See alqueire in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "pt",
"3": "alqueire"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese alqueire",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ar",
"3": "كَيْل",
"4": "الكَيْل",
"5": "a measure"
},
"expansion": "Arabic الكَيْل (al-kayl, “a measure”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Portuguese alqueire, from Arabic الكَيْل (al-kayl, “a measure”), from ك ي ل (k y l).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "alqueires",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "alqueire (plural alqueires)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "74 26",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "34 19 20 20 3 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "39 10 23 24 2 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "67 33",
"kind": "place",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Brazil",
"orig": "en:Brazil",
"parents": [
"Countries",
"Countries in South America",
"Polities",
"Places",
"South America",
"Names",
"America",
"All topics",
"Proper nouns",
"Terms by semantic function",
"Earth",
"Fundamental",
"Nouns",
"Nature",
"Lemmas"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "63 37",
"kind": "place",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Portugal",
"orig": "en:Portugal",
"parents": [
"Countries",
"Countries in Europe",
"Polities",
"Places",
"Europe",
"Names",
"Earth",
"Eurasia",
"All topics",
"Proper nouns",
"Terms by semantic function",
"Nature",
"Fundamental",
"Nouns",
"Lemmas"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "73 27",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Units of measure",
"orig": "en:Units of measure",
"parents": [
"Metrology",
"Quantity",
"Applied sciences",
"Mathematics",
"Sciences",
"Formal sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"coordinate_terms": [
{
"_dis1": "68 32",
"sense": "unit of dry volume",
"word": "celamim (1⁄32 alqueire)"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 32",
"sense": "unit of dry volume",
"word": "maquia (1⁄16 alqueire)"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 32",
"sense": "unit of dry volume",
"word": "oitava (1⁄8 alqueire)"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 32",
"sense": "unit of dry volume",
"word": "quarta (1⁄4 alqueire)"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 32",
"sense": "unit of dry volume",
"word": "fanga (4 alqueires)"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 32",
"sense": "unit of dry volume",
"word": "moio (60 alqueires)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equal to 13.1–19.3 liters in different 19th-century contexts."
],
"id": "en-alqueire-en-noun-GYYz9TgN",
"links": [
[
"traditional",
"traditional"
],
[
"Portuguese",
"Portuguese"
],
[
"unit",
"unit of measure"
],
[
"dry measure",
"dry measure"
],
[
"equal",
"equal"
],
[
"liter",
"liter"
],
[
"different",
"different"
],
[
"context",
"context"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equal to 13.1–19.3 liters in different 19th-century contexts."
],
"tags": [
"historical"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"A traditional Portuguese unit of land area, equal to 2–10 hectares in different locations."
],
"id": "en-alqueire-en-noun-txda3XKr",
"links": [
[
"traditional",
"traditional"
],
[
"Portuguese",
"Portuguese"
],
[
"unit",
"unit of measure"
],
[
"land",
"land"
],
[
"area",
"area"
],
[
"equal",
"equal"
],
[
"hectare",
"hectare"
],
[
"different",
"different"
],
[
"location",
"location"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of land area, equal to 2–10 hectares in different locations."
],
"tags": [
"historical"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Portuguese bushel"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "Portuguese contexts",
"word": "bushel"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"alqueire"
],
"word": "alqueire"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Portuguese",
"English terms derived from Arabic",
"English terms derived from Portuguese",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Brazil",
"en:Portugal",
"en:Units of measure",
"pt:Units of measure"
],
"coordinate_terms": [
{
"sense": "unit of dry volume",
"word": "celamim (1⁄32 alqueire)"
},
{
"sense": "unit of dry volume",
"word": "maquia (1⁄16 alqueire)"
},
{
"sense": "unit of dry volume",
"word": "oitava (1⁄8 alqueire)"
},
{
"sense": "unit of dry volume",
"word": "quarta (1⁄4 alqueire)"
},
{
"sense": "unit of dry volume",
"word": "fanga (4 alqueires)"
},
{
"sense": "unit of dry volume",
"word": "moio (60 alqueires)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "pt",
"3": "alqueire"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese alqueire",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ar",
"3": "كَيْل",
"4": "الكَيْل",
"5": "a measure"
},
"expansion": "Arabic الكَيْل (al-kayl, “a measure”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Portuguese alqueire, from Arabic الكَيْل (al-kayl, “a measure”), from ك ي ل (k y l).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "alqueires",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "alqueire (plural alqueires)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with historical senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equal to 13.1–19.3 liters in different 19th-century contexts."
],
"links": [
[
"traditional",
"traditional"
],
[
"Portuguese",
"Portuguese"
],
[
"unit",
"unit of measure"
],
[
"dry measure",
"dry measure"
],
[
"equal",
"equal"
],
[
"liter",
"liter"
],
[
"different",
"different"
],
[
"context",
"context"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equal to 13.1–19.3 liters in different 19th-century contexts."
],
"tags": [
"historical"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with historical senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A traditional Portuguese unit of land area, equal to 2–10 hectares in different locations."
],
"links": [
[
"traditional",
"traditional"
],
[
"Portuguese",
"Portuguese"
],
[
"unit",
"unit of measure"
],
[
"land",
"land"
],
[
"area",
"area"
],
[
"equal",
"equal"
],
[
"hectare",
"hectare"
],
[
"different",
"different"
],
[
"location",
"location"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of land area, equal to 2–10 hectares in different locations."
],
"tags": [
"historical"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Portuguese bushel"
},
{
"english": "Portuguese contexts",
"word": "bushel"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"alqueire"
],
"word": "alqueire"
}
Download raw JSONL data for alqueire meaning in English (2.6kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-04-03 using wiktextract (74c5344 and fb63907). 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.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.