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"etymology_text": "From Old English wīl, wiġle (“wile, trick”), cognate with Old Norse vél (“artifice, craft”).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "wile",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"wile, trick, artifice"
],
"links": [
[
"wile",
"wile#English"
],
[
"trick",
"trick"
],
[
"artifice",
"artifice"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a sorcerer"
],
"links": [
[
"sorcerer",
"sorcerer"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwiːl(ə)/"
}
],
"word": "wile"
}
{
"categories": [
"Polish 2-syllable words",
"Polish entries with incorrect language header",
"Polish non-lemma forms",
"Polish noun forms",
"Polish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Rhymes:Polish/ilɛ",
"Rhymes:Polish/ilɛ/2 syllables"
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "noun form",
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "wile m",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"wi‧le"
],
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "wił"
}
],
"glosses": [
"locative/vocative singular of wił"
],
"links": [
[
"wił",
"wił#Polish"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"locative",
"masculine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈvi.lɛ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ilɛ"
}
],
"word": "wile"
}
{
"categories": [
"Polish 2-syllable words",
"Polish entries with incorrect language header",
"Polish non-lemma forms",
"Polish noun forms",
"Polish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Rhymes:Polish/ilɛ",
"Rhymes:Polish/ilɛ/2 syllables"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "noun form",
"g": "f"
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"expansion": "wile f",
"name": "head"
}
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"hyphenation": [
"wi‧le"
],
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "wiła"
}
],
"glosses": [
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],
"links": [
[
"wiła",
"wiła#Polish"
]
],
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"form-of",
"locative",
"singular"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈvi.lɛ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ilɛ"
}
],
"word": "wile"
}
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