See jay in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "scrub jay"
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"_dis1": "17 15 15 13 27 13",
"sense": "terms derived from jay (bird)",
"word": "Siberian jay"
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{
"_dis1": "17 15 15 13 27 13",
"sense": "terms derived from jay (bird)",
"word": "Sichuan jay"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 15 15 13 27 13",
"sense": "terms derived from jay (bird)",
"word": "sing-jay"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 15 15 13 27 13",
"sense": "terms derived from jay (bird)",
"word": "Steller's jay"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 8 12 16 39 13",
"sense": "Other terms with \"jay\"",
"word": "jay-walker"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 8 12 16 39 13",
"sense": "Other terms with \"jay\"",
"word": "naked as a jay"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 8 12 16 39 13",
"sense": "Other terms with \"jay\"",
"word": "va-jay-jay"
}
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40
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"ref": "1900, Harry B. Norris, “Burlington Bertie”:",
"text": "Burlington Bertie's the latest young jay\nHe rents a swell flat somewhere Kensington way\nHe spends the good oof that his pater has made\nAlong with the Brandy and Soda Brigade.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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],
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],
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"_dis1": "0 0 2 1 95 2",
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}
],
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},
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"kind": "other",
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8
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"ref": "a. 1611, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, act 3, scene 4, lines 50–51:",
"text": "Some jay of Italy, / Whose mother was her painting, hath betray'd him:",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Promiscuous woman; prostitute."
],
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[
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[
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"prostitute"
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],
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"(obsolete) Promiscuous woman; prostitute."
],
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{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 96",
"sense": "promiscuous woman",
"word": "promiscuous woman"
}
],
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]
}
],
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"enpr": "jā"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒeɪ/"
},
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{
"rhymes": "-eɪ"
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "Jenny jay"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "jay pie"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "k"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"word": "kae"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "bluejay"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "whisky jack"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "prostitute"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"lang_code": "sq",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "grifshë"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"lang_code": "sq",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "grizhlemzë"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "zurayq",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "زُرَيْق"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"lang_code": "hy",
"roman": "čay",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "ճայ"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"lang_code": "eu",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "eskinoso"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"lang_code": "be",
"roman": "sójka",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сойка"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"lang_code": "br",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kegin"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "sojka",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сойка"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gaig"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"lang_code": "yue",
"roman": "cung⁴ aa¹",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "松鴉 /松鸦"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"lang_code": "yue",
"roman": "goeng¹ niu⁵",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "橿鳥 /橿鸟"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "sōngyā",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "松鴉 /松鸦"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "jiāngniǎo",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "橿鳥 /橿鸟"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sojka"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "da",
"english": "Eurasian jay",
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "bird",
"translation": "Eurasian jay",
"word": "skovskade"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gaai"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "nl",
"english": "Eurasian jay",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"translation": "Eurasian jay",
"word": "Vlaamse gaai"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "garolo"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"lang_code": "et",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "pasknäär"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"lang_code": "fo",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "gnelliskjóra"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "närhi"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "geai"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "geai des chênes"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"lang_code": "fur",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gjaie"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"lang_code": "fur",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "badascule"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "gaio"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "pega marxa"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pega rebordá"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "čxiḳvi",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "ჩხიკვი"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Häher"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "Hähermännchen"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "Häherweibchen"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "kíssa",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κίσσα"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"lang_code": "grc",
"roman": "kíssa",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κίσσα"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"roman": "'orbaní",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "עורבני"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "szajkó"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "mátyásmadár"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "skrækskaði"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"lang_code": "io",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "jeo"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "scréachóg"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ghiandaia"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "懸巣"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "橿鳥"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "鵥"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"alt": "かけす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "kakesu",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "カケス"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"lang_code": "kk",
"roman": "qarğa",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "қарға"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "lld",
"lang": "Ladin",
"lang_code": "lld",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "gacia"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "gaius"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "garrulus"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "sīlis"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"lang_code": "lt",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "kėkštas"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"lang_code": "dsb",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "kabeja"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "sojka",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сојка"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"lang_code": "mt",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "sultan iċ-ċawl"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "mhr",
"lang": "Eastern Mari",
"lang_code": "mhr",
"roman": "kupšüĺö",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "купшӱльӧ"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"lang_code": "mn",
"roman": "jatga šaazgaj",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "ятга шаазгай"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"lang_code": "mn",
"note": "ятгашаазгай (jatgašaazgaj, literally “zither magpie”)",
"sense": "bird"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"lang_code": "nv",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "tʼádootłʼizhii"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"lang_code": "nv",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "joogii"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"lang_code": "nrf",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "geai"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "nb",
"english": "Eurasian jay",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"translation": "Eurasian jay",
"word": "nøtteskrike"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nøtteskrikje"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"lang_code": "oc",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "gag"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"lang_code": "ota",
"roman": "ala karga",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "آلا قارغه"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sójka"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gralha"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gaio"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gaiță"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"lang_code": "rm",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sgragia"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "sójka",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "со́йка"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"lang_code": "se",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "látteguovssat"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"lang_code": "sc",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "piga"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"lang_code": "sc",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "pica"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"lang_code": "sc",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "marabiga"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"lang_code": "sc",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "mariabiga"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"lang_code": "sc",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "melapica"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"lang_code": "gd",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sgreuchag"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"lang_code": "gd",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sgreuchan-coille"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "креjа"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "шојка"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "сoјка"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "kreja"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 35 35 0 0 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "šojka"
},
{
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"word": "Corvidae"
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]
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"ref": "1878, Philip Stewart Robinson, In My Indian Garden:",
"text": "They are the commonality of birddom, who furnish forth the mobs which bewilder the drunken-flighted jay when he jerks, shrieking in a series of blue hyphen-flashes through the air […]",
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"The Indian roller, Coracias benghalensis."
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"genus",
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"text": "Burlington Bertie's the latest young jay\nHe rents a swell flat somewhere Kensington way\nHe spends the good oof that his pater has made\nAlong with the Brandy and Soda Brigade.",
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}
],
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],
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],
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],
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"archaic"
]
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"ref": "a. 1611, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, act 3, scene 4, lines 50–51:",
"text": "Some jay of Italy, / Whose mother was her painting, hath betray'd him:",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Promiscuous woman; prostitute."
],
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"prostitute"
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],
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"(obsolete) Promiscuous woman; prostitute."
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{
"ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒeɪ/"
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{
"rhymes": "-eɪ"
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{
"sense": "bird",
"word": "Jenny jay"
},
{
"sense": "bird",
"word": "jay pie"
},
{
"sense": "bird",
"word": "k"
},
{
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"word": "kae"
},
{
"sense": "bird",
"word": "bluejay"
},
{
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "whisky jack"
},
{
"sense": "ignorant person",
"word": "ignoramus"
},
{
"sense": "promiscuous woman",
"word": "promiscuous woman"
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{
"word": "prostitute"
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{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"lang_code": "sq",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "grifshë"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"lang_code": "sq",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "grizhlemzë"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "zurayq",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "زُرَيْق"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"lang_code": "hy",
"roman": "čay",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "ճայ"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"lang_code": "eu",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "eskinoso"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"lang_code": "be",
"roman": "sójka",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сойка"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"lang_code": "br",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kegin"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "sojka",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сойка"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gaig"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"lang_code": "yue",
"roman": "cung⁴ aa¹",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "松鴉 /松鸦"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"lang_code": "yue",
"roman": "goeng¹ niu⁵",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "橿鳥 /橿鸟"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "sōngyā",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "松鴉 /松鸦"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "jiāngniǎo",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "橿鳥 /橿鸟"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sojka"
},
{
"code": "da",
"english": "Eurasian jay",
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "bird",
"translation": "Eurasian jay",
"word": "skovskade"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gaai"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"english": "Eurasian jay",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"translation": "Eurasian jay",
"word": "Vlaamse gaai"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "garolo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"lang_code": "et",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "pasknäär"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"lang_code": "fo",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "gnelliskjóra"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "närhi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "geai"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "geai des chênes"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"lang_code": "fur",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gjaie"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"lang_code": "fur",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "badascule"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "gaio"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "pega marxa"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pega rebordá"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "čxiḳvi",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "ჩხიკვი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Häher"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "Hähermännchen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "Häherweibchen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "kíssa",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κίσσα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"lang_code": "grc",
"roman": "kíssa",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κίσσα"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"roman": "'orbaní",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "עורבני"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "szajkó"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "mátyásmadár"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "skrækskaði"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"lang_code": "io",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "jeo"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "scréachóg"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ghiandaia"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "懸巣"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "橿鳥"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "鵥"
},
{
"alt": "かけす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "kakesu",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "カケス"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"lang_code": "kk",
"roman": "qarğa",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "қарға"
},
{
"code": "lld",
"lang": "Ladin",
"lang_code": "lld",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "gacia"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "gaius"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "garrulus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "sīlis"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"lang_code": "lt",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "kėkštas"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"lang_code": "dsb",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "kabeja"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "sojka",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сојка"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"lang_code": "mt",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "sultan iċ-ċawl"
},
{
"code": "mhr",
"lang": "Eastern Mari",
"lang_code": "mhr",
"roman": "kupšüĺö",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "купшӱльӧ"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"lang_code": "mn",
"roman": "jatga šaazgaj",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "ятга шаазгай"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"lang_code": "mn",
"note": "ятгашаазгай (jatgašaazgaj, literally “zither magpie”)",
"sense": "bird"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"lang_code": "nv",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "tʼádootłʼizhii"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"lang_code": "nv",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "joogii"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"lang_code": "nrf",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "geai"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"english": "Eurasian jay",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"translation": "Eurasian jay",
"word": "nøtteskrike"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nøtteskrikje"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"lang_code": "oc",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "gag"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"lang_code": "ota",
"roman": "ala karga",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "آلا قارغه"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sójka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gralha"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gaio"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gaiță"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"lang_code": "rm",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sgragia"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "sójka",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "со́йка"
},
{
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"lang_code": "se",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "látteguovssat"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"lang_code": "sc",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "piga"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"lang_code": "sc",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "pica"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"lang_code": "sc",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "marabiga"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"lang_code": "sc",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "mariabiga"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"lang_code": "sc",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "melapica"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"lang_code": "gd",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sgreuchag"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"lang_code": "gd",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sgreuchan-coille"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "креjа"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "шојка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "сoјка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "kreja"
},
{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "bird",
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"feminine"
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"word": "šojka"
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{
"code": "sh",
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"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "bird",
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"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "sojka"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"lang_code": "sk",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sojka"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"lang_code": "sl",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "šoja"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arrendajo"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "urraca"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "grajilla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "skrika"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"english": "Eurasian jay",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "bird",
"translation": "Eurasian jay",
"word": "nötskrika"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "alakarga"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "sojka",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сойка"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"lang_code": "hsb",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "škrěkawa"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sgrech"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"lang_code": "fy",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "houtekster"
}
],
"word": "jay"
}
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/eɪ",
"Rhymes:English/eɪ/1 syllable",
"Terms with Arabic translations",
"Terms with Asturian translations",
"Terms with Bengali translations",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Burmese translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Esperanto translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Galician translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Hawaiian translations",
"Terms with Hindi translations",
"Terms with Icelandic translations",
"Terms with Ido translations",
"Terms with Indonesian translations",
"Terms with Irish translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Korean translations",
"Terms with Latin translations",
"Terms with Malay translations",
"Terms with Marathi translations",
"Terms with Occitan translations",
"Terms with Persian translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Tagalog translations",
"Terms with Thai translations",
"Terms with Turkish translations",
"Terms with Welsh translations",
"en:Corvids",
"en:Swallowtails"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "beejay"
},
{
"word": "deejay"
},
{
"word": "Jay Ar"
},
{
"word": "Jaycee"
},
{
"word": "jaygee"
},
{
"word": "jayvee"
},
{
"word": "pee bee and jay"
},
{
"word": "peejays"
},
{
"word": "veejay"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_text": "Respelling of the letter jy (which see), by analogy with the following letter kay.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "jays",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "jay (plural jays)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"en:Latin letter names"
],
"glosses": [
"The name of the Latin-script letter J/j."
],
"links": [
[
"J",
"J#English"
],
[
"j",
"j#English"
]
],
"senseid": [
"en:j"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English slang",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
140,
143
]
],
"ref": "2009 March 23, Caitlin Moran, The Times:",
"text": "Although sympathetic, my main reaction was to think: “Some people can handle it, and some people can’t,” and then smugly light up a big fat jay.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A marijuana cigarette; a joint."
],
"links": [
[
"marijuana",
"marijuana"
],
[
"joint",
"joint"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) A marijuana cigarette; a joint."
],
"tags": [
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "jā"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒeɪ/"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-jay.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f5/En-au-jay.ogg/En-au-jay.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/En-au-jay.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪ"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "jay",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "جَاي"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "jāy",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "جَاي"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"lang_code": "ast",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"word": "yota"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"lang_code": "ast",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"word": "jota"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"lang_code": "bn",
"roman": "je",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"word": "জে"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "ži",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "жи"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"lang_code": "my",
"roman": "gye",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"word": "ဂျေ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jota"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "jé"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jee"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"word": "jo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"word": "jii"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ji"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "iota"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Jot"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "tzéi",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "τζέι"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"lang_code": "haw",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"word": "iota"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "je",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"word": "जे"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"word": "joð"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"lang_code": "io",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"word": "je"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"word": "je"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"word": "jé"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "i lunga"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "jē",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"word": "ジェー"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "jei",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"word": "ジェイ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "jei",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"word": "제이"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"word": "ī"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"word": "je"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"lang_code": "mr",
"roman": "je",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"word": "जे"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"lang_code": "oc",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ji"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "jey",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"word": "جیْ"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "jot"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jota"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "džej",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"tags": [
"English",
"neuter"
],
"word": "джей"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "jot",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "йот"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "ži",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "жи"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jota"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"word": "dyey"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"roman": "jee",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"word": "เจ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"word": "je"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "name of the letter J, j",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "je"
}
],
"word": "jay"
}
Download raw JSONL data for jay meaning in English (29.6kB)
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"msg": "jay/English/noun: 'word' is missing and should be a non-empty string: {\"code\": \"mn\", \"lang\": \"Mongolian\", \"lang_code\": \"mn\", \"note\": \"ятгашаазгай (jatgašaazgaj, literally “zither magpie”)\", \"sense\": \"bird\"}",
"path": [],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "jay",
"trace": ""
}
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