See cirrus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"en:Clouds"
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"derived": [
{
"word": "cirral"
},
{
"word": "cirriferous"
},
{
"word": "cirriform"
},
{
"word": "cirrus aviaticus"
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{
"word": "cirrus tractus"
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{
"word": "false cirrus"
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{
"word": "stratocirrus"
}
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"name": "bor"
}
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"categories": [
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"A tendril."
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"(botany) A tendril."
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"en:Zoology"
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"A thin tendril-like appendage."
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"(zoology) A thin tendril-like appendage."
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"ref": "1952, Ernest Hemingway, The old man and the sea, Harper Perennial classics, published 2014, page 282:",
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53,
58
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"ref": "1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 15:",
"text": "The blue sky is glossy and fat with heat, a few thin cirri sheared to blown strands like hair at the rims.",
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[
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],
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"(meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type, typically composed of thin, delicate, white filaments, wisps, or narrow bands."
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"ipa": "/ˈsɪɹəs/"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "lastar",
"sense": "tendril",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ластар"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "tendril",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "cirrus"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "tendril",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "circell"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
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"sense": "tendril",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "úponek"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
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"sense": "tendril",
"word": "ĉiro"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"lang_code": "et",
"sense": "tendril",
"word": "väänel"
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{
"code": "et",
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"lang_code": "et",
"sense": "tendril",
"word": "köitraag"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
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"sense": "tendril",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "cirro"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "tendril",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
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"roman": "ṭaḵāʔ",
"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "طَخَاء"
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{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"lang_code": "ast",
"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "cirru"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "perest oblak",
"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "перест облак"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
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"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cirrus"
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{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"lang_code": "yue",
"roman": "gyun² wan⁴",
"sense": "cloud",
"word": "卷雲 /卷云"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "juǎnyún",
"sense": "cloud",
"word": "卷雲 /卷云"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "řasa"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
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"sense": "cloud",
"word": "windveer"
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"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "cloud",
"word": "cirrus"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "cloud",
"word": "vederwolk"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
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"sense": "cloud",
"word": "ciruso"
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
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"sense": "cloud",
"word": "kiudpilv"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "cloud",
"word": "cirruspilvi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "cloud",
"word": "cirrus"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cirrus"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cirro"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Federwolke"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Cirruswolke"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "thýsanos",
"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "θύσανος"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "pakṣābh",
"sense": "cloud",
"word": "पक्षाभ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "cloud",
"word": "pehelyfelhő"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "klósigar"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "blikutrefjar"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "blikufjaðrir"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "vatnsklær"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cirro"
},
{
"alt": "けんうん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "ken'un",
"sense": "cloud",
"word": "巻雲"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "sujigumo",
"sense": "cloud",
"word": "すじ雲"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "gwon'un",
"sense": "cloud",
"word": "권운"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cirrus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nubes cirra"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spalvu mākonis"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "cirus",
"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "цирус"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "cloud",
"word": "pūrerehu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "cloud",
"word": "iorangi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "cloud",
"word": "pūrehurehu"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"lang_code": "nv",
"sense": "cloud",
"word": "kʼos áłtʼą́ą́ʼí"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cirrus"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chmura pierzasta"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cirro"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "péristaja",
"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пе́ристая"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cirro"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"sense": "cloud",
"word": "ruruking alapaap"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "cloud",
"word": "mây ti"
}
],
"word": "cirrus"
}
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