"whinny" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈwɪni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whinny.wav [Southern-England] Forms: whinnies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪni Etymology: From Middle English whynyen, whinien, akin to Middle English whinen (“to whine”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|whynyen}} Middle English whynyen, {{m|enm|whinien}} whinien, {{cog|enm|whinen|t=to whine}} Middle English whinen (“to whine”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} whinny (plural whinnies)
  1. A gentle neigh. Categories (topical): Animal sounds Categories (lifeform): Horses Translations (Translations): rincho [masculine] (Galician), Wiehern [neuter] (German), χλιμίντρισμα (chlimíntrisma) (Greek), hnegg [neuter] (Icelandic), cuach [feminine] (Irish), zviedziens [masculine] (Latvian), relincho [masculine] (Portuguese), relinchito [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-whinny-en-noun-wzLqloCz Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 54 46 Disambiguation of Horses: 54 46 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: whinney

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈwɪni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whinny.wav [Southern-England] Forms: whinnies [present, singular, third-person], whinnying [participle, present], whinnied [participle, past], whinnied [past]
Rhymes: -ɪni Etymology: From Middle English whynyen, whinien, akin to Middle English whinen (“to whine”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|whynyen}} Middle English whynyen, {{m|enm|whinien}} whinien, {{cog|enm|whinen|t=to whine}} Middle English whinen (“to whine”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} whinny (third-person singular simple present whinnies, present participle whinnying, simple past and past participle whinnied)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, of a horse) To make a gentle neigh. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Animal sounds Categories (lifeform): Horses Translations (Translations): χρεμετίζω (khremetízō) (Ancient Greek), rinchar (Galician), wiehern (German), hneggja (Icelandic), nitrire (Italian), hinniō (Latin), zviegt (Latvian), tūpererū (Maori), اوقرامق (okramak) (Ottoman Turkish), relinchar (Portuguese), ржать (ržatʹ) (Russian), okramak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-whinny-en-verb-byCiX690 Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 54 46 Disambiguation of Horses: 54 46 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: whinney

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/ˈwɪni/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Winnie"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪni"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whinny.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whinny.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whinny.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whinny.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whinny.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "whinney"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "rinchar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "wiehern"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "khremetízō",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "χρεμετίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "hneggja"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "nitrire"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "hinniō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "zviegt"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "tūpererū"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "okramak",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "اوقرامق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "relinchar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ržatʹ",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ржать"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "okramak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whinny"
}

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