"caret" meaning in English

See caret in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkæɹ.ɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkæɹ.ət/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkæɹ.ɪt/ [General-American], /ˈkæɹ.ət/ [General-American], /ˈkɛɹ.ɪt/ [General-American], /ˈkɛɹ.ət/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-caret.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-caret2.wav Forms: carets [plural]
Rhymes: -æɹɪt, -æɹət Etymology: From the Latin caret (“it lacks”), the third-person singular present active indicative form of careō (“I lack”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|caret||it lacks}} Latin caret (“it lacks”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} caret (plural carets)
  1. A mark ⟨ ‸ ⟩ used by writers and proofreaders to indicate that something is to be inserted at that point.
    Sense id: en-caret-en-noun-1JB0q845 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 2 30 8 1 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 4 43 11 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 36 3 44 13 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 36 5 40 13 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 38 4 43 11 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 39 3 45 10 3
  2. An exponentiation symbol or operator ⟨^⟩. Translations (symbol): ĉapelo (Esperanto), sirkumfleksi (Finnish), circonflexe (French), Einschaltungszeichen [neuter] (German), Zirkumflex [masculine] (German), Dach [neuter] (German), hiányjel (Hungarian), beszúrásjel (Hungarian), betoldásjel (Hungarian), beszúrási jel (Hungarian), háztető (Hungarian), kalap (Hungarian), hatványjel (Hungarian), പാടിനി (pāṭini) (Malayalam), hiwi (Maori), tohu hiwi (Maori), acento circunflexo [masculine] (Portuguese), signo de intercalación [masculine] (Spanish), düzeltme imi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-caret-en-noun-fJvS0pJ1 Disambiguation of 'symbol': 0 100 0 0 0
  3. (user interface) An indicator, often a blinking line or bar and usually called a cursor, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.
    Sense id: en-caret-en-noun-QUf50Luq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 2 30 8 1 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 4 43 11 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 33 3 43 17 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 4 39 22 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 36 3 44 13 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 36 5 40 13 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 27 6 46 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 38 4 43 11 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 31 4 39 22 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 32 4 39 21 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 39 3 45 10 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 32 3 40 22 3
  4. (nonstandard) A circumflex ⟨ ˆ ⟩. Tags: nonstandard Categories (topical): Symbols
    Sense id: en-caret-en-noun-U0JUTIjo Disambiguation of Symbols: 13 8 19 45 2 13 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 4 43 11 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 36 3 44 13 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 36 5 40 13 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 38 4 43 11 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 39 3 45 10 3
  5. (nonstandard) A háček ⟨ ˇ ⟩. Tags: nonstandard
    Sense id: en-caret-en-noun-kKgBkrbH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: inverted caret Derived forms: caret notation, caretlike
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /kəˈɹɛt/, /ˈkæɹ.ɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkæɹ.ət/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkæɹ.ɪt/ [General-American], /ˈkæɹ.ət/ [General-American], /ˈkɛɹ.ɪt/ [General-American], /ˈkɛɹ.ət/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-caret3.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-caret.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-caret2.wav Forms: carets [plural]
Rhymes: -æɹɪt, -æɹət Etymology: From French caret. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|caret}} French caret Head templates: {{en-noun}} caret (plural carets)
  1. (archaic) A kind of turtle, the hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata). Tags: archaic Categories (lifeform): Sea turtles
    Sense id: en-caret-en-noun-Or6qpyyJ Disambiguation of Sea turtles: 26 3 27 6 3 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 2 30 8 1 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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        "2": "la",
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          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "eo",
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          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
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          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
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          "lang": "German",
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          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "symbol",
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          "word": "Dach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "symbol",
          "word": "hiányjel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "symbol",
          "word": "beszúrásjel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "symbol",
          "word": "betoldásjel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "symbol",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "symbol",
          "word": "háztető"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "symbol",
          "word": "kalap"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "symbol",
          "word": "hatványjel"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "pāṭini",
          "sense": "symbol",
          "word": "പാടിനി"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "symbol",
          "word": "hiwi"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "symbol",
          "word": "tohu hiwi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "symbol",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "acento circunflexo"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "symbol",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "signo de intercalación"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "symbol",
          "word": "düzeltme imi"
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "kind": "other",
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        },
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          "_dis": "31 4 39 22 4",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "32 4 39 21 4",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 3 45 10 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 3 40 22 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
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      ],
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        "An indicator, often a blinking line or bar and usually called a cursor, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place."
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        "(user interface) An indicator, often a blinking line or bar and usually called a cursor, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place."
      ]
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          "_dis": "13 8 19 45 2 13",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Symbols",
          "orig": "en:Symbols",
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            "Letters, symbols, and punctuation",
            "Orthography",
            "Writing",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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      ],
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        "A circumflex ⟨ ˆ ⟩."
      ],
      "id": "en-caret-en-noun-U0JUTIjo",
      "links": [
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          "circumflex",
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        ],
        [
          "ˆ",
          "ˆ#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
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        "(nonstandard) A circumflex ⟨ ˆ ⟩."
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1944, Maro Beath Jones, “Inclusive Uniform Alphabet for Russian, Bulgarian, Serb-Croatian, Czech, Polish”, in Claremont Slavic Series, Claremont College, page 10:",
          "text": "[…] the more conventional semivocalic j and the caret (ˇ) respectively.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1948, Bohumil Emil Mikula, Progressive Czech (Bohemian) (Chicago: Czechoslovak National Council of America), 6",
          "text": "The caret (ˇ), háček, is used over the following consonants: c, d, n, t, r, s, and z to indicate the soft sound. The caret (ˇ) is also used over the vowel e (See Pronunciation II, b, p, v)."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1991, Michael Shapiro, The Sense of Change: Language as History, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 58, →ISBN:",
          "text": "In contemporary Czech, the “hook” or caret is no longer in use for lower-case t and d when the latter are palatal; instead, an apostrophe is used (t’, d’) This development is clearly connected with the practical difficulty encountered in printing a caret over letter stems that are too thin.",
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        "A háček ⟨ ˇ ⟩."
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          "ˇ",
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        "(nonstandard) A háček ⟨ ˇ ⟩."
      ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈkæɹ.ɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæɹ.ət/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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        "General-American"
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      "ipa": "/ˈkæɹ.ət/",
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        "General-American"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɛɹ.ɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɛɹ.ət/",
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        "General-American"
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    },
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "carrot (weak vowel merger)"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-æɹɪt"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æɹət"
    }
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæɹ.ɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæɹ.ət/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɛɹ.ɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɛɹ.ət/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "homophone": "carat"
    },
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      "homophone": "karat"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "carrot (weak vowel merger)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æɹɪt"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æɹət"
    }
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    "Caret"
  ],
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}
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    "Rhymes:English/æɹɪt",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Malayalam translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "en:Sea turtles",
    "en:Symbols"
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      "word": "caret notation"
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      "word": "caretlike"
    }
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    }
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      "glosses": [
        "A mark ⟨ ‸ ⟩ used by writers and proofreaders to indicate that something is to be inserted at that point."
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    },
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      "glosses": [
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          "exponentiation"
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          "operator",
          "operator"
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    },
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      "glosses": [
        "An indicator, often a blinking line or bar and usually called a cursor, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place."
      ],
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        ]
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        "(user interface) An indicator, often a blinking line or bar and usually called a cursor, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place."
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A circumflex ⟨ ˆ ⟩."
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "ˆ",
          "ˆ#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
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        "nonstandard"
      ]
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        "English terms with quotations"
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        {
          "ref": "1944, Maro Beath Jones, “Inclusive Uniform Alphabet for Russian, Bulgarian, Serb-Croatian, Czech, Polish”, in Claremont Slavic Series, Claremont College, page 10:",
          "text": "[…] the more conventional semivocalic j and the caret (ˇ) respectively.",
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        },
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          "ref": "1948, Bohumil Emil Mikula, Progressive Czech (Bohemian) (Chicago: Czechoslovak National Council of America), 6",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1991, Michael Shapiro, The Sense of Change: Language as History, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 58, →ISBN:",
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        }
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        "A háček ⟨ ˇ ⟩."
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        ],
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          "ˇ",
          "ˇ#Translingual"
        ]
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        "(nonstandard) A háček ⟨ ˇ ⟩."
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      "ipa": "/ˈkæɹ.ɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæɹ.ət/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæɹ.ət/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɛɹ.ɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɛɹ.ət/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "homophone": "karat"
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      "homophone": "carrot (weak vowel merger)"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-æɹɪt"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-æɹət"
    }
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "symbol",
      "word": "ĉapelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "symbol",
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    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "symbol",
      "word": "circonflexe"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "symbol",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Einschaltungszeichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      ],
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      "roman": "pāṭini",
      "sense": "symbol",
      "word": "പാടിനി"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "symbol",
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    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "symbol",
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      "sense": "symbol",
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      ],
      "word": "signo de intercalación"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "symbol",
      "word": "düzeltme imi"
    }
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}

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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "A kind of turtle, the hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata)."
      ],
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        ]
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        "(archaic) A kind of turtle, the hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata)."
      ],
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      "ipa": "/kəˈɹɛt/"
    },
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæɹ.ət/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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        "General-American"
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}

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