"be called" meaning in English

See be called in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: is called [present, singular, third-person], being called [participle, present], was called [past], been called [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|be<is,being,was,been> called}} be called (third-person singular simple present is called, present participle being called, simple past was called, past participle been called)
  1. To have a specific name. Translations (to have a specific name): سُمِّيَ (summiya) [passive] (Arabic), կոչվել (kočʻvel) (Armenian), adlanmaq (Azerbaijani), adlandırılmaq (Azerbaijani), называ́цца (nazyvácca) [imperfective] (Belarusian), ка́звам се (kázvam se) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), нари́чам се (naríčam se) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), ခေါ် (hkau) (Burmese), dir-se (Catalan), җё (ži͡o) [Dungan] (Chinese), (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), (giu³) (Chinese Cantonese), (jiào) (Chinese Mandarin), 稱為 (Chinese Mandarin), 称为 (chēngwéi) (Chinese Mandarin), jmenovat se [imperfective] (Czech), hedde (Danish), heten (Dutch), (giú) (Eastern Min Chinese), nomiĝi (Esperanto), kutsutaan [general] (Finnish), olla nimeltään (note: of people, animals, books) [usually] (Finnish), olla nimeltä (Finnish), s’appeler (French), se nommer (French), chamarse (Galician), heißen (German), sich nennen (German), 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (haitan) (Gothic), λέγομαι (légomai) (Greek), ονομάζομαι (onomázomai) (Greek), (kieu) (Hakka Chinese), hívják (english: he/she/it is called, you [formal] are called) (Hungarian), hívnak (english: I am called, you [informal] are called) (Hungarian), heita (Icelandic), nomesar (Ido), chiamarsi (Italian), ...と言う (... to iu) (alt: ...という) (Japanese), ...という (... to iu) (alt: ...という) (Japanese), ...と申す (... to mōsu) (alt: ...ともうす) [humble] (Japanese), ឈ្មោះ (chmŭəh) (Khmer), ...(이)라고 불리다 (alt: ...(i)rago bullida) (Korean), ຊື່ (sư̄) (Lao), nominor (Latin), ciamâse (Ligurian), се вика (se vika) [imperfective] (Macedonian), hoasn (Mòcheno), hete (Norwegian Bokmål), heita (Norwegian Nynorsk), se sonar (Occitan), hātan (Old English), heita (Old Norse), گفته شدن (gofte šodan) (Persian), nazywać się [imperfective] (Polish), chamar-se (Portuguese), se numi (Romanian), se chema (Romanian), называ́ться (nazyvátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), именова́ться (imenovátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), ciamassi (Sassarese), зва̏ти се [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), zvȁti se [Latin, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), volať sa [imperfective] (Slovak), menovať sa [imperfective] (Slovak), imenovati se [imperfective] (Slovene), llamarse (Spanish), decirse (Spanish), heta (Swedish), ชื่อ (chʉ̂ʉ) (Thai), เรียกว่า (rîiak-wâa) (Thai), çağrılabilir (Turkish), назива́тися (nazyvátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), atalmoq (Uzbek), aytilmoq (Uzbek), ciamarse (Venetian), được gọi là (Vietnamese), panemön (Volapük), lomer (Walloon), (Wu Chinese)
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        "To have a specific name."
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        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "raw_tags": [
            "of سمى"
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          "roman": "summiya",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "سُمِّيَ"
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        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "kočʻvel",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "կոչվել"
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        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "adlanmaq"
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "adlandırılmaq"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "nazyvácca",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "называ́цца"
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        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "kázvam se",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "ка́звам се"
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        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "naríčam se",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "нари́чам се"
        },
        {
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "hkau",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "ခေါ်"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "dir-se"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "giu³",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "叫"
        },
        {
          "code": "dng",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "ži͡o",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "tags": [
            "Dungan"
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          "word": "җё"
        },
        {
          "code": "cdo",
          "lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
          "roman": "giú",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "叫"
        },
        {
          "code": "hak",
          "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
          "roman": "kieu",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "叫"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "zh-min-nan",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
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          "word": "叫"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiào",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "叫"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "稱為"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chēngwéi",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "称为"
        },
        {
          "code": "wuu",
          "lang": "Wu Chinese",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "叫"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "jmenovat se"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "hedde"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "nomiĝi"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "tags": [
            "general"
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          "word": "kutsutaan"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "note": "of people, animals, books",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "tags": [
            "usually"
          ],
          "word": "olla nimeltään"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "olla nimeltä"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "s’appeler"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "se nommer"
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        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "chamarse"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "heißen"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "sich nennen"
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          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "haitan",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽"
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        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "légomai",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "λέγομαι"
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        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "onomázomai",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "ονομάζομαι"
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          "code": "hu",
          "english": "he/she/it is called, you [formal] are called",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "hívják"
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          "code": "hu",
          "english": "I am called, you [informal] are called",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "hívnak"
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        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "heita"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "nomesar"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "chiamarsi"
        },
        {
          "alt": "...という",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "... to iu",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "...と言う"
        },
        {
          "alt": "...という",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "... to iu",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "...という"
        },
        {
          "alt": "...ともうす",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "... to mōsu",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "tags": [
            "humble"
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          "word": "...と申す"
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        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "chmŭəh",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "ឈ្មោះ"
        },
        {
          "alt": "...(i)rago bullida",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "...(이)라고 불리다"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "sư̄",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "ຊື່"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "nominor"
        },
        {
          "code": "lij",
          "lang": "Ligurian",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "ciamâse"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "se vika",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "се вика"
        },
        {
          "code": "mhn",
          "lang": "Mòcheno",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "hoasn"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "hete"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "heita"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "se sonar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "hātan"
        },
        {
          "code": "non",
          "lang": "Old Norse",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "heita"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "gofte šodan",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "گفته شدن"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "nazywać się"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "chamar-se"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "se numi"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "se chema"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nazyvátʹsja",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "называ́ться"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "imenovátʹsja",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "именова́ться"
        },
        {
          "code": "sdc",
          "lang": "Sassarese",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "ciamassi"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "зва̏ти се"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "zvȁti se"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "volať sa"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "menovať sa"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "imenovati se"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "llamarse"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "decirse"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "heta"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "chʉ̂ʉ",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "ชื่อ"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "rîiak-wâa",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "เรียกว่า"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "çağrılabilir"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nazyvátysja",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "назива́тися"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "atalmoq"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "aytilmoq"
        },
        {
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "ciamarse"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "được gọi là"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "panemön"
        },
        {
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "to have a specific name",
          "word": "lomer"
        }
      ]
    }
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}
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      "form": "is called",
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        "present",
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      "form": "being called",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "was called",
      "tags": [
        "past"
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        "past"
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        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Burmese translations",
        "Terms with Cantonese translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dungan translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Eastern Min translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Gothic translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hakka translations",
        "Terms with Hokkien translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Ido translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Khmer translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Lao translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Ligurian translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
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        "Terms with Occitan translations",
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        "Terms with Old Norse translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Sardinian translations",
        "Terms with Sassarese translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Thai translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Uzbek translations",
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        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
        "Terms with Volapük translations",
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "raw_tags": [
        "of سمى"
      ],
      "roman": "summiya",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ],
      "word": "سُمِّيَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kočʻvel",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "կոչվել"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "adlanmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "adlandırılmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "nazyvácca",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "называ́цца"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kázvam se",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ка́звам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "naríčam se",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "нари́чам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "hkau",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "ခေါ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "dir-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "giu³",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "叫"
    },
    {
      "code": "dng",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "ži͡o",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan"
      ],
      "word": "җё"
    },
    {
      "code": "cdo",
      "lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
      "roman": "giú",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "叫"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "roman": "kieu",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "叫"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "叫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiào",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "叫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "稱為"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chēngwéi",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "称为"
    },
    {
      "code": "wuu",
      "lang": "Wu Chinese",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "叫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "jmenovat se"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "hedde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "heten"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "nomiĝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "kutsutaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "of people, animals, books",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "olla nimeltään"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "olla nimeltä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "s’appeler"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "se nommer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "chamarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "heißen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "sich nennen"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "haitan",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "légomai",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "λέγομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "onomázomai",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "ονομάζομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "he/she/it is called, you [formal] are called",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "hívják"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "I am called, you [informal] are called",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "hívnak"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "heita"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "nomesar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "chiamarsi"
    },
    {
      "alt": "...という",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "... to iu",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "...と言う"
    },
    {
      "alt": "...という",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "... to iu",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "...という"
    },
    {
      "alt": "...ともうす",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "... to mōsu",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "tags": [
        "humble"
      ],
      "word": "...と申す"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "chmŭəh",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "ឈ្មោះ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "...(i)rago bullida",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "...(이)라고 불리다"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sư̄",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "ຊື່"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "nominor"
    },
    {
      "code": "lij",
      "lang": "Ligurian",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "ciamâse"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "se vika",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "се вика"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhn",
      "lang": "Mòcheno",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "hoasn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "hete"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "heita"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "se sonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "hātan"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "heita"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "gofte šodan",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "گفته شدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "nazywać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "chamar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "se numi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "se chema"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nazyvátʹsja",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "называ́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "imenovátʹsja",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "именова́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sdc",
      "lang": "Sassarese",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "ciamassi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "зва̏ти се"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zvȁti se"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "volať sa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "menovať sa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "imenovati se"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "llamarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "decirse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "heta"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "chʉ̂ʉ",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "ชื่อ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rîiak-wâa",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "เรียกว่า"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "çağrılabilir"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nazyvátysja",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "назива́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "atalmoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "aytilmoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "ciamarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "được gọi là"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "panemön"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to have a specific name",
      "word": "lomer"
    }
  ],
  "word": "be called"
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": kiò vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "be called"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "be called",
  "trace": ""
}

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