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"life"
],
[
"amulet",
"amulet"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Judaism) A Jewish symbol representing life, traditionally worn as an amulet."
],
"senseid": [
"en:symbol"
],
"tags": [
"Judaism"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/xaɪ/"
}
],
"word": "chai"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from French",
"English terms derived from French",
"English terms derived from Occitan",
"English terms with /x/",
"Pages with 15 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Female people",
"en:Tea"
],
"etymology_number": 4,
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fr",
"3": "chai"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from French chai",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "oc",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Occitan",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from French chai, from Occitan.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "chais",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "chai (plural chais)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "chai poh"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Wine"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
117,
122
]
],
"ref": "2004, Clive Coates, The Wines of Bordeaux, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 302:",
"text": "The Kanon era lasted a mere 10 years, yet he had the château constructed, invested substantially in the vineyard and chais, and established the wine as one of the leading labels in the area.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A place above ground for storing wine casks."
],
"links": [
[
"winemaking",
"winemaking"
],
[
"cask",
"cask"
]
],
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"raw_glosses": [
"(winemaking) A place above ground for storing wine casks."
],
"senseid": [
"en:wine storage"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʃɛ/"
}
],
"word": "chai"
}
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