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{
"code": "pl",
"english": "as",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "A"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "A (ás)"
},
{
"alt": "туз",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "T",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "Т"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "E (ess)"
}
],
"word": "A"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English symbols",
"en:Academic grades"
],
"derived": [
{
"sense": "atom",
"topics": [
"weaponry",
"military",
"tools",
"engineering",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences",
"war",
"government",
"politics"
],
"word": "A-bomb"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "highest rank",
"2": "grade",
"3": "music"
},
"expansion": "(highest rank, grade, music):",
"name": "sense"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "A"
},
"expansion": "A",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "blood type"
},
"expansion": "(blood type):",
"name": "sense"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "w:ABO blood group system",
"3": "A antigen"
},
"expansion": "A antigen",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "* (highest rank, grade, music): From the initial position of the letter A in the English alphabet.\n* (blood type): From A antigen",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "adjectives"
},
"expansion": "A",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"en:Weapons"
],
"glosses": [
"Atom; atomic."
],
"links": [
[
"weaponry",
"weaponry"
],
[
"Atom",
"atom"
],
[
"atomic",
"atomic"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(weaponry) Atom; atomic."
],
"topics": [
"engineering",
"government",
"military",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"politics",
"tools",
"war",
"weaponry"
]
}
],
"word": "A"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). 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.
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