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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "конзола"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "beam anchored at one end and projecting into space",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coll fals"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "beam anchored at one end and projecting into space",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voladís"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "beam anchored at one end and projecting into space",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mènsula"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "beam anchored at one end and projecting into space",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "konzola"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "beam anchored at one end and projecting into space",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "krakorec"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "beam anchored at one end and projecting into space",
"word": "konsool"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "beam anchored at one end and projecting into space",
"word": "ulokepalkki"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "beam anchored at one end and projecting into space",
"word": "porte-à-faux"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "beam anchored at one end and projecting into space",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Auskragung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "beam anchored at one end and projecting into space",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kragträger"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "beam anchored at one end and projecting into space",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ausleger"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "beam anchored at one end and projecting into space",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kragarm"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "beam anchored at one end and projecting into space",
"word": "konzol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "beam anchored at one end and projecting into space",
"word": "konzolos/kiugró tartó/támasz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "beam anchored at one end and projecting into space",
"word": "konzoltartó"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "beam anchored at one end and projecting into space",
"word": "egyoldalt befogott tartó"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "beam anchored at one end and projecting into space",
"word": "tartókar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "beam anchored at one end and projecting into space",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mensola"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "kaentillebeo",
"sense": "beam anchored at one end and projecting into space",
"word": "캔틸레버"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "beam anchored at one end and projecting into space",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "utkraging"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "beam anchored at one end and projecting into space",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "utkravning"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "beam anchored at one end and projecting into space",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "utligger"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "beam anchored at one end and projecting into space",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "utstikker"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "beam anchored at one end and projecting into space",
"word": "em balanço"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "konsólʹnaja bálka",
"sense": "beam anchored at one end and projecting into space",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "консо́льная ба́лка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "konsólʹ",
"sense": "beam anchored at one end and projecting into space",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "консо́ль"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krónštejn",
"sense": "beam anchored at one end and projecting into space",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кро́нштейн"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ukósina",
"sense": "beam anchored at one end and projecting into space",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "уко́сина"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "beam anchored at one end and projecting into space",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voladizo"
}
],
"word": "cantilever"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 4-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English verbs"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "cant",
"id": "corner",
"t": "slope, edge, corner"
},
"expansion": "cant (“slope, edge, corner”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "lever"
},
"expansion": "lever",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "cantlapper"
},
"expansion": "cantlapper",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "can",
"3": "",
"4": "dog"
},
"expansion": "Spanish can (“dog”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "First attested in the 1660s, probably from cant (“slope, edge, corner”) + lever, but the earliest form (c. 1610) was cantlapper. First element may also be Spanish can (“dog”), an architect's term for an end of timber jutting out of a wall, on which beams rested.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "cantilevers",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "cantilevering",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "cantilevered",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "cantilevered",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "cantilever (third-person singular simple present cantilevers, present participle cantilevering, simple past and past participle cantilevered)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2007 October 28, Nicolai Ouroussoff, “Where Gods Yearn for Long-Lost Treasures”, in New York Times",
"text": "Just above, the museums top floor seems to shift slightly, its corners cantilevering over the edge of the story below as if it is sliding off the top of the building.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To project (something) in the manner of or by means of a cantilever."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkantɪliːvə/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cantalever"
},
{
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "cantaliver"
}
],
"word": "cantilever"
}
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