French passive in English

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{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "French active"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "French passive (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1989, “[Personal ad]”, in The Advocate:",
          "text": "R U FRENCH PASSIVE? Do you love lying back getting great head?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Preferring to receive rather than give fellatio."
      ],
      "id": "en-French_passive-en-adj-cCz1~Gub",
      "links": [
        [
          "gay",
          "gay"
        ],
        [
          "slang",
          "slang"
        ],
        [
          "fellatio",
          "fellatio"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, gay slang) Preferring to receive rather than give fellatio."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Greek passive"
        },
        {
          "word": "Greek active"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable",
        "obsolete",
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "LGBT"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "French passive"
}

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{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "French active"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "French passive (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Greek passive"
    },
    {
      "word": "Greek active"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English gay slang",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncomparable adjectives",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1989, “[Personal ad]”, in The Advocate:",
          "text": "R U FRENCH PASSIVE? Do you love lying back getting great head?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Preferring to receive rather than give fellatio."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gay",
          "gay"
        ],
        [
          "slang",
          "slang"
        ],
        [
          "fellatio",
          "fellatio"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, gay slang) Preferring to receive rather than give fellatio."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable",
        "obsolete",
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "LGBT"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "French passive"
}

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"French passive" meaning in English

Adjective