"compound word" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: compound words [plural]
Etymology: compound + word Etymology templates: {{com|en|compound|word}} compound + word Head templates: {{en-noun}} compound word (plural compound words)
  1. (linguistics) A word composed of two or more stems. Wikipedia link: compound word Categories (topical): Grammar, Linguistics Synonyms: compound Related terms: phrase [noun] Translations (word composed of others): բարդ բառ (bard baṙ) (Armenian), скла́данае сло́ва (skládanaje slóva) [neuter] (Belarusian), ger kevrennek [masculine] (Breton), liesger [masculine] (Breton), сло́жна ду́ма (slóžna dúma) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 複合詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 复合词 (fùhécí) (Chinese Mandarin), 合成詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 合成词 (héchéngcí) (Chinese Mandarin), složenina [feminine] (Czech), sammensat ord [neuter] (Danish), samenstelling [feminine] (Dutch), kunmetaĵo (Esperanto), liitsõna (Estonian), yhdyssana (Finnish), mot composé [masculine] (French), რთული სიტყვა (rtuli siṭq̇va) (Georgian), წარმოქმნილი სიტყვა (c̣armokmnili siṭq̇va) (Georgian), კომპოზიტი (ḳomṗoziṭi) (Georgian), შედგენილი სიტყვა (šedgenili siṭq̇va) (Georgian), Zusammensetzung [feminine] (German), Kompositum [neuter] (German), Bandwurmwort [colloquial, neuter] (German), σύνθετη λέξη (sýntheti léxi) [feminine] (Greek), összetétel (Hungarian), összetett szó (Hungarian), szóösszetétel (Hungarian), samsetning [feminine] (Icelandic), kata majemuk (Indonesian), yhissetty sana (Ingrian), parola composite (Interlingua), comhfhocal [masculine] (Irish), parola composta [feminine] (Italian), 複合語 (fukugōgo) (alt: ふくごうご) (Japanese), 合成語 (gōseigo) (alt: ごうせいご) (Japanese), ទ្វយវាទ (tvĕəʼyĕəʼviət) (Khmer), 합성어 (hapseong'eo) (alt: 合成語) (Korean), 복합어 (bokhabeo) (alt: 複合語) (Korean), žodžių junginys [masculine] (Lithuanian), kata majmuk (Malay), സമസ്തപദം (samastapadaṁ) (Malayalam), co-ockle [masculine] (Manx), kupu pūhui (Maori), sammensetning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sammensatt ord [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), kompositum [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), samansetjing [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), samansetning [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), samansetting [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), samansett ord [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kompositum [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), comṡuidigthe [masculine] (Old Irish), هَمساخته (hamsâxte) (Persian), اِسْمِ مُرَکَّب (esm-e morakkab) (Persian), złożenie (Polish), palavra composta [feminine] (Portuguese), cuvânt compus [neuter] (Romanian), сло́жное сло́во (slóžnoje slóvo) [neuter] (Russian), समास (samāsa) [masculine] (Sanskrit), facal fillte [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), složenica [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), sestavljenka [feminine] (Slovene), palabra compuesta [feminine] (Spanish), kompositum [common-gender] (Swedish), sammansättning [common-gender] (Swedish), sammansatt ord [neuter] (Swedish), salitang tambalan (Tagalog), సమాసము (samāsamu) (Telugu), สมาส (sà-màat) (Thai), คำประสม (kam-bprà-sǒm) (Thai), คำผสม (kam-pà-sǒm) (Thai), birleşik sözcük (Turkish), birleşik kelime (Turkish), складне́ сло́во (skladné slóvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), بىرىككەن سۆز (birikken söz) (Uyghur), từ ghép (Vietnamese), koboyümavöd (Volapük), mot d' aplacaedje (Walloon), cyfansoddair [masculine] (Welsh), gair cyfansawdd [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Some important vocabulary words your child needs to study are compound words. A compound word is made when two words are joined together to form a new word. For example, the word rainbow is made using the words rain and bow."
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          "roman": "bard baṙ",
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          "word": "բարդ բառ"
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          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "liitsõna"
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          "sense": "word composed of others",
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        },
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "rtuli siṭq̇va",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
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        },
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "წარმოქმნილი სიტყვა"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ḳomṗoziṭi",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "კომპოზიტი"
        },
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šedgenili siṭq̇va",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Bandwurmwort"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "sýntheti léxi",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "σύνθετη λέξη"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "összetétel"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "összetett szó"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "szóösszetétel"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "samsetning"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "kata majemuk"
        },
        {
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "yhissetty sana"
        },
        {
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "parola composite"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "comhfhocal"
        },
        {
          "code": "sga",
          "lang": "Old Irish",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "comṡuidigthe"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "parola composta"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ふくごうご",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "fukugōgo",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "複合語"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ごうせいご",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "gōseigo",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "合成語"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "tvĕəʼyĕəʼviət",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "ទ្វយវាទ"
        },
        {
          "alt": "合成語",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "hapseong'eo",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "합성어"
        },
        {
          "alt": "複合語",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bokhabeo",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "복합어"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "žodžių junginys"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "kata majmuk"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "samastapadaṁ",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "സമസ്തപദം"
        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "co-ockle"
        },
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "kupu pūhui"
        },
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
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          "word": "sammensetning"
        },
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "sammensatt ord"
        },
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "kompositum"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "samansetjing"
        },
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "samansetning"
        },
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "samansetting"
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          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "samansett ord"
        },
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          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "hamsâxte",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "هَمساخته"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "esm-e morakkab",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "اِسْمِ مُرَکَّب"
        },
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "złożenie"
        },
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          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "palavra composta"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "cuvânt compus"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "slóžnoje slóvo",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "сло́жное сло́во"
        },
        {
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "samāsa",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "समास"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "facal fillte"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "složenica"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sestavljenka"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "palabra compuesta"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "sammansättning"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "sammansatt ord"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "salitang tambalan"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "samāsamu",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "సమాసము"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sà-màat",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "สมาส"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "kam-bprà-sǒm",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "คำประสม"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "kam-pà-sǒm",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "คำผสม"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "birleşik sözcük"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "birleşik kelime"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "skladné slóvo",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "складне́ сло́во"
        },
        {
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "birikken söz",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "بىرىككەن سۆز"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "từ ghép"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "koboyümavöd"
        },
        {
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "word": "mot d' aplacaedje"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cyfansoddair"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "word composed of others",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gair cyfansawdd"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "compound word"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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        "2": "compound",
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      "name": "com"
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  "etymology_text": "compound + word",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "compound words",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "compound word (plural compound words)",
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        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Greek terms with redundant script codes",
        "Ingrian links with redundant wikilinks",
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        "en:Linguistics"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1700, A. Lane, A Key to the Art of Lettershttps://books.google.ccom/books?id=d81lAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA19&dq=%22compound+word%22",
          "text": "A Compound Word, is that which is Compounded of two or more Words; as a Book-Seller, Compounded of Book and Seller; a Watch-man, of Watch and Man."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1858, Charles Peter Mason, English grammarhttps://books.google.com/books?id=XmoCAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA74&dq=%22compound+word%22",
          "text": "A word is a compound word when it is made up of two or more parts, each of which is a significant word by itself; as, apple-tree, tea-spoon, spend-thrift."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1911, “Bow”, in Encyclopædia Britannica",
          "text": "Thus it is found in English compound words, e.g. “elbow,” “rainbow,” “bow-net,” “bow-window,” “bow-knot,” “saddle-bow,” and by itself as the designation of a great variety of objects.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1994, James R. Hurford, Grammar: A Student's Guidehttps://books.google.com/books?id=ZaBKd8pT6kgC&pg=PA43&dq=%22compound+words%22",
          "text": "Compound words contrast with words built up by the use of affixes. Thus, for example, re-use, substandard, hyperventilate, prehistoric and pro-communist woud not usually be counted as compound words ..."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Kelly Hackett, Compound Words--Banana Splits Literacy Center",
          "text": "Some important vocabulary words your child needs to study are compound words. A compound word is made when two words are joined together to form a new word. For example, the word rainbow is made using the words rain and bow."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Dale D. Johnson, Words: The Foundation of Literacyhttps://books.google.com/books?id=Jx9WDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT40&dq=%22compound+words%22",
          "text": "As stated above, compound words are formed by joining two words into one word. Some compound words retain elements of the meanings of the two words. Examples include sunlight, flagpole, flying fish, and bridge-builder."
        },
        {
          "text": "1784, Noah Webster, A Grammatical Institute of the English languagehttps://books.google.cz/books?id=S09gAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA8&dq=%22compound+word%22https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/evans/N14876.0001.001/1:4?rgn=div1;submit=Go;subview=detail;type=simple;view=fulltext;q1=compound+word\nA compound word is formed of two or more simple words; as, country-man, gold-smith, ink-horn; or of a simple word and a preposition; as, over-come, with-draw, dis-engage."
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "bard baṙ",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "բարդ բառ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "skládanaje slóva",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "скла́данае сло́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ger kevrennek"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "liesger"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "slóžna dúma",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сло́жна ду́ма"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "複合詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fùhécí",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "复合词"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "合成詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "héchéngcí",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "合成词"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "složenina"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sammensat ord"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "samenstelling"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "kunmetaĵo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "liitsõna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "yhdyssana"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mot composé"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "rtuli siṭq̇va",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "რთული სიტყვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣armokmnili siṭq̇va",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "წარმოქმნილი სიტყვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳomṗoziṭi",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "კომპოზიტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šedgenili siṭq̇va",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "შედგენილი სიტყვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zusammensetzung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kompositum"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Bandwurmwort"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sýntheti léxi",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "σύνθετη λέξη"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "összetétel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "összetett szó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "szóösszetétel"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "samsetning"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "kata majemuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "yhissetty sana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "parola composite"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "comhfhocal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "comṡuidigthe"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "parola composta"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふくごうご",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fukugōgo",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "複合語"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ごうせいご",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gōseigo",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "合成語"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "tvĕəʼyĕəʼviət",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "ទ្វយវាទ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "合成語",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hapseong'eo",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "합성어"
    },
    {
      "alt": "複合語",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bokhabeo",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "복합어"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "žodžių junginys"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "kata majmuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "samastapadaṁ",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "സമസ്തപദം"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "co-ockle"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "kupu pūhui"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sammensetning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sammensatt ord"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kompositum"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "samansetjing"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "samansetning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "samansetting"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "samansett ord"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kompositum"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "hamsâxte",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "هَمساخته"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "esm-e morakkab",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "اِسْمِ مُرَکَّب"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "złożenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "palavra composta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cuvânt compus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slóžnoje slóvo",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сло́жное сло́во"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "samāsa",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "समास"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "facal fillte"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "složenica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sestavljenka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "palabra compuesta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kompositum"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sammansättning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sammansatt ord"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "salitang tambalan"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "samāsamu",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "సమాసము"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sà-màat",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "สมาส"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kam-bprà-sǒm",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "คำประสม"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kam-pà-sǒm",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "คำผสม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "birleşik sözcük"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "birleşik kelime"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "skladné slóvo",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "складне́ сло́во"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "birikken söz",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "بىرىككەن سۆز"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "từ ghép"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "koboyümavöd"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "word": "mot d' aplacaedje"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cyfansoddair"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "word composed of others",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gair cyfansawdd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "compound word"
}

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