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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ʌnˈɹi.əl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unreal.wav Forms: more unreal [comparative], most unreal [superlative]
enPR: ŭn-rēl' Rhymes: -iːəl Etymology: From un- + real. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|real}} un- + real Head templates: {{en-adj}} unreal (comparative more unreal, superlative most unreal)
  1. Not real or substantial; having no actual presence in reality; lacking the characteristics of reality. Translations (not real): нерэа́льны (njereálʹny) (Belarusian), несапра́ўдны (njesapráŭdny) (Belarusian), нереа́лен (nereálen) (Bulgarian), недействи́телен (nedejstvítelen) (Bulgarian), въобража́ем (vǎobražáem) (Bulgarian), 不真實的 /不真实的 (bù zhēnshí de) (Chinese Mandarin), neskutečný (Czech), uvirkelig (Danish), onwerkelijk (Dutch), irreëel (Dutch), nereala (Esperanto), ebatõeline (Estonian), epätodellinen (Finnish), irréel (French), არარეალური (ararealuri) (Georgian), არანამდვილი (aranamdvili) (Georgian), unwirklich (German), irreal (German), ανύπαρκτος (anýparktos) (Greek), φανταστικός (fantastikós) (Greek), अवास्तविक (avāstavik) (Hindi), nem valódi (Hungarian), óraunverulegur (Icelandic), ímyndaður (Icelandic), irreale (Italian), 非現実的な (higenjitsuteki na) (alt: ひげんじつてきな) (Japanese), 비현실적 (bihyeonsiljeok) (alt: 非現實的) (Korean), nereāls (Latvian), ireāls (Latvian), nerealus (Lithuanian), нереален (nerealen) (Macedonian), അയഥാർത്ഥ (ayathāṟttha) (Malayalam), മിഥ്യ (mithya) (Malayalam), mariko (Maori), uvirkelig (Norwegian Bokmål), uverkeleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), nierealny (Polish), nierzeczywisty (Polish), umowny (Polish), irreal (Portuguese), nereal (Romanian), нереа́льный (nereálʹnyj) (Russian), ненастоя́щий (nenastojáščij) (Russian), असत् (asat) (Sanskrit), не̏реа̄лан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), не̏ства̄ран [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), nȅreālan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), nȅstvāran [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), neskutočný (Slovak), nereálny (Slovak), neresničen (Slovene), nestvaren (Slovene), irreal (Spanish), overklig (Swedish), gerçek dışı (Turkish), нереа́льний (nereálʹnyj) (Ukrainian), неспра́вжній (nesprávžnij) (Ukrainian), afreal (Welsh)
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  2. (informal) very impressive; amazing; unbelievable; incredible; larger or more fantastic than typical of real life. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-unreal-en-adj-1AzXf2PP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: insubstantial Derived forms: unreal mode

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The word ‘ivory’ rang in the air, was whispered, was sighed. You would think they were praying to it. A taint of imbecile rapacity blew through it all, like a whiff from some corpse. By Jove! I’ve never seen anything so unreal in my life.",
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          "text": "\"The Boy's Uncle made me Real,\" he said. \"That was a great many years ago; but once you are Real you can't become unreal again. It lasts for always.\"",
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          "roman": "vǎobražáem",
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          "word": "въобража́ем"
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          "sense": "not real",
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          "sense": "not real",
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          "roman": "ararealuri",
          "sense": "not real",
          "word": "არარეალური"
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          "roman": "aranamdvili",
          "sense": "not real",
          "word": "არანამდვილი"
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          "sense": "not real",
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          "roman": "fantastikós",
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          "sense": "not real",
          "word": "अवास्तविक"
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          "roman": "bihyeonsiljeok",
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          "word": "비현실적"
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          "roman": "mithya",
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          "roman": "nereálʹnyj",
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          "word": "нереа́льный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nenastojáščij",
          "sense": "not real",
          "word": "ненастоя́щий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "asat",
          "sense": "not real",
          "word": "असत्"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "not real",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "не̏реа̄лан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "not real",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "не̏ства̄ран"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "not real",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "nȅreālan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "not real",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "nȅstvāran"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "not real",
          "word": "neskutočný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "not real",
          "word": "nereálny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "not real",
          "word": "neresničen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "not real",
          "word": "nestvaren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not real",
          "word": "irreal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "not real",
          "word": "overklig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "not real",
          "word": "gerçek dışı"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nereálʹnyj",
          "sense": "not real",
          "word": "нереа́льний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nesprávžnij",
          "sense": "not real",
          "word": "неспра́вжній"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "not real",
          "word": "afreal"
        }
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          "text": "The video includes unreal footage of an eight-metre wave.",
          "type": "example"
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          "text": "I just had an unreal hamburger.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1990, Eurydice, F/32, page 205:",
          "text": "He stops his cab at every traffic light, unrolls his window and calls out to the other drivers: \"I've got a movie star in the car! Follow me down to see her come out. She is unreal, man! I am in seventh heaven! I have a dream!\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, Sam Reaves, Get What's Coming, page 60:",
          "text": "\"She just set me up\" \"Now that's unreal, man. I mean, we're talking about a fairly considerable sum here, aren't we, Dexter?\" \"Listen to me. She set me up, with a dude she was cheatin' on me with",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Thomas Maul, Manila Demon, page 102:",
          "text": "“Yeah, she does have a certain mental toughness that is unreal,” agreed Berto. “I really don't think of her as a girl, I mean, it's like she's a tough buddy or tough sister to me.”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, John Adrian Tomlin, The Imaginarium Machine, page 13:",
          "text": "He walks around and tries to pluck a flower on the ground. david exclaims, “Holy shit, this is unreal! i can feel the flower, the heat from the sun, and i can even hear the wind! The smells are so vibrant! How could i possibly be smelling flowers?",
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        "(informal) very impressive; amazing; unbelievable; incredible; larger or more fantastic than typical of real life."
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      "enpr": "ŭn-rēl'"
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      "ipa": "/ʌnˈɹi.əl/"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-iːəl"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "insubstantial"
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}
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      "english": "not real",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of",
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    "Terms with Belarusian translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Latvian translations",
    "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Malayalam translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Sanskrit translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with Slovene translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Welsh translations"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "unreal mode"
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      "form": "more unreal",
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      "form": "most unreal",
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          "ref": "1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 212:",
          "text": "The word ‘ivory’ rang in the air, was whispered, was sighed. You would think they were praying to it. A taint of imbecile rapacity blew through it all, like a whiff from some corpse. By Jove! I’ve never seen anything so unreal in my life.",
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          "ref": "1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:",
          "text": "\"The Boy's Uncle made me Real,\" he said. \"That was a great many years ago; but once you are Real you can't become unreal again. It lasts for always.\"",
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        {
          "text": "I just had an unreal hamburger.",
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          "text": "He stops his cab at every traffic light, unrolls his window and calls out to the other drivers: \"I've got a movie star in the car! Follow me down to see her come out. She is unreal, man! I am in seventh heaven! I have a dream!\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, Sam Reaves, Get What's Coming, page 60:",
          "text": "\"She just set me up\" \"Now that's unreal, man. I mean, we're talking about a fairly considerable sum here, aren't we, Dexter?\" \"Listen to me. She set me up, with a dude she was cheatin' on me with",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Thomas Maul, Manila Demon, page 102:",
          "text": "“Yeah, she does have a certain mental toughness that is unreal,” agreed Berto. “I really don't think of her as a girl, I mean, it's like she's a tough buddy or tough sister to me.”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, John Adrian Tomlin, The Imaginarium Machine, page 13:",
          "text": "He walks around and tries to pluck a flower on the ground. david exclaims, “Holy shit, this is unreal! i can feel the flower, the heat from the sun, and i can even hear the wind! The smells are so vibrant! How could i possibly be smelling flowers?",
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          "amazing",
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          "incredible",
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        "(informal) very impressive; amazing; unbelievable; incredible; larger or more fantastic than typical of real life."
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      "enpr": "ŭn-rēl'"
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      "ipa": "/ʌnˈɹi.əl/"
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      "rhymes": "-iːəl"
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      "word": "insubstantial"
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njereálʹny",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "нерэа́льны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njesapráŭdny",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "несапра́ўдны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nereálen",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "нереа́лен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nedejstvítelen",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "недействи́телен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎobražáem",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "въобража́ем"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bù zhēnshí de",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "不真實的 /不真实的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "neskutečný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "uvirkelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "onwerkelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "irreëel"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "nereala"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "ebatõeline"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "epätodellinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "irréel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ararealuri",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "არარეალური"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aranamdvili",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "არანამდვილი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "unwirklich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "irreal"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anýparktos",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "ανύπαρκτος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fantastikós",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "φανταστικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "avāstavik",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "अवास्तविक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "nem valódi"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "óraunverulegur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "ímyndaður"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "irreale"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひげんじつてきな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "higenjitsuteki na",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "非現実的な"
    },
    {
      "alt": "非現實的",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bihyeonsiljeok",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "비현실적"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "nereāls"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "ireāls"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "nerealus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nerealen",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "нереален"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "ayathāṟttha",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "അയഥാർത്ഥ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "mithya",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "മിഥ്യ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "mariko"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "uvirkelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "uverkeleg"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "nierealny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "nierzeczywisty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "umowny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "irreal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "nereal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nereálʹnyj",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "нереа́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nenastojáščij",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "ненастоя́щий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "asat",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "असत्"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not real",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "не̏реа̄лан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not real",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "не̏ства̄ран"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not real",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "nȅreālan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not real",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "nȅstvāran"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "neskutočný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "nereálny"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "neresničen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "nestvaren"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "irreal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "overklig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "gerçek dışı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nereálʹnyj",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "нереа́льний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nesprávžnij",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "неспра́вжній"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "not real",
      "word": "afreal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unreal"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (c15a5ce and 5c11237). 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.