"bagpipes" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbæɡ.pɑɪps/ Audio: en-us-bagpipes.ogg [US] Forms: bagpipe [singular]
Etymology: From earlier bagpipe, from Middle English bagpipe; equivalent to bag + pipes. Etymology templates: {{m|en|bagpipe}} bagpipe, {{inh|en|enm|bagpipe}} Middle English bagpipe, {{compound|en|bag|pipes}} bag + pipes Head templates: {{en-noun|p|sg=bagpipe}} bagpipes pl (normally plural, singular bagpipe)
  1. A musical wind instrument possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds. Wikipedia link: en:bagpipes Tags: plural, plural-normally Categories (topical): Musical instruments, Woodwind instruments Categories (place): Ireland, Scotland Synonyms: bagpipe Synonyms (musical wind instrument): bagpipe, pipes, the pipes [Scottish, usually] Meronyms (musical wind instrument): mouthpiece, neck, chanter, chanter reed, chanter reed protector, bass drone, tenor drone Derived forms: bagpipe lung, bagpiper Related terms: bota bag, musette Translations (musical wind instrument): مِزْمَار اَلْقِرْبَة (mizmār al-qirba) [masculine] (Arabic), قِرْبَة (qirba) [feminine] (Arabic), պարկապզուկ (parkapzuk) (Armenian), gaita [feminine] (Asturian), валы́нка (valýnka) [feminine] (Belarusian), biniou (Breton), га́йда (gájda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), cornamusa [feminine] (Catalan), gaita [feminine] (Catalan), 風笛 (Chinese Mandarin), 风笛 (fēngdí) (Chinese Mandarin), pibow sagh (Cornish), dudy [plural] (Czech), sækkepibe (Danish), doedelzak [masculine] (Dutch), sakŝalmo (Esperanto), torupill (Estonian), sikupill [archaic] (Estonian), sekkjapípa [feminine] (Faroese), säkkipilli (Finnish), cornemuse [feminine] (French), gaita [feminine] (Galician), გუდასტვირი (gudasṭviri) (Georgian), Dudelsack [masculine] (German), Sackpfeife [feminine] (German), γκάιντα (gkáinta) [feminine] (Greek), חֵמֶת חֲלִילִים (ḥémet ḥalilím) [plural] (Hebrew), बैगपाइप (baigpāip) (Hindi), duda (Hungarian), sekkjapípa [feminine] (Icelandic), kornamuzo (Ido), píb [feminine] (Irish), píb mhála [feminine] (Irish), cornamusa [feminine] (Italian), zampogna [feminine] (Italian), pive [feminine] (Italian), バグパイプ (bagupaipu) (Japanese), желбуаз (jelbuaz) (Kazakh), 백파이프 (baekpaipeu) (Korean), dūdas (Latvian), somas stabules [feminine, plural] (Latvian), dūdmaišis [feminine] (Lithuanian), Duddelsak (Luxembourgish), гајда (gajda) [feminine] (Macedonian), begpaip (Malay), gaita de fuolhes (Mirandese), ehuatlapitzalli (Nahuatl), pouque à vent [feminine] (Norman), sekkepipe [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian), غایده (gâyda) (Ottoman Turkish), طولوم (tulum) (Ottoman Turkish), نیانبان (Persian), dudy [plural] (Polish), gaita de foles [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), gaita-de-foles [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), cimpoi [neuter] (Romanian), cimpoaie [feminine] (Romanian), gaidă [feminine] (Romanian), волы́нка (volýnka) [feminine] (Russian), pìob [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), pìob-mhòr [Scottish, feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), дуде [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), гајде [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dude [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), gajde [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), gajdy [feminine, plural] (Slovak), dude [feminine, plural] (Slovene), gaita [feminine] (Spanish), bagpipes (Swahili), gaida (Swahili), säckpipa [common-gender] (Swedish), gayta (Tagalog), gayda (Turkish), воли́нка (volýnka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), kèn túi (Vietnamese), pibgod [feminine] (Welsh)

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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
          "word": "sækkepibe"
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
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          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
          "word": "torupill"
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          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
          "word": "säkkipilli"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "cornemuse"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "gaita"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gudasṭviri",
          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
          "word": "გუდასტვირი"
        },
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Dudelsack"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Sackpfeife"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "gkáinta",
          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ḥémet ḥalilím",
          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "baigpāip",
          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
          "word": "बैगपाइप"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
          "word": "duda"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "sekkjapípa"
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
          "word": "kornamuzo"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "píb mhála"
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          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
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          "word": "cornamusa"
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          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
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          "roman": "bagupaipu",
          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
          "word": "バグパイプ"
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          "lang": "Kazakh",
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          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
          "word": "백파이프"
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          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
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          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
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          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
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          "word": "pouque à vent"
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          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
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          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
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          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
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          "word": "gaita de foles"
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          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
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          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
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          "code": "sw",
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          "code": "sw",
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          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
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          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
          "word": "kèn túi"
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          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "musical wind instrument",
          "tags": [
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        "Kazakh terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
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      "code": "hy",
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      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "word": "պարկապզուկ"
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      "code": "ast",
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      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "word": "biniou"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gájda",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "га́йда"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "cornamusa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gaita"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "word": "風笛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fēngdí",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "word": "风笛"
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      "code": "kw",
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      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "word": "pibow sagh"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "dudy"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "word": "sækkepibe"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "doedelzak"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "word": "sakŝalmo"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "word": "torupill"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sikupill"
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sekkjapípa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "word": "säkkipilli"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cornemuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gaita"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gudasṭviri",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "word": "გუდასტვირი"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dudelsack"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sackpfeife"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "γκάιντα"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
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      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "word": "חֵמֶת חֲלִילִים"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "baigpāip",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "word": "बैगपाइप"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "word": "duda"
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    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sekkjapípa"
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "word": "kornamuzo"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "píb"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "píb mhála"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cornamusa"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zampogna"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pive"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bagupaipu",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "word": "バグパイプ"
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    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jelbuaz",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "word": "желбуаз"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "baekpaipeu",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "word": "백파이프"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "word": "dūdas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "somas stabules"
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    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dūdmaišis"
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    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "word": "Duddelsak"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "gajda",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гајда"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "word": "begpaip"
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    {
      "code": "mwl",
      "lang": "Mirandese",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "word": "gaita de fuolhes"
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    {
      "code": "nah",
      "lang": "Nahuatl",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "word": "ehuatlapitzalli"
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    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pouque à vent"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "sekkepipe"
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
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      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "word": "غایده"
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
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      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "word": "طولوم"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "word": "نیانبان"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dudy"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "gaita de foles"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "gaita-de-foles"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cimpoi"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "gaidă"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "volýnka",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "волы́нка"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pìob"
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      "code": "gd",
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "дуде"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "гајде"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "dude"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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      "word": "gajde"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "gajdy"
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    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "word": "dude"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gaita"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "word": "bagpipes"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "word": "gaida"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "säckpipa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "word": "gayta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "word": "gayda"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "volýnka",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "воли́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "word": "kèn túi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "musical wind instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pibgod"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bagpipes"
}

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