"interjection" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪn.təˈdʒɛk.ʃən/ [UK], /ˌɪn.tɚˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/ [US] Audio: en-us-interjection.ogg [US], interjection.ogg [Australia] Forms: interjections [plural]
enPR: ĭn'tər.jĕkʹshən Rhymes: -ɛkʃən Etymology: From Middle English interjeccioun, from Old French interjection (13th century), from Latin interiectiōnem, accusative singular of interiectiō (“throwing or placing between; interjection”), perfect passive participle of intericiō (“throw or place between”), from inter (“between”) + iaciō (“throw”). Displaced Old English betwēoxāworpennes (literally “between-thrown-out-ness”), a calque of the Latin. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|interjeccioun}} Middle English interjeccioun, {{der|en|fro|interjection}} Old French interjection, {{der|en|la|interiectiōnem}} Latin interiectiōnem, {{m|la|interiectiō||throwing or placing between; interjection}} interiectiō (“throwing or placing between; interjection”), {{m|la|intericiō||throw or place between}} intericiō (“throw or place between”), {{m|la|inter||between}} inter (“between”), {{m|la|iaciō||throw}} iaciō (“throw”), {{cog|ang|betwēoxāworpennes|lit=between-thrown-out-ness}} Old English betwēoxāworpennes (literally “between-thrown-out-ness”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} interjection (plural interjections)
  1. (grammar) An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion. Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (exclamation or filled pause in grammar): pasthirrmë [feminine] (Albanian), ἐπιφώνημα (epiphṓnēma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), حَرْف نِدَاء (ḥarf nidāʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), ձայնարկություն (jaynarkutʿyun) (Armenian), interxeición [feminine] (Asturian), nida (Azerbaijani), ымлыҡ (ımlıq) (Bashkir), выклі́чнік (vyklíčnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), вы́гук (výhuk) [masculine] (Belarusian), মধ্যে নিক্ষেপ (moddhe nikkhep) (Bengali), междуме́тие (meždumétie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), အာမေဍိတ် (amedit) (Burmese), interjecció [feminine] (Catalan), айдардош (ajdardoš) (Chechen), 感嘆詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 感叹词 (gǎntàncí) (Chinese Mandarin), 嘆詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 叹词 (tàncí) (Chinese Mandarin), (yī) (Chinese Mandarin), citoslovce [neuter] (Czech), udråbsord [neuter] (Danish), tussenwerpsel [neuter] (Dutch), interjekcio (Esperanto), hüüdsõna (Estonian), miðalvarping [feminine] (Faroese), huudahdussana (Finnish), interjektio (Finnish), kiihtosana [obsolete] (Finnish), interjection [feminine] (French), interxección [feminine] (Galician), შორისდებული (šorisdebuli) (Georgian), Interjektion [feminine] (German), Ausrufewort [neuter] (German), Empfindungswort [neuter] (German), επιφώνημα (epifónima) [neuter] (Greek), विस्मयादिबोधक (vismayādibodhak) (Hindi), हरफ (haraph) [masculine] (Hindi), indulatszó (Hungarian), mondatszó (Hungarian), upphrópun [feminine] (Icelandic), interjeksi (Indonesian), kata seru (Indonesian), interjektsia (Ingrian), kiljahussana (Ingrian), intriacht [feminine] (Irish), interiezione [feminine] (Italian), 感嘆詞 (kantanshi) (Japanese), 間投詞 (kantōshi) (Japanese), 感動詞 (kandōshi) (Japanese), одағай (odağai) (Kazakh), ឧទានសព្ទ (kaa bɑñjool) (Khmer), ឧទាន (kaa sɔɔk) (Khmer), 감탄사 (gamtansa) (alt: 感歎詞) (Korean), сырдык сөз (sırdık söz) (Kyrgyz), ຄຳອຸທານ (kham ʼu thān) (Lao), ອຸທານ (ʼu thān) (Lao), interiectiō [feminine] (Latin), izsauksmes vārds [masculine] (Latvian), interjekcija [feminine] (Latvian), jaustukas [masculine] (Lithuanian), kata seru (Malay), വ്യാക്ഷേപകം (vyākṣēpakaṁ) (Malayalam), аялга үг (ajalga üg) (Mongolian), interjeksjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), interjeksjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), interjeccion [feminine] (Occitan), betwēoxāworpennes [feminine] (Old English), ندائيه (nedāyá) [feminine] (Pashto), حرف ندا (harf-e nedâ) (Persian), ندا (nedâ) (Persian), wykrzyknik [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), interjeição [feminine] (Portuguese), interjecție [feminine] (Romanian), междоме́тие (meždométije) [neuter] (Russian), восклица́ние (vosklicánije) (english: exclamation) [neuter] (Russian), clisgear [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), узвик [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), uzvik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), حَرف نِدا (Sindhi), citoslovce [neuter] (Slovak), medmet [masculine] (Slovene), interjección [feminine] (Spanish), kihisishi (Swahili), kiingizi (Swahili), interjektion [common-gender] (Swedish), pandamdam (Tagalog), нидо (nido) (Tajik), ымлык (ımlıq) (Tatar), อุทาน (ù-taan) (Thai), คำอุทาน (ù-taan) (Thai), ünlem (Turkish), nida (Turkish), nida (Turkmen), ви́гук (výhuk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), undov (Uzbek), nido (Uzbek), thán từ (alt: 嘆詞) (Vietnamese), từ cảm thán (Vietnamese), ebychiad [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-interjection-en-noun-en:grammar Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Parts of speech Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 65 35 Disambiguation of Parts of speech: 70 30 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'exclamation or filled pause in grammar': 89 11
  2. An interruption; something interjected Synonyms (interruption): insertion, interpolation, intercalation Translations (interruption): 中斷 (Chinese Mandarin), 中断 (zhōngduàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 干擾 (Chinese Mandarin), 干扰 (gānrǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 打斷 (Chinese Mandarin), 打断 (dǎduàn) (Chinese Mandarin), keskeytys (Finnish), παρεμβολή (paremvolí) [feminine] (Greek), közbevetés (Hungarian), közbeszólás (Hungarian), beszúrás (Hungarian), intervento [masculine] (Italian), interjeição [feminine] (Portuguese), перебива́ние (perebivánije) [neuter] (Russian), вмеша́тельство (vmešátelʹstvo) [neuter] (Russian), eadar-chur [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ebychair [masculine] (Welsh), ebychiad [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-interjection-en-noun-7k5Cnwm~ Disambiguation of 'interruption': 27 73 Disambiguation of 'interruption': 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: exclamation [grammar, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], interj [grammar, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], interj. [abbreviation] [grammar, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences] Derived forms: interjection point, note of interjection Related terms: interject, interjectional, vocative

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          "ref": "1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 10, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 533",
          "text": "Some evidence confirming our suspicions that topicalised and dislocated constituents occupy different sentence positions comes from Greenberg (1984). He notes that in colloquial speech the interjection man can occur after dislocated constituents, but not after topicalised constituents: cf.\n(21) (a) Bill, man, I really hate him (dislocated NP)\n(21) (b) ^✽Bill, man, I really hate (topicalised NP)",
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pasthirrmë"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥarf nidāʔ",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "حَرْف نِدَاء"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "jaynarkutʿyun",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "ձայնարկություն"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "interxeición"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "nida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "ımlıq",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "ымлыҡ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "vyklíčnik",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "выклі́чнік"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "výhuk",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "вы́гук"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "moddhe nikkhep",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "মধ্যে নিক্ষেপ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "meždumétie",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "междуме́тие"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "amedit",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "အာမေဍိတ်"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "interjecció"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ce",
          "lang": "Chechen",
          "roman": "ajdardoš",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "айдардош"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "感嘆詞"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gǎntàncí",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "感叹词"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "嘆詞"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tàncí",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "叹词"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yī",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "欹"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "citoslovce"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "udråbsord"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "tussenwerpsel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "interjekcio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "hüüdsõna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "miðalvarping"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "huudahdussana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "interjektio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "kiihtosana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "interjection"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "interxección"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šorisdebuli",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "შორისდებული"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Interjektion"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Ausrufewort"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Empfindungswort"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "epifónima",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "επιφώνημα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "epiphṓnēma",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ἐπιφώνημα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "vismayādibodhak",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "विस्मयादिबोधक"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "haraph",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "हरफ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "indulatszó"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "mondatszó"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "upphrópun"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "interjeksi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "kata seru"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "interjektsia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "kiljahussana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "intriacht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "interiezione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kantanshi",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "感嘆詞"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kantōshi",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "間投詞"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kandōshi",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "感動詞"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "odağai",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "одағай"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kaa bɑñjool",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "ឧទានសព្ទ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kaa sɔɔk",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "ឧទាន"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "alt": "感歎詞",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gamtansa",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "감탄사"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "sırdık söz",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "сырдык сөз"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "kham ʼu thān",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "ຄຳອຸທານ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "ʼu thān",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "ອຸທານ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "interiectiō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "izsauksmes vārds"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "interjekcija"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "jaustukas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "kata seru"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "vyākṣēpakaṁ",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "വ്യാക്ഷേപകം"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "ajalga üg",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "аялга үг"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "interjeksjon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "interjeksjon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "interjeccion"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "betwēoxāworpennes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "nedāyá",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ندائيه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "harf-e nedâ",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "حرف ندا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "nedâ",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "ندا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "inanimate",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "wykrzyknik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "interjeição"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "interjecție"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "meždométije",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "междоме́тие"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "exclamation",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vosklicánije",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "восклица́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "clisgear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "узвик"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "uzvik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sd",
          "lang": "Sindhi",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "حَرف نِدا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "citoslovce"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "medmet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "interjección"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "kihisishi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "kiingizi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "interjektion"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "pandamdam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "nido",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "нидо"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "ımlıq",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "ымлык"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "ù-taan",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "อุทาน"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "ù-taan",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "คำอุทาน"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "ünlem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "nida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "nida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "výhuk",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ви́гук"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "undov"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "nido"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "alt": "嘆詞",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "thán từ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "word": "từ cảm thán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ebychiad"
        }
      ]
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      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 January 23, Philip Bump, “Mnuchin said Thunberg needed to study economics before offering climate proposals. So we talked to an economist.”, in Washington Post",
          "text": "Mnuchin, asked about climate change in a CNBC interview after his comments about Thunberg, argued there were bigger issues that also needed to be addressed. When a host noted clean air rules as an example of something that might be more urgent, Mnuchin ignored the interjection.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "An interruption; something interjected"
      ],
      "id": "en-interjection-en-noun-7k5Cnwm~",
      "links": [
        [
          "interruption",
          "interruption"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "sense": "interruption",
          "word": "insertion"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "sense": "interruption",
          "word": "interpolation"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "sense": "interruption",
          "word": "intercalation"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "interruption",
          "word": "中斷"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhōngduàn",
          "sense": "interruption",
          "word": "中断"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "interruption",
          "word": "干擾"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gānrǎo",
          "sense": "interruption",
          "word": "干扰"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "interruption",
          "word": "打斷"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dǎduàn",
          "sense": "interruption",
          "word": "打断"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "interruption",
          "word": "keskeytys"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "paremvolí",
          "sense": "interruption",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "παρεμβολή"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "interruption",
          "word": "közbevetés"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "interruption",
          "word": "közbeszólás"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "interruption",
          "word": "beszúrás"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "interruption",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "intervento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "interruption",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "interjeição"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "perebivánije",
          "sense": "interruption",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "перебива́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vmešátelʹstvo",
          "sense": "interruption",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "вмеша́тельство"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "interruption",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "eadar-chur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "interruption",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ebychair"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "interruption",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ebychiad"
        }
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ɪn.təˈdʒɛk.ʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪn.tɚˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛkʃən"
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/En-us-interjection.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/89/Interjection.ogg/Interjection.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Interjection.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ĭn'tər.jĕkʹshən"
    }
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "exclamation"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "interj"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "used in dictionaries"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ],
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        "grammar",
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "interj."
    }
  ],
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    "interjection"
  ],
  "word": "interjection"
}
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    "English 4-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛkʃən",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛkʃən/4 syllables",
    "en:Parts of speech"
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    {
      "word": "interjection point"
    },
    {
      "word": "note of interjection"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "interjeccioun"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English interjeccioun",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French interjection",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "interiectiōnem"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin interiectiōnem",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "interiectiō",
        "3": "",
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      "expansion": "interiectiō (“throwing or placing between; interjection”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "throw or place between"
      },
      "expansion": "intericiō (“throw or place between”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "inter",
        "3": "",
        "4": "between"
      },
      "expansion": "inter (“between”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "iaciō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "throw"
      },
      "expansion": "iaciō (“throw”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "betwēoxāworpennes",
        "lit": "between-thrown-out-ness"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English betwēoxāworpennes (literally “between-thrown-out-ness”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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    {
      "form": "interjections",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "interjection (plural interjections)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "interject"
    },
    {
      "word": "interjectional"
    },
    {
      "word": "vocative"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Grammar"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 10, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 533",
          "text": "Some evidence confirming our suspicions that topicalised and dislocated constituents occupy different sentence positions comes from Greenberg (1984). He notes that in colloquial speech the interjection man can occur after dislocated constituents, but not after topicalised constituents: cf.\n(21) (a) Bill, man, I really hate him (dislocated NP)\n(21) (b) ^✽Bill, man, I really hate (topicalised NP)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "exclamation",
          "exclamation"
        ],
        [
          "filled pause",
          "filled pause"
        ],
        [
          "phrase",
          "phrase"
        ],
        [
          "emotion",
          "emotion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:grammar"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 January 23, Philip Bump, “Mnuchin said Thunberg needed to study economics before offering climate proposals. So we talked to an economist.”, in Washington Post",
          "text": "Mnuchin, asked about climate change in a CNBC interview after his comments about Thunberg, argued there were bigger issues that also needed to be addressed. When a host noted clean air rules as an example of something that might be more urgent, Mnuchin ignored the interjection.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An interruption; something interjected"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "interruption",
          "interruption"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪn.təˈdʒɛk.ʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪn.tɚˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛkʃən"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-interjection.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/18/En-us-interjection.ogg/En-us-interjection.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/En-us-interjection.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "interjection.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/89/Interjection.ogg/Interjection.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Interjection.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ĭn'tər.jĕkʹshən"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "exclamation"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "interj"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "used in dictionaries"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "interj."
    },
    {
      "sense": "interruption",
      "word": "insertion"
    },
    {
      "sense": "interruption",
      "word": "interpolation"
    },
    {
      "sense": "interruption",
      "word": "intercalation"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pasthirrmë"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥarf nidāʔ",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "حَرْف نِدَاء"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "jaynarkutʿyun",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "ձայնարկություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "interxeición"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "nida"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "ımlıq",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "ымлыҡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vyklíčnik",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "выклі́чнік"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "výhuk",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́гук"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "moddhe nikkhep",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "মধ্যে নিক্ষেপ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "meždumétie",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "междуме́тие"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "amedit",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "အာမေဍိတ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "interjecció"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "roman": "ajdardoš",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "айдардош"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "感嘆詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gǎntàncí",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "感叹词"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "嘆詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tàncí",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "叹词"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yī",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "欹"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "citoslovce"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "udråbsord"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tussenwerpsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "interjekcio"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "hüüdsõna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "miðalvarping"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "huudahdussana"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "interjektio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "kiihtosana"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "interjection"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "interxección"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šorisdebuli",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "შორისდებული"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Interjektion"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Ausrufewort"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Empfindungswort"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epifónima",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "επιφώνημα"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "epiphṓnēma",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ἐπιφώνημα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vismayādibodhak",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "विस्मयादिबोधक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "haraph",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "हरफ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "indulatszó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "mondatszó"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "upphrópun"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "interjeksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "kata seru"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "interjektsia"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "kiljahussana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intriacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "interiezione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kantanshi",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "感嘆詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kantōshi",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "間投詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kandōshi",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "感動詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "odağai",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "одағай"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaa bɑñjool",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "ឧទានសព្ទ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaa sɔɔk",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "ឧទាន"
    },
    {
      "alt": "感歎詞",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gamtansa",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "감탄사"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "sırdık söz",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "сырдык сөз"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "kham ʼu thān",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "ຄຳອຸທານ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ʼu thān",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "ອຸທານ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "interiectiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "izsauksmes vārds"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "interjekcija"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jaustukas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "kata seru"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "vyākṣēpakaṁ",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "വ്യാക്ഷേപകം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "ajalga üg",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "аялга үг"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "interjeksjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "interjeksjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "interjeccion"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "betwēoxāworpennes"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "nedāyá",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ندائيه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "harf-e nedâ",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "حرف ندا"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nedâ",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "ندا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wykrzyknik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "interjeição"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "interjecție"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "meždométije",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "междоме́тие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "exclamation",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vosklicánije",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "восклица́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clisgear"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "узвик"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uzvik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sd",
      "lang": "Sindhi",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "حَرف نِدا"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "citoslovce"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "medmet"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "interjección"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "kihisishi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "kiingizi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "interjektion"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "pandamdam"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "nido",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "нидо"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "ımlıq",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "ымлык"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ù-taan",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "อุทาน"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ù-taan",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "คำอุทาน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "ünlem"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "nida"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "nida"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výhuk",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ви́гук"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "undov"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "nido"
    },
    {
      "alt": "嘆詞",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "thán từ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "word": "từ cảm thán"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "exclamation or filled pause in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ebychiad"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "interruption",
      "word": "中斷"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhōngduàn",
      "sense": "interruption",
      "word": "中断"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "interruption",
      "word": "干擾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gānrǎo",
      "sense": "interruption",
      "word": "干扰"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "interruption",
      "word": "打斷"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dǎduàn",
      "sense": "interruption",
      "word": "打断"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "interruption",
      "word": "keskeytys"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paremvolí",
      "sense": "interruption",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "παρεμβολή"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "interruption",
      "word": "közbevetés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "interruption",
      "word": "közbeszólás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "interruption",
      "word": "beszúrás"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "interruption",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "intervento"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "interruption",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "interjeição"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perebivánije",
      "sense": "interruption",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "перебива́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vmešátelʹstvo",
      "sense": "interruption",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вмеша́тельство"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "interruption",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eadar-chur"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "interruption",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ebychair"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "interruption",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ebychiad"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "interjection"
  ],
  "word": "interjection"
}

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