See springboard on Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "springboard diving"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "spring",
"3": "board"
},
"expansion": "spring + board",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From spring + board.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "springboards",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "springboard (plural springboards)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Diving",
"orig": "en:Diving",
"parents": [
"Water sports",
"Sports",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "79 10 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "75 11 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "84 7 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "88 6 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "53 25 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "75 14 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "74 14 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "73 14 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "70 17 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Czech translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "82 10 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Danish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "69 15 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "74 14 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "70 14 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "74 14 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Galician translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "72 15 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "55 19 26",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Greek translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "74 14 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hebrew translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "58 19 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "74 14 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Icelandic translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "73 14 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Irish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "75 13 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Italian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "75 13 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "74 14 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Korean translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "75 13 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Latin translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "60 20 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "74 14 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Maori translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "72 15 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "89 7 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "88 7 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "69 15 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "69 20 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "74 14 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "75 13 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "76 13 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "75 13 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "74 14 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "70 14 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Welsh translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "76 10 15",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Sports equipment",
"orig": "en:Sports equipment",
"parents": [
"Exercise equipment",
"Sports",
"Tools",
"Exercise",
"Human activity",
"Technology",
"Human behaviour",
"All topics",
"Human",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform that propels one into the air, used for diving or gymnastics."
],
"id": "en-springboard-en-noun-V12wdERj",
"links": [
[
"board",
"board"
],
[
"flexible",
"flexible"
],
[
"springy",
"springy"
],
[
"cantilevered",
"cantilevered"
],
[
"platform",
"platform"
],
[
"propel",
"propel"
],
[
"diving",
"diving"
],
[
"gymnastics",
"gymnastics"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tramplin",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "трамплин"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolí"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiàobǎn",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"word": "跳板"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "skokanské prkno"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vippe"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"word": "springplank"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"word": "ponnahduslauta"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tremplin"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolín"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Sprungbrett"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "efaltírio",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"word": "εφαλτήριο"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "péteuron",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "πέτευρον"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "maqpetzá",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מַקְפֵּצָה"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"word": "ugródeszka"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"word": "trambulin"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stökkpallur"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolino"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"alt": "とびいた",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tobiita",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"word": "飛び板"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "supuringubōdo",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"word": "スプリングボード"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "daibingdae",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"word": "다이빙대"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seupeuringbodeu",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"word": "스프링보드"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "petaurum"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"word": "kauhua"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schwunkbrat"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"word": "trampolina"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"word": "trampolim"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"word": "trambulină"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tramplín",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "трампли́н"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolín"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "palanca"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "svikt"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "trampolin"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bwrdd plymio"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tramplin",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "трамплин"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "odrazový můstek"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "springbræt"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"word": "ponnahduslauta"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tremplin"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolín"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Sprungbrett"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "péteuron",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "πέτευρον"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"word": "dobbantó"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stökkpallur"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lingchlár"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "springbrett"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "springbrett"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trampolina"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolim"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trambulină"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tramplín",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "трампли́н"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolín"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"word": "palanca"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "språngbräda"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "منطلق"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "odrazový můstek"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "springbræt"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"word": "ponnahduslauta"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tremplin"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Sprungbrett"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"word": "ugródeszka"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stökkpallur"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolino"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolino di lancio"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "springbrett"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "springbrett"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolim"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tramplín",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "трампли́н"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "placdárm",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "плацда́рм"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolín"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "språngbräda"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tramplín",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "трамплі́н"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The opportuninity acted as a springboard for their success.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1960 March, J. P. Wilson, E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak - Derby to Manchester: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 148:",
"text": "It was the section of the North Midland Railway from Derby to Ambergate which provided the springboard for a scheme that took shape in the early part of 1845 for a route through the Peak to Manchester.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Something that acts as a catalyst to begin or accelerate an action or growth."
],
"id": "en-springboard-en-noun-E1wYrlIx",
"links": [
[
"catalyst",
"catalyst"
],
[
"begin",
"begin"
],
[
"accelerate",
"accelerate"
],
[
"action",
"action"
],
[
"growth",
"growth"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) Something that acts as a catalyst to begin or accelerate an action or growth."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-us-springboard.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/be/En-us-springboard.ogg/En-us-springboard.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/En-us-springboard.ogg"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"springboard"
],
"word": "springboard"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "spring",
"3": "board"
},
"expansion": "spring + board",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From spring + board.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "springboards",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "springboarding",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "springboarded",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "springboarded",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "springboard (third-person singular simple present springboards, present participle springboarding, simple past and past participle springboarded)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2007 October 4, Jennifer Steinhauer, “In Ballot Fight, California Gets a Taste of ’08”, in New York Times:",
"text": "Such a change could amount to a seismic shift in the nation’s electoral dynamics, potentially springboarding a Republican into the White House, and the possibility has animated hopeful Republicans and fearful Democrats.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To launch or propel as if from a springboard, especially toward political office."
],
"id": "en-springboard-en-verb-NA~byXP~",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To launch or propel as if from a springboard, especially toward political office."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-us-springboard.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/be/En-us-springboard.ogg/En-us-springboard.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/En-us-springboard.ogg"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"springboard"
],
"word": "springboard"
}
{
"categories": [
"English compound terms",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English verbs",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
"Terms with Arabic translations",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Danish translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Galician translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Hebrew translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Icelandic translations",
"Terms with Irish translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Korean translations",
"Terms with Latin translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Maori translations",
"Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
"Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
"Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Romanian translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"Terms with Ukrainian translations",
"Terms with Welsh translations",
"en:Sports equipment"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "springboard diving"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "spring",
"3": "board"
},
"expansion": "spring + board",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From spring + board.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "springboards",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "springboard (plural springboards)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"en:Diving"
],
"glosses": [
"A board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform that propels one into the air, used for diving or gymnastics."
],
"links": [
[
"board",
"board"
],
[
"flexible",
"flexible"
],
[
"springy",
"springy"
],
[
"cantilevered",
"cantilevered"
],
[
"platform",
"platform"
],
[
"propel",
"propel"
],
[
"diving",
"diving"
],
[
"gymnastics",
"gymnastics"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The opportuninity acted as a springboard for their success.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1960 March, J. P. Wilson, E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak - Derby to Manchester: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 148:",
"text": "It was the section of the North Midland Railway from Derby to Ambergate which provided the springboard for a scheme that took shape in the early part of 1845 for a route through the Peak to Manchester.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Something that acts as a catalyst to begin or accelerate an action or growth."
],
"links": [
[
"catalyst",
"catalyst"
],
[
"begin",
"begin"
],
[
"accelerate",
"accelerate"
],
[
"action",
"action"
],
[
"growth",
"growth"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) Something that acts as a catalyst to begin or accelerate an action or growth."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-us-springboard.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/be/En-us-springboard.ogg/En-us-springboard.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/En-us-springboard.ogg"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tramplin",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "трамплин"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolí"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiàobǎn",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"word": "跳板"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "skokanské prkno"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vippe"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"word": "springplank"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"word": "ponnahduslauta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tremplin"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolín"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Sprungbrett"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "efaltírio",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"word": "εφαλτήριο"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "péteuron",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "πέτευρον"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "maqpetzá",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מַקְפֵּצָה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"word": "ugródeszka"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"word": "trambulin"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stökkpallur"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolino"
},
{
"alt": "とびいた",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tobiita",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"word": "飛び板"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "supuringubōdo",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"word": "スプリングボード"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "daibingdae",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"word": "다이빙대"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seupeuringbodeu",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"word": "스프링보드"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "petaurum"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"word": "kauhua"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schwunkbrat"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"word": "trampolina"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"word": "trampolim"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"word": "trambulină"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tramplín",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "трампли́н"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolín"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "palanca"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "svikt"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "trampolin"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "flexible diving board",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bwrdd plymio"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tramplin",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "трамплин"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "odrazový můstek"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "springbræt"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"word": "ponnahduslauta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tremplin"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolín"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Sprungbrett"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "péteuron",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "πέτευρον"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"word": "dobbantó"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stökkpallur"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lingchlár"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "springbrett"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "springbrett"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trampolina"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolim"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trambulină"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tramplín",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "трампли́н"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolín"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"word": "palanca"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "platform on springs used in gymnastics",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "språngbräda"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "منطلق"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "odrazový můstek"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "springbræt"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"word": "ponnahduslauta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tremplin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Sprungbrett"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"word": "ugródeszka"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stökkpallur"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolino"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolino di lancio"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "springbrett"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "springbrett"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolim"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tramplín",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "трампли́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "placdárm",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "плацда́рм"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolín"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "språngbräda"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tramplín",
"sense": "figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "трамплі́н"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"springboard"
],
"word": "springboard"
}
{
"categories": [
"English compound terms",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English verbs",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
"Terms with Arabic translations",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Danish translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Galician translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Hebrew translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Icelandic translations",
"Terms with Irish translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Korean translations",
"Terms with Latin translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Maori translations",
"Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
"Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
"Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Romanian translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"Terms with Ukrainian translations",
"Terms with Welsh translations",
"en:Sports equipment"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "spring",
"3": "board"
},
"expansion": "spring + board",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From spring + board.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "springboards",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "springboarding",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "springboarded",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "springboarded",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "springboard (third-person singular simple present springboards, present participle springboarding, simple past and past participle springboarded)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2007 October 4, Jennifer Steinhauer, “In Ballot Fight, California Gets a Taste of ’08”, in New York Times:",
"text": "Such a change could amount to a seismic shift in the nation’s electoral dynamics, potentially springboarding a Republican into the White House, and the possibility has animated hopeful Republicans and fearful Democrats.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To launch or propel as if from a springboard, especially toward political office."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To launch or propel as if from a springboard, especially toward political office."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-us-springboard.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/be/En-us-springboard.ogg/En-us-springboard.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/En-us-springboard.ogg"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"springboard"
],
"word": "springboard"
}
Download raw JSONL data for springboard meaning in All languages combined (15.6kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.