"tassel" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtæsəl/ Audio: en-us-tassel.ogg [US] Forms: tassels [plural]
Rhymes: -æsəl Etymology: From Middle English tassel, from Old French tassel, from Latin taxillus (“small cube”), from tālus (“ankle”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tassel}} Middle English tassel, {{der|en|fro|tassel}} Old French tassel, {{der|en|la|taxillus||small cube}} Latin taxillus (“small cube”), {{m|la|tālus||ankle}} tālus (“ankle”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tassel (plural tassels)
  1. A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the ball is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end (often used as decoration along the bottom of garments, curtains or other hangings). Categories (topical): Hair Translations (ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads): tossel (Afrikaans), θύσανος (thúsanos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), ծոպ (cop) (Armenian), qotaz (Azerbaijani), кутасік (kutasik) [masculine] (Belarusian), пискюл (piskjul) [masculine] (Bulgarian), borla [feminine] (Catalan), 流蘇 (Chinese), 流苏 (liúsū) (Chinese), střapec [masculine] (Czech), kvast (Danish), kwast [masculine] (Dutch), kvasto (Esperanto), tupsu (Finnish), teixelo [masculine] (Galician), mirfallo [feminine] (Galician), milfeira [feminine] (Galician), bolra [feminine] (Galician), Quaste [feminine] (German), צִיצִית (tzitzít) [feminine] (Hebrew), bojt (Hungarian), rojt (Hungarian), aigilín [masculine] (Irish), nappa (Italian), висулка (visulka) [feminine] (Macedonian), китка (kitka) [feminine] (Macedonian), jurai (Malay), hukahuka (Maori), patapata (Maori), kihukihu (Maori), dusk [masculine] (Norwegian), پوسكول (püskül) (Ottoman Turkish), منگوله (mangule) (Persian), frędzel [masculine] (Polish), kutas [archaic, masculine] (Polish), borla [feminine] (Portuguese), ки́сточка (kístočka) [feminine] (Russian), cluigean [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), kićanka (Serbo-Croatian), kita (Serbo-Croatian), rojta (Serbo-Croatian), borla [feminine] (Spanish), tofs [common-gender] (Swedish), lambo (Tagalog), makrama (Turkish), püskül (Turkish), kotaz (Turkish), китиця (kytycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), кутас (kutas) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ngù (Vietnamese), kistaq (Yup'ik)
    Sense id: en-tassel-en-noun-HfkNwvgy Disambiguation of Hair: 12 21 25 4 10 5 2 16 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 19 19 2 17 9 2 13 8 Disambiguation of 'ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads': 76 8 4 2 5 2 3
  2. (botany) The panicle on a male plant of maize, which consists of loose threads with anthers on them. Categories (topical): Botany, Hair Categories (lifeform): Honeysuckle family plants Translations (male inflorescence of maize): baard (Afrikaans), свила (svila) [feminine] (Bulgarian), panicule [masculine] (French), curuto [masculine] (Galician), candea [feminine] (Galician), cenceno [masculine] (Galician), mirfia [feminine] (Galician), pabón [masculine] (Galician)
    Sense id: en-tassel-en-noun-CgZIfnAH Disambiguation of Hair: 12 21 25 4 10 5 2 16 6 Disambiguation of Honeysuckle family plants: 14 26 13 3 12 6 3 14 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 19 19 2 17 9 2 13 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 22 15 3 15 8 3 13 7 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'male inflorescence of maize': 3 94 1 1 0 1 0
  3. The loose hairs at the end of a braid. Categories (topical): Hair Translations (loose hairs at the end of a braid): franje [neuter] (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-tassel-en-noun-ZvGWV-mZ Disambiguation of Hair: 12 21 25 4 10 5 2 16 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 19 19 2 17 9 2 13 8 Disambiguation of 'loose hairs at the end of a braid': 5 5 81 1 5 2 0
  4. A narrow silk ribbon, or similar, sewed to a book to be put between the pages.
    Sense id: en-tassel-en-noun-QhkgnKY~
  5. (architecture) A piece of board that is laid upon a wall as a sort of plate, to give a level surface to the ends of floor timbers. Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-tassel-en-noun-qpZkULC3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 19 19 2 17 9 2 13 8 Topics: architecture
  6. A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.
    Sense id: en-tassel-en-noun-Sf0gkjGr
  7. A thin plate of gold on the back of a bishop's gloves.
    Sense id: en-tassel-en-noun-nZutl6I8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tossel [archaic] Derived forms: tassel-eared squirrel Related terms: sword knot

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈtæsəl/ Audio: en-us-tassel.ogg [US] Forms: tassels [present, singular, third-person], tasselling [participle, present], tasseling [participle, present], tasselled [participle, past], tasselled [past], tasseled [participle, past], tasseled [past]
Rhymes: -æsəl Etymology: From Middle English tassel, from Old French tassel, from Latin taxillus (“small cube”), from tālus (“ankle”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tassel}} Middle English tassel, {{der|en|fro|tassel}} Old French tassel, {{der|en|la|taxillus||small cube}} Latin taxillus (“small cube”), {{m|la|tālus||ankle}} tālus (“ankle”) Head templates: {{en-verb|++|past2=tasseled|pres_ptc2=tasseling}} tassel (third-person singular simple present tassels, present participle tasselling or tasseling, simple past and past participle tasselled or tasseled)
  1. (transitive) To adorn with tassels. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Hair Synonyms: betassel
    Sense id: en-tassel-en-verb-tAQpO1gy Disambiguation of Hair: 12 21 25 4 10 5 2 16 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 19 19 2 17 9 2 13 8
  2. (intransitive, botany) To put forth a tassel or flower. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-tassel-en-verb-oWDVlK4a Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tossel [archaic]

Noun [Old French]

Etymology: From Late Latin taxellus, secondary form of taxillus, diminutive of Latin talus. Etymology templates: {{der|fro|LL.|taxellus}} Late Latin taxellus, {{m|la|taxillus}} taxillus, {{der|fro|la|talus}} Latin talus Head templates: {{fro-noun|m}} tassel oblique singular, m (oblique plural tasseaus or tasseax or tassiaus or tassiax or tassels, nominative singular tasseaus or tasseax or tassiaus or tassiax or tassels, nominative plural tassel) Forms: tassel oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], tasseaus [oblique, plural], tasseax [oblique, plural], tassiaus [oblique, plural], tassiax [oblique, plural], tassels [oblique, plural], tasseaus [nominative, singular], tasseax [nominative, singular], tassiaus [nominative, singular], tassiax [nominative, singular], tassels [nominative, singular], tassel [nominative, plural]
  1. tassel (adornment for a garment)
    Sense id: en-tassel-fro-noun-CvuDtX1r Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Swedish]

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], tassel [indefinite, nominative, uncountable], tasslet [definite, nominative, uncountable], tassels [genitive, indefinite, uncountable], tasslets [definite, genitive, uncountable]
Etymology: Deverbal from tassla. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|sv|tassla}} Deverbal from tassla Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns|uncountable|g=n|g2=|head=|sort=}} tassel n (uncountable), {{sv-noun|n|-}} tassel n (uncountable) Inflection templates: {{sv-decl-noun|tassel|tasslet|-|-|tassels|tasslets|-|-|definitions=|gender=Neuter|uncountable=yes}}
  1. whispering Tags: neuter, uncountable Synonyms: tissel

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          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "word": "流蘇"
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "word": "kvasto"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "word": "tupsu"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
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          "word": "teixelo"
        },
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "mirfallo"
        },
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "milfeira"
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          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
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          "word": "Quaste"
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          "roman": "thúsanos",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "tzitzít",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "צִיצִית"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "word": "bojt"
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        {
          "_dis1": "76 8 4 2 5 2 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "word": "rojt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 8 4 2 5 2 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aigilín"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 8 4 2 5 2 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "word": "nappa"
        },
        {
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "visulka",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "висулка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 8 4 2 5 2 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kitka",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "китка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 8 4 2 5 2 3",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "word": "jurai"
        },
        {
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "word": "hukahuka"
        },
        {
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "word": "patapata"
        },
        {
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "word": "kihukihu"
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        {
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "dusk"
        },
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          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "püskül",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "word": "پوسكول"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 8 4 2 5 2 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "mangule",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "word": "منگوله"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "frędzel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 8 4 2 5 2 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "kutas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 8 4 2 5 2 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "borla"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kístočka",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ки́сточка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 8 4 2 5 2 3",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cluigean"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 8 4 2 5 2 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "word": "kićanka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 8 4 2 5 2 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "word": "kita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 8 4 2 5 2 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "word": "rojta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 8 4 2 5 2 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "borla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 8 4 2 5 2 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "tofs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 8 4 2 5 2 3",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "word": "lambo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 8 4 2 5 2 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "word": "makrama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 8 4 2 5 2 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "word": "püskül"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 8 4 2 5 2 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "word": "kotaz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 8 4 2 5 2 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kytycja",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "китиця"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 8 4 2 5 2 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kutas",
          "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кутас"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 8 4 2 5 2 3",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
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        "3": "tassel"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French tassel",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "taxillus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "small cube"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "3": "",
        "4": "ankle"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    }
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      "word": "sword knot"
    }
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    {
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        "A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the ball is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end (often used as decoration along the bottom of garments, curtains or other hangings)."
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        "The panicle on a male plant of maize, which consists of loose threads with anthers on them."
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      "glosses": [
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          "braid"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A narrow silk ribbon, or similar, sewed to a book to be put between the pages."
      ],
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        [
          "silk",
          "silk"
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        [
          "ribbon",
          "ribbon"
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        [
          "book",
          "book"
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        "A piece of board that is laid upon a wall as a sort of plate, to give a level surface to the ends of floor timbers."
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          "plate"
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          "gold"
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          "bishop"
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "word": "tossel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "cop",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "word": "ծոպ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "word": "qotaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kutasik",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кутасік"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "piskjul",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пискюл"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "borla"
    },
    {
      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "word": "流蘇"
    },
    {
      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "liúsū",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "word": "流苏"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "střapec"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "word": "kvast"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kwast"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "word": "kvasto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "word": "tupsu"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "teixelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mirfallo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "milfeira"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bolra"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Quaste"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "thúsanos",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "θύσανος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tzitzít",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "צִיצִית"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "word": "bojt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "word": "rojt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aigilín"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "word": "nappa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "visulka",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "висулка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kitka",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "китка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "word": "jurai"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "word": "hukahuka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "word": "patapata"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "word": "kihukihu"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dusk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "püskül",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "word": "پوسكول"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mangule",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "word": "منگوله"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "frędzel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kutas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "borla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kístočka",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ки́сточка"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cluigean"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "word": "kićanka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "word": "kita"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "word": "rojta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "borla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tofs"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "word": "lambo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "word": "makrama"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "word": "püskül"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "word": "kotaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kytycja",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "китиця"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kutas",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кутас"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "word": "ngù"
    },
    {
      "code": "esu",
      "lang": "Yup'ik",
      "sense": "ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads",
      "word": "kistaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "male inflorescence of maize",
      "word": "baard"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svila",
      "sense": "male inflorescence of maize",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "свила"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "male inflorescence of maize",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "panicule"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "male inflorescence of maize",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "curuto"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "male inflorescence of maize",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "candea"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "male inflorescence of maize",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cenceno"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "male inflorescence of maize",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mirfia"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "male inflorescence of maize",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pabón"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "loose hairs at the end of a braid",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "franje"
    }
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}

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      "form": "tasselling",
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      "tags": [
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Botany"
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        "botany",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Late Latin taxellus, secondary form of taxillus, diminutive of Latin talus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tassel oblique singular or",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tasseaus",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tasseax",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tassiaus",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tassiax",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tassels",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tasseaus",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tasseax",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tassiaus",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tassiax",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tassels",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tassel",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "tassel oblique singular, m (oblique plural tasseaus or tasseax or tassiaus or tassiax or tassels, nominative singular tasseaus or tasseax or tassiaus or tassiax or tassels, nominative plural tassel)",
      "name": "fro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old French",
  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old French lemmas",
        "Old French masculine nouns",
        "Old French nouns",
        "Old French terms derived from Late Latin",
        "Old French terms derived from Latin",
        "Old French terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "he will add a border and tassels",
          "ref": "c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, page 98, line 909",
          "text": "si em fera urle e tassels",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tassel (adornment for a garment)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tassel",
          "tassel#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tassel"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "tassla"
      },
      "expansion": "Deverbal from tassla",
      "name": "deverbal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from tassla.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-noun-unc-irreg-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tassel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tasslet",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tassels",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tasslets",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "uncountable",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "tassel n (uncountable)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "tassel n (uncountable)",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tassel",
        "2": "tasslet",
        "3": "-",
        "4": "-",
        "5": "tassels",
        "6": "tasslets",
        "7": "-",
        "8": "-",
        "definitions": "",
        "gender": "Neuter",
        "uncountable": "yes"
      },
      "name": "sv-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish deverbals",
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish lemmas",
        "Swedish links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Swedish neuter nouns",
        "Swedish nouns",
        "Swedish uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "whispering"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "whispering",
          "whispering"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tissel"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tassel"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'tassel oblique singular or', originally 'tassel oblique singular or m'",
  "path": [
    "tassel"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "tassel",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'tassel oblique singular or', originally 'tassel oblique singular or m'",
  "path": [
    "tassel"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "tassel",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['masculine', 'canonical']: 'tassel oblique singular or' in 'tassel oblique singular, m (oblique plural tasseaus or tasseax or tassiaus or tassiax or tassels, nominative singular tasseaus or tasseax or tassiaus or tassiax or tassels, nominative plural tassel)'",
  "path": [
    "tassel"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "tassel",
  "trace": ""
}

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