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[ "feminine" ], "word": "Frau" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "Dis", "sense": "title", "word": "Δις" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "Dda", "sense": "title", "word": "Δδα" }, { "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "neak neang", "sense": "title", "word": "អ្នកនាង" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "title", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "panna" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "title", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "panienka" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "gospožá", "sense": "title", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "госпожа́" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "g-ža", "sense": "title", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "г-жа" }, { "code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "title", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "kněni" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "title", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "fru" } ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈmɪz/", "tags": [ "US" ] }, { "ipa": "/ˈmɪs/", 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Suggestions that the term be revived began in 1901, and referenced the fact that dialects such as Southern US English already made no distinction between Miss and Mrs (/ˈmɪz/) in speech. With the founding of Ms. magazine in 1971, the term quickly became widespread as an alternative to Miss and Mrs., which require knowing (and publicizing) the referent's marital status.", "forms": [ { "form": "Mss", "tags": [ "plural" ] }, { "form": "Mses", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "Mss", "2": "+" }, "expansion": "Ms (plural Mss or Mses)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "examples": [ { "text": "Ms Jane Doe, Ms. Roe" } ], "glosses": [ "Title used before an adult woman's name or surname, especially when it is not desired or possible to indicate her marital status with Miss or Mrs." ], "links": [ [ "Miss", "Miss#English" ], [ "Mrs", "Mrs#English" ] ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈmɪz/", "tags": [ "US" ] }, { "ipa": "/ˈmɪs/", "tags": [ "US" ] }, { "homophone": "miz" }, { "homophone": "mizz" }, { "homophone": "Miz" }, { "rhymes": "-ɪz" }, { "ipa": "/ˈmɪz/", "tags": [ "UK" ] }, { "ipa": "/məz/", "tags": [ "UK" ] }, { "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Ms.wav", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/53/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-Ms.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-Ms.wav.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/53/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-Ms.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-Ms.wav.ogg", "tags": [ "US" ], "text": "Audio (US)" }, { "enpr": "mĭzʹ" } ], "synonyms": [ { "tags": [ "Canada", "US" ], "word": "Ms." }, { "tags": [ "rare" ], "word": "M/s" } ], "translations": [ { "code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "title", "word": "ms" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "title", "word": "s-ino" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "title", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Frau" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "Dis", "sense": "title", "word": "Δις" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "Dda", "sense": "title", "word": "Δδα" }, { "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "neak neang", "sense": "title", "word": "អ្នកនាង" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "title", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "panna" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "title", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "panienka" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "gospožá", "sense": "title", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "госпожа́" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "g-ža", "sense": "title", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "г-жа" }, { "code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "title", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "kněni" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "title", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "fru" } ], "wikipedia": [ "Ms" ], "word": "Ms" } { "categories": [ "English 1-syllable words", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English non-lemma forms", "English noun forms", "English nouns", "English terms suffixed with -s", "English terms with IPA pronunciation", "English uncountable nouns", "English words without vowels", "en:Chemical notation" ], "etymology_number": 2, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "M", "3": "s" }, "expansion": "M + -s", "name": "suffix" } ], "etymology_text": "M + -s", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "noun form" }, "expansion": "Ms", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "form_of": [ { "word": "M" } ], "glosses": [ "plural of M" ], "links": [ [ "M", "M#English" ] ], "tags": [ "form-of", "plural" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ɛmz/" } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "M's" } ], "wikipedia": [ "Ms" ], "word": "Ms" } { "categories": [ "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English uncountable nouns", "English words without vowels", "en:Chemical notation" ], "etymology_number": 3, "etymology_text": "From a shortening of its name.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "-" }, "expansion": "Ms (uncountable)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "alt_of": [ { "word": "mesyl" } ], "categories": [ "English abbreviations", "en:Organic chemistry" ], "glosses": [ "Abbreviation of mesyl." ], "links": [ [ "organic chemistry", "organic chemistry" ], [ "mesyl", "mesyl#English" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(organic chemistry) Abbreviation of mesyl." ], "tags": [ "abbreviation", "alt-of", "uncountable" ], "topics": [ "chemistry", "natural-sciences", "organic-chemistry", "physical-sciences" ] } ], "wikipedia": [ "Ms" ], "word": "Ms" }
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