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"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gel-",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mregʰ-",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*mregʰ-",
"4": "*-mn̥",
"5": "*gel-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "brain",
"3": "child",
"notext": "1",
"type": "exocentric"
},
"expansion": "brain + child",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From brain + child.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "brainchilds",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "brainchilding",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "brainchilded",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "brainchilded",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "brainchild (third-person singular simple present brainchilds, present participle brainchilding, simple past and past participle brainchilded)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"brain‧child"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with rare senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2015, Mary Lindemann, The Merchant Republics",
"text": "John Law brainchilded the establishment of a national bank to expedite and secure the creation of credit.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To think up (an idea or innovation); to come up with."
],
"links": [
[
"think up",
"think up"
],
[
"idea",
"idea"
],
[
"innovation",
"innovation"
],
[
"come up with",
"come up with"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, rare) To think up (an idea or innovation); to come up with."
],
"tags": [
"rare",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbɹeɪnt͡ʃaɪld/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbɹeɪnˌt͡ʃaɪld/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-us-brainchild.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c3/En-us-brainchild.ogg/En-us-brainchild.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/En-us-brainchild.ogg",
"tags": [
"General-American"
],
"text": "Audio (GA)"
}
],
"word": "brainchild"
}
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