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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "crying or tears, especially in a way that is considered manipulative or over-emotional",
"word": "pityergés"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "crying or tears, especially in a way that is considered manipulative or over-emotional",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "llanto"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(historical in English) hydraulic apparatus by which a supply of water is furnished for ornamental purposes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Wasserkunst"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "fountain",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(historical in English) hydraulic apparatus by which a supply of water is furnished for ornamental purposes",
"word": "szökőkút"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "waterfall",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(historical in English) hydraulic apparatus by which a supply of water is furnished for ornamental purposes",
"word": "vízesés"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(archaic in English) engineering works relating to the conveyance and flow of fluids (principally water)",
"word": "vesirakennustyö"
}
],
"word": "waterworks"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 3-syllable words",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English non-lemma forms",
"English noun forms",
"English terms suffixed with -s (regular plural)",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"en:Water"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "waterwork",
"3": "s",
"id2": "regular plural"
},
"expansion": "waterwork + -s",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From waterwork + -s.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "noun form"
},
"expansion": "waterworks",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"wa‧ter‧works"
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "waterwork"
}
],
"glosses": [
"plural of waterwork"
],
"links": [
[
"waterwork",
"waterwork#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈwɔːtəˌwəːks/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɔtɚˌwɚks/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[-ɾɚ-]",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-waterworks.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-waterworks.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-waterworks.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-waterworks.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-waterworks.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
],
"text": "Audio (RP)"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-waterworks.oga",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/67/En-us-waterworks.oga/En-us-waterworks.oga.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/En-us-waterworks.oga",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"word": "waterworks"
}
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