spelonk"
}

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