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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "bakbrommer"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Aukan",
"lang_code": "djk",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "bolomu"
},
{
"lang": "Papiamentu",
"lang_code": "pap",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "bròmer"
},
{
"lang": "Sranan Tongo",
"lang_code": "srn",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "brom"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "brommen",
"3": "-er",
"t1": "to hum, buzz, drone"
},
"expansion": "brommen (“to hum, buzz, drone”) + -er",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From brommen (“to hum, buzz, drone”) + -er. The sense “moped” probably after bromfiets, though both terms were first attested in the same year (1950).\nThe sense “coach taxi” may instead be derived from a taxi company Brom in Utrecht, the identity of which is obscure, however.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "brommers",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "brommertje",
"tags": [
"diminutive",
"neuter"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "-s",
"3": "+"
},
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"name": "nl-noun"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"brom",
"mer"
]
}
],
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "50 25 6 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "34 31 10 25",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "36 32 5 27",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "31 26 21 22",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "nl",
"name": "Cattle",
"orig": "nl:Cattle",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "42 20 15 24",
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"langcode": "nl",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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"moped (low-powered motorcycle)"
],
"id": "en-brommer-nl-noun-nOm4waXS",
"links": [
[
"moped",
"moped"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "bromfiets"
},
{
"word": "ploffer"
},
{
"word": "motorrijwiel"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "34 31 10 25",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "36 32 5 27",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "31 26 21 22",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "nl",
"name": "Cattle",
"orig": "nl:Cattle",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"one who hums, buzzes, drones"
],
"id": "en-brommer-nl-noun-YCwl5aBx",
"links": [
[
"hum",
"hum"
],
[
"buzz",
"buzz"
],
[
"drone",
"drone"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "31 26 21 22",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "nl",
"name": "Cattle",
"orig": "nl:Cattle",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"infertile cow"
],
"id": "en-brommer-nl-noun-SFCfBFLw",
"links": [
[
"infertile",
"infertile"
],
[
"cow",
"cow"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dialectal) infertile cow"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "brul"
}
],
"tags": [
"dialectal",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"attestations": [
{
"date": "19th c.",
"references": []
}
],
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Netherlands Dutch",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "34 31 10 25",
"kind": "other",
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},
{
"_dis": "36 32 5 27",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "31 26 21 22",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "nl",
"name": "Cattle",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"coach taxi drawn by one horse"
],
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"links": [
[
"coach",
"coach"
],
[
"horse",
"horse"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, Netherlands) coach taxi drawn by one horse"
],
"tags": [
"Netherlands",
"masculine",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbrɔmər/"
},
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"audio": "Nl-brommer.ogg",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Nl-brommer.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔmər"
}
],
"word": "brommer"
}
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"Dutch compound terms",
"Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"Dutch lemmas",
"Dutch masculine nouns",
"Dutch nouns",
"Dutch nouns with plural in -s",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Dutch/ɔmər",
"Rhymes:Dutch/ɔmər/2 syllables",
"nl:Cattle",
"nl:Vehicles"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "bakbrommer"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Aukan",
"lang_code": "djk",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "bolomu"
},
{
"lang": "Papiamentu",
"lang_code": "pap",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "bròmer"
},
{
"lang": "Sranan Tongo",
"lang_code": "srn",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
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}
],
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{
"args": {
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"3": "-er",
"t1": "to hum, buzz, drone"
},
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"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From brommen (“to hum, buzz, drone”) + -er. The sense “moped” probably after bromfiets, though both terms were first attested in the same year (1950).\nThe sense “coach taxi” may instead be derived from a taxi company Brom in Utrecht, the identity of which is obscure, however.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "brommers",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "brommertje",
"tags": [
"diminutive",
"neuter"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "-s",
"3": "+"
},
"expansion": "brommer m (plural brommers, diminutive brommertje n)",
"name": "nl-noun"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"brom",
"mer"
]
}
],
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"moped (low-powered motorcycle)"
],
"links": [
[
"moped",
"moped"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "bromfiets"
},
{
"word": "ploffer"
},
{
"word": "motorrijwiel"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"one who hums, buzzes, drones"
],
"links": [
[
"hum",
"hum"
],
[
"buzz",
"buzz"
],
[
"drone",
"drone"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Dutch dialectal terms"
],
"glosses": [
"infertile cow"
],
"links": [
[
"infertile",
"infertile"
],
[
"cow",
"cow"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dialectal) infertile cow"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "brul"
}
],
"tags": [
"dialectal",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"attestations": [
{
"date": "19th c.",
"references": []
}
],
"categories": [
"Dutch terms with obsolete senses",
"Netherlands Dutch"
],
"glosses": [
"coach taxi drawn by one horse"
],
"links": [
[
"coach",
"coach"
],
[
"horse",
"horse"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, Netherlands) coach taxi drawn by one horse"
],
"tags": [
"Netherlands",
"masculine",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbrɔmər/"
},
{
"audio": "Nl-brommer.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/06/Nl-brommer.ogg/Nl-brommer.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Nl-brommer.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔmər"
}
],
"word": "brommer"
}
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