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{
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:greeting",
"word": "farewell"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:greeting",
"word": "valediction"
}
],
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{
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"word": "greeting card"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "greetings card"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "non-greeting"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "season's greetings"
}
],
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{
"form": "greetings",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "greeting (countable and uncountable, plural greetings)",
"name": "en-noun"
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"word": "bob"
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:greeting",
"word": "bow"
},
{
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"source": "Thesaurus:greeting",
"word": "curtsy"
},
{
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"source": "Thesaurus:greeting",
"word": "embrace"
},
{
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"source": "Thesaurus:greeting",
"word": "handshake"
},
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"word": "hello"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:greeting",
"word": "how are you"
},
{
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"source": "Thesaurus:greeting",
"word": "hug"
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{
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"source": "Thesaurus:greeting",
"word": "kiss"
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:greeting",
"word": "nod"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"word": "salute"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:greeting",
"word": "smile"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:greeting",
"word": "wave"
}
],
"pos": "noun",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "greet"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "hello"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "salutation"
}
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{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "It's polite to begin a letter with a greeting, but this practice is less common in email.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence."
],
"id": "en-greeting-en-noun-GyqZFHHR",
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[
"conventional",
"conventional"
],
[
"letter",
"letter"
],
[
"conversation",
"conversation"
],
[
"arrival",
"arrival"
],
[
"presence",
"presence"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "përshëndetje"
},
{
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "taḥiyya",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "تَحِيَّة"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "barew",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "բարև"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "ülog",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "ওলগ"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "təbrik"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "salam"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pryvitánnje",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "прывіта́нне"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "vitánnje",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "віта́нне"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "salam",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "সালাম"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pózdrav",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "по́здрав"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "privétstvie",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "приве́тствие"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "pa.ti.sandara.ca.ka:",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "ပဋိသန္ဒါရစကား"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "salut"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "salutació"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yíngjiē",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "迎接"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pozdrav"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hilsen"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "begroeting"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "groet"
},
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"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "nyny",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "N35:Z4-N35:Z4«A85»"
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"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "saluto"
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{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "tervitus"
},
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"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "heilsa"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "heilsan"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kvøða"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "tervehdys"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "salutation"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "salut"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "misalmeba",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "მისალმება"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Gruß"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Begrüßung"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "chairetismós",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "χαιρετισμός"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "aspasmós",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ἀσπασμός"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "abhivādan",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "अभिवादन"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "üdvözlet"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "köszöntés"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kveðja"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "saluto"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "saluto"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "benvenuto"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"alt": "あいさつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "aisatsu",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "挨拶"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "sälemdesu",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "сәлемдесу"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "paccokkum",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "បច្ចុគ្គមន៍"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "svaakum",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "ស្វាគមន៍"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"alt": "人事",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "insa",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "인사"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "salamdaşuu",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "саламдашуу"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "salūtātiō"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sveiciens"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pasveikinimas"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "lg",
"lang": "Luganda",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "okubuuza"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "lg",
"lang": "Luganda",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "okulamusa"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Begréissung"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pozdrav",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "поздрав"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pozdravuvanje",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "поздравување"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "ucapan"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "waioha"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "mānawa"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "mendčilgee",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "мэндчилгээ"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hilsen"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "helsing"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "pišvâz",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "پیشواز"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tabrik",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "تبریک"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "salâm",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "سلام"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ahvâl-porsi",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "احوالپرسی"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Gruss"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pozdrowienie"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "powitanie"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "saudação"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "salut"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "salutare"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "privétstvije",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "приве́тствие"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fàilte"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "по̏здра̄в"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pȍzdrāv"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pozdrav"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "pozdrav"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "saludo"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "salamu"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hälsning"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "hälsningsfras"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "pagbati"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "bati"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "saludo"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "pugay"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "tabrik",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "табрик"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "salom",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "салом"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gaan-ták-taai",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "การทักทาย"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "tebrik"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "selam"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vitánnja",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "віта́ння"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pryvitánnja",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "привіта́ння"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "tabrik"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "salomlashish"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "lời chào"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "vo",
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"code": "pt",
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],
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"code": "ro",
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"code": "ro",
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "saludo"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "salamu"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hälsning"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "hälsningsfras"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "pagbati"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "bati"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "saludo"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "pugay"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "tabrik",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "табрик"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "salom",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "салом"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gaan-ták-taai",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "การทักทาย"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "tebrik"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "selam"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vitánnja",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "віта́ння"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pryvitánnja",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "привіта́ння"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "tabrik"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "salomlashish"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "lời chào"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "glid"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cyfarchiad"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "begroeting"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "grus",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "גרוס"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival",
"word": "selam (diq)"
}
],
"word": "greeting"
}
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"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English non-lemma forms",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncountable nouns",
"English verb forms",
"Rhymes:English/iːtɪŋ",
"Rhymes:English/iːtɪŋ/2 syllables"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "greeting",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "greet"
}
],
"glosses": [
"present participle and gerund of greet"
],
"links": [
[
"greet",
"greet#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"gerund",
"participle",
"present"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡɹiːtɪŋ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːtɪŋ"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-greeting.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/38/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-greeting.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-greeting.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/38/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-greeting.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-greeting.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "greeting"
}
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