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{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "indefinite article"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "definite articles",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "definite article (plural definite articles)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Grammar",
"orig": "en:Grammar",
"parents": [
"Linguistics",
"Language",
"Social sciences",
"Communication",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An article that introduces a noun and specifies it as the particular noun that is being considered; in English, the only definite article is the and its variations."
],
"hypernyms": [
{
"word": "article"
}
],
"id": "en-definite_article-en-noun-pQpr4tNc",
"links": [
[
"grammar",
"grammar"
],
[
"article",
"article"
],
[
"the",
"the"
]
],
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"(grammar) An article that introduces a noun and specifies it as the particular noun that is being considered; in English, the only definite article is the and its variations."
],
"topics": [
"grammar",
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "význačany artýklʹ",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вы́значаны арты́кль"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "opredelítelen člen",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "определи́телен член"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "article definit"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "article determinat"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"word": "定冠詞"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dìngguàncí",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"word": "定冠词"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "určitý člen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lidwoord van bepaaldheid"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bepaald lidwoord"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"word": "difina artikolo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"word": "määräinen artikkeli"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "article défini"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "artigo definido"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bestimmter Artikel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bestimmtes Geschlechtswort"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "definiter Artikel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Definitartikel"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "oristikó árthro",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "οριστικό άρθρο"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"word": "határozott névelő"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ákveðinn greinir"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ákv. gr."
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alt cinnte"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "articolo determinativo"
},
{
"alt": "ていかんし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "teikanshi",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"word": "定冠詞"
},
{
"alt": "定冠詞",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeonggwansa",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"word": "정관사"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "articulus definitus"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "žymimasis artikelis"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "todorxoj jalgac gišüün",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "тодорхой ялгац гишүүн"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "todorxoj jalgac",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "тодорхой ялгац"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "tuxajlax jalgac gišüün",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "тухайлах ялгац гишүүн"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "tuxajlax jalgac",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "тухайлах ялгац"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "articl'ye définnie"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bestemt artikkel"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bestemt artikkel"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bestemd artikkel"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "rodzajnik określony"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "artigo definido"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "articol definit"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "articol hotărât"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "opredeljónnyj artíklʹ",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "определённый арти́кль"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alt cinnteach"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "одређени члан"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "određeni član"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "artículo definido"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "artículo determinado"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bestämd artikel"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"word": "belirli harfitarif"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"word": "belirli tanımlık"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "význačenyj artýklʹ",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ви́значений арти́кль"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"word": "mạo từ xác định"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bannod benodol"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"definite article"
]
}
],
"word": "definite article"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "indefinite article"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "definite articles",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "definite article (plural definite articles)",
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],
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}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
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"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
"en:Grammar"
],
"glosses": [
"An article that introduces a noun and specifies it as the particular noun that is being considered; in English, the only definite article is the and its variations."
],
"links": [
[
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"grammar"
],
[
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"article"
],
[
"the",
"the"
]
],
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"(grammar) An article that introduces a noun and specifies it as the particular noun that is being considered; in English, the only definite article is the and its variations."
],
"topics": [
"grammar",
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
],
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"definite article"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "význačany artýklʹ",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вы́значаны арты́кль"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "opredelítelen člen",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "определи́телен член"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "article definit"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "article determinat"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"word": "定冠詞"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dìngguàncí",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"word": "定冠词"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "určitý člen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lidwoord van bepaaldheid"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bepaald lidwoord"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"word": "difina artikolo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"word": "määräinen artikkeli"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "article défini"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "artigo definido"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bestimmter Artikel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bestimmtes Geschlechtswort"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "definiter Artikel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Definitartikel"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "oristikó árthro",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "οριστικό άρθρο"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"word": "határozott névelő"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ákveðinn greinir"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ákv. gr."
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alt cinnte"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "articolo determinativo"
},
{
"alt": "ていかんし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "teikanshi",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"word": "定冠詞"
},
{
"alt": "定冠詞",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeonggwansa",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"word": "정관사"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "articulus definitus"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "žymimasis artikelis"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "todorxoj jalgac gišüün",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "тодорхой ялгац гишүүн"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "todorxoj jalgac",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "тодорхой ялгац"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "tuxajlax jalgac gišüün",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "тухайлах ялгац гишүүн"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "tuxajlax jalgac",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "тухайлах ялгац"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "articl'ye définnie"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bestemt artikkel"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bestemt artikkel"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bestemd artikkel"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "rodzajnik określony"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "artigo definido"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "articol definit"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "articol hotărât"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "opredeljónnyj artíklʹ",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "определённый арти́кль"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alt cinnteach"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "одређени члан"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "određeni član"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "artículo definido"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "artículo determinado"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bestämd artikel"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"word": "belirli harfitarif"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"word": "belirli tanımlık"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "význačenyj artýklʹ",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ви́значений арти́кль"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"word": "mạo từ xác định"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bannod benodol"
}
],
"word": "definite article"
}
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