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},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "measure of cloth",
"tags": [
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"word": "el"
},
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"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "measure of cloth",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "alin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "measure of cloth",
"word": "kyynärä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "measure of cloth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aune"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "measure of cloth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Elle"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "measure of cloth",
"word": "rőf"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "lakt",
"sense": "measure of cloth",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "лакт"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "lákot",
"sense": "measure of cloth",
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"masculine"
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"word": "ла́кот"
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "measure of cloth",
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"plural",
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],
"word": "alen"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "measure of cloth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vara"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lokotʹ",
"sense": "measure of cloth",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "локоть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "measure of cloth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ana"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "measure of cloth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alna"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "measure of cloth",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "aln"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "measure of cloth",
"word": "arşın"
}
],
"word": "ell"
}
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"ref": "2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170",
"text": "I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.",
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"ref": "1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 4, in The Whisperer in Darkness",
"text": "I could hear them snapping and tearing around, and then one managed to get on the roof by jumping from the low ell.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"glosses": [
"An extension usually at right angles to one end of a building."
]
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"glosses": [
"Something that is L-shaped."
]
}
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"ipa": "/ˈɛl/"
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{
"rhymes": "-ɛl"
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"tags": [
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"word": "el"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "extension of a building",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "přístavek"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "extension of a building",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aile"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "extension of a building",
"tags": [
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"word": "flygel"
}
],
"word": "ell"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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