See banshee in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"2": "banŝio",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
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"text": "→ French: banshee, banshie"
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"bor": "1"
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"2": "バンシー",
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"2": "반시",
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"bor": "1"
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"3": "банши́",
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"5": "баньши́",
"bor": "1"
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}
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"ref": "1810, The Lady of the Lake, Walter Scott, 3.VII:",
"text": "Late had he heard, in prophet's dream, / The fatal Ben-Shie's boding scream […].",
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"ref": "1936, John Thomas McIntyre, Steps Going Down, page 15:",
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"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "بَانْشِي",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Arabic: بَانْشِي (bānšī)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Arabic: بَانْشِي (bānšī)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "banshee",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Catalan: banshee",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Catalan: banshee"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "banshee",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Dutch: banshee",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Dutch: banshee"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "eo",
"2": "banŝio",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Esperanto: banŝio",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Esperanto: banŝio"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "banshee",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: banshee",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Finnish: banshee"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "banshee",
"3": "banshie",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: banshee, banshie",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ French: banshee, banshie"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Banshee",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Banshee",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Banshee"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "バンシー",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "banshī"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese: バンシー (banshī)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: バンシー (banshī)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "반시",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 반시 (bansi)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 반시 (bansi)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kmr",
"2": "banşî",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Northern Kurdish: banşî",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Northern Kurdish: banşî"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "banshee",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: banshee",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: banshee"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "ба́нши",
"3": "банши́",
"4": "ба́ньши",
"5": "баньши́",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: ба́нши (bánši), банши́ (banší), ба́ньши (bánʹši), баньши́ (banʹší)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: ба́нши (bánši), банши́ (banší), ба́ньши (bánʹši), баньши́ (banʹší)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "banshee",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: banshee",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: banshee"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ga",
"3": "bean sí"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Irish bean sí",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sga",
"3": "ben síde",
"lit": "woman of the fairy mound"
},
"expansion": "Old Irish ben síde (literally “woman of the fairy mound”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Irish bean sí, from Old Irish ben síde (literally “woman of the fairy mound”). The term banshee entered English in 1771.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "banshees",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "banshee (plural banshees)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "sidhe"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Irish English",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"Scottish English",
"en:Folklore"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1810, The Lady of the Lake, Walter Scott, 3.VII:",
"text": "Late had he heard, in prophet's dream, / The fatal Ben-Shie's boding scream […].",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death."
],
"links": [
[
"folklore",
"folklore"
],
[
"spirit",
"spirit"
],
[
"mournful",
"mournful"
],
[
"wailing",
"wailing"
],
[
"impend",
"impend"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Scotland, Ireland, folklore) A female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death."
],
"tags": [
"Ireland",
"Scotland"
],
"topics": [
"arts",
"folklore",
"history",
"human-sciences",
"literature",
"media",
"publishing",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English derogatory terms",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1936, John Thomas McIntyre, Steps Going Down, page 15:",
"text": "Where's this old banshee that runs the place?",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A noisy or ill-tempered woman."
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"noisy",
"noisy"
],
[
"ill-tempered",
"ill-tempered"
],
[
"woman",
"woman"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(derogatory) A noisy or ill-tempered woman."
],
"tags": [
"derogatory"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bænˈʃiː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbænʃiː/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-banshee.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/67/En-us-banshee.ogg/En-us-banshee.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/En-us-banshee.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iː"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "banshie"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "benshee"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "bānšī",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "بَانْشِي"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "banši",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"word": "բանշի"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "banshee"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"english": "no exact term exists",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"word": "報喪女妖"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bàosāng nǚyāo",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"word": "报丧女妖"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"word": "喪門神"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"english": "messenger of death",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sàngménshén",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"word": "丧门神"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"word": "喪門星"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"english": "messenger of death",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sàngménxīng",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"word": "丧门星"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"word": "bansheen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "banshee"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"word": "banŝio"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"word": "banshee"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "banshee"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "banshie"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Banshee"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"word": "sikítószellem"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bean sí"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "banshī",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"word": "バンシー"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bansi",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"word": "반시"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "banşî"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ben shee"
},
{
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ben síde"
},
{
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "baintsíde"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "szyszymora"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "banshee"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bánši",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ба́нши"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "banší",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "банши́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bánʹši",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ба́ньши"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "banʹší",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "баньши́"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"word": "banshee"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bean-shìdh"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "banshee"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"slang"
],
"word": "La Llorona"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "banši",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "банші"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "in Irish folklore, a female spirit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cyhyraeth"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"banshee"
],
"word": "banshee"
}
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