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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/31/En-us-invert.ogg/En-us-invert.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/En-us-invert.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "ĭn-vərtʹ"
},
{
"enpr": "ĭnʹvərt"
}
],
"word": "invert"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English ergative verbs",
"English heteronyms",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)t",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)t/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɪnvə(ɹ)t"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"forms": [
{
"form": "inverts",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "invert (plural inverts)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English informal terms",
"en:Zoology"
],
"glosses": [
"An invertebrate."
],
"links": [
[
"zoology",
"zoology"
],
[
"invertebrate",
"invertebrate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(zoology, informal) An invertebrate."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"natural-sciences",
"zoology"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɪnˈvɜːt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪnˈvɝt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)t"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɪn.vət/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɪn.vɚt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪnvə(ɹ)t"
},
{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/En-ca-invert_%28v%29.ogg/En-ca-invert_%28v%29.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/En-ca-invert_%28v%29.ogg",
"tags": [
"Canada"
],
"text": "Audio (Canada)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-invert.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/31/En-us-invert.ogg/En-us-invert.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/En-us-invert.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "ĭn-vərtʹ"
},
{
"enpr": "ĭnʹvərt"
}
],
"word": "invert"
}
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