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]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/lɑːt/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/lɑt/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
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{
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"singular"
],
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}
],
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{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"lang_code": "be",
"roman": "lat",
"sense": "former currency of Latvia",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "лат"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "lātè",
"sense": "former currency of Latvia",
"word": "拉特"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"lang_code": "et",
"sense": "former currency of Latvia",
"word": "latt"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "former currency of Latvia",
"word": "lati"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "former currency of Latvia",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Lats"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "rattsu",
"sense": "former currency of Latvia",
"word": "ラッツ"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"sense": "former currency of Latvia",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lats"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"lang_code": "lt",
"sense": "former currency of Latvia",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "latas"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "former currency of Latvia",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "łat"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "lat",
"sense": "former currency of Latvia",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "лат"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "lat",
"sense": "former currency of Latvia",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "лат"
}
],
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}
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
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"Rhymes:English/æt",
"Rhymes:English/æt/1 syllable",
"en:Historical currencies",
"en:Latvia",
"en:Rooms",
"en:Toilet (room)"
],
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{
"word": "imaginary lat syndrome"
},
{
"word": "invisible lat syndrome"
},
{
"word": "lat pulldown"
}
],
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},
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"name": "clipping"
}
],
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{
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"categories": [
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"A latissimus dorsi muscle."
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"latissimus dorsi",
"latissimus dorsi"
],
[
"muscle",
"muscle"
]
],
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"(slang, usually in the plural) A latissimus dorsi muscle."
],
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"slang"
]
}
],
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}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
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"Rhymes:English/æt",
"Rhymes:English/æt/1 syllable",
"en:Historical currencies",
"en:Latvia",
"en:Rooms",
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"2": "latitude"
},
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"name": "clipping"
}
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{
"form": "lats",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"args": {},
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{
"word": "lat."
}
],
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{
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{
"word": "latitude"
}
],
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"English clippings",
"English informal terms",
"en:Geography"
],
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{
"word": "lon"
},
{
"word": "long"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Clipping of latitude."
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[
"geography",
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"latitude",
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"(geography, informal) Clipping of latitude."
],
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"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"clipping",
"informal"
],
"topics": [
"geography",
"natural-sciences"
]
}
],
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"enpr": "lăt"
},
{
"ipa": "/læt/"
},
{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/95/En-au-lat.ogg/En-au-lat.ogg.mp3",
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},
{
"rhymes": "-æt"
}
],
"word": "lat"
}
Download raw JSONL data for lat meaning in English (15.9kB)
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"path": [
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],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "lat",
"trace": ""
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