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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "cigar lighter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "fag lighter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "fag-lighter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "lighter fluid"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "lighter screw"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "lump the lighter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "table lighter"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bn",
"2": "লাইটার",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bengali: লাইটার (laiṭar)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bengali: লাইটার (laiṭar)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "lighter",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Danish: lighter",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Danish: lighter"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "लाइटर",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindi: लाइटर (lāiṭar)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindi: लाइटर (lāiṭar)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "ライター",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "raitā"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese: ライター (raitā)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: ライター (raitā)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "라이터",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 라이터 (raiteo)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 라이터 (raiteo)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norwegian:"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "lighter",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: lighter",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: lighter"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "lighter",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: lighter",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: lighter"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ps",
"2": "لایټر",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "lāyṭar"
},
"expansion": "→ Pashto: لایټر (lāyṭar)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "neologism"
},
"expansion": "(neologism)",
"name": "qualifier"
}
],
"text": "→ Pashto: لایټر (lāyṭar) (neologism)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "لایْتَر",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "lāytar"
},
"expansion": "→ Persian: لایْتَر (lāytar)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Dari"
},
"expansion": "(Dari)",
"name": "qualifier"
}
],
"text": "→ Persian: لایْتَر (lāytar) (Dari)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ur",
"2": "لائِٹَر",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Urdu: لائِٹَر (lāiṭar)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Urdu: لائِٹَر (lāiṭar)"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "light",
"3": "er",
"id2": "agent noun",
"t1": "to ignite"
},
"expansion": "light (“to ignite”) + -er",
"name": "suf"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "lichtere"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch lichtere",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "lichter",
"t": "one who spreads light, illuminator"
},
"expansion": "lichter (“one who spreads light, illuminator”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "lichter"
},
"expansion": "Dutch lichter",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "luchter",
"t": "candle-holder, chandelier"
},
"expansion": "luchter (“candle-holder, chandelier”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "lightnere"
},
"expansion": "Middle English lightnere",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "liȝtnere",
"t": "one who enlightens or illuminates"
},
"expansion": "liȝtnere (“one who enlightens or illuminates”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From light (“to ignite”) + -er. Cognate with Middle Dutch lichtere, lichter (“one who spreads light, illuminator”), Dutch lichter, luchter (“candle-holder, chandelier”). Compare also Middle English lightnere, liȝtnere (“one who enlightens or illuminates”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "lighters",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "lighter (plural lighters)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"light‧er"
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "cigarette lighter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "firelighter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "lamplighter"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
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"_dis": "52 48",
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"name": "English links with redundant wikilinks",
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"Links with redundant wikilinks",
"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 3 15 17 24 28 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -er",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 10 13 26 11 23 6",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Fire",
"orig": "en:Fire",
"parents": [
"Combustion",
"Light sources",
"Chemical processes",
"Light",
"Nature",
"Energy",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "7 7 13 21 17 25 11",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Smoking",
"orig": "en:Smoking",
"parents": [
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "a lighter of lamps",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A person who lights things."
],
"id": "en-lighter-en-noun-SME-0RUX",
"links": [
[
"person",
"person"
],
[
"light",
"light"
],
[
"thing",
"thing"
]
]
},
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{
"_dis": "52 48",
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"Links with redundant wikilinks",
"Entry maintenance"
],
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},
{
"_dis": "3 3 15 17 24 28 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -er",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 10 13 26 11 23 6",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Fire",
"orig": "en:Fire",
"parents": [
"Combustion",
"Light sources",
"Chemical processes",
"Light",
"Nature",
"Energy",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "7 7 13 21 17 25 11",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Smoking",
"orig": "en:Smoking",
"parents": [
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 4 13 46 15 6 11",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Tools",
"orig": "en:Tools",
"parents": [
"Technology",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Cigarette in mouth, he clutched his pockets in search of a lighter.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A device used to light things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to light cigarettes."
],
"id": "en-lighter-en-noun-en:device",
"links": [
[
"device",
"device"
],
[
"use",
"use"
],
[
"light",
"light"
],
[
"thing",
"thing"
],
[
"especially",
"especially"
],
[
"reusable",
"reusable"
],
[
"handheld",
"handheld"
],
[
"creating",
"creating"
],
[
"fire",
"fire"
],
[
"cigarette",
"cigarette"
]
],
"senseid": [
"en:device"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "briquet"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "aak"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "aanbrandsteker"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "aansteker"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "çakmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "am",
"lang": "Amharic",
"roman": "maḳäṭaṭäya",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "ማቀጣጠያ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "am",
"lang": "Amharic",
"roman": "mäläkoša",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "መለኮሻ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qaddāḥa",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "قَدَّاحَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "wallāʕa",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "وَلَّاعَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "wallāʕa",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "وَلَّاعَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "wallāʕa",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "وَلَّاعة"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔaddāḥa",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"North-Levantine-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "قَدَّاحَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "ajp",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔaddāḥa",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"South-Levantine-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "قَدَّاحَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "ajp",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "wallāʕa",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"South-Levantine-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "وَلَّاعَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "krakvaṙičʿ",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "կրակվառիչ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "alışqan"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "pizgailu"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "metxero"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zapalʹníčka",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "запальні́чка"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "laiṭar",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "লাইটার"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zapálka",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "запа́лка"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "dhatmi:hkrac",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "ဓာတ်မီးခြစ်"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "my",
"english": "lighter or matches",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "mi:hkrac",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "မီးခြစ်"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "encenedor"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "ce",
"lang": "Chechen",
"roman": "cʼetuxurg",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "цӏетухург"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "火機"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "fo² gei¹",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "火机"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "打火機"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "daa² fo² gei¹",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "打火机"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "打火機"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dǎhuǒjī",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "打火机"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "çaqmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zapalovač"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "lighter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"note": "for cigarettes",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "cigarettænder"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"obsolete"
],
"word": "fyrtøj"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aansteker"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "tulemasin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "välgumihkel"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tendrari"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "sytytin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "savukkeensytytin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "tupakansytytin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "sytkäri"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "briquet"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chisqueiro"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "santebela",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "სანთებელა"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Feuerzeug"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Zigarettenfeuerzeug"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Zigarettenanzünder"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "gil",
"lang": "Gilbertese",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "bebete riki"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anaptíras",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "αναπτήρας"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "metsit",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מַצִּית"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "lāiṭar",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "लाइटर"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "öngyújtó"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kveikjari"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "acendilo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "korek api gas"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "pemantik"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lastóir"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "ga",
"english": "cigarette-lighter",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lastóir toitíní"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "accendino"
},
{
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "ライター"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "şaqpaq",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "шақпақ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "daek keh",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "ដែកកេះ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "raiteo",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "라이터"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "kmr",
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"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "heste"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "çeqmaq"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "ky",
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"roman": "zajigalka",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "зажигалка"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "cakmak",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "чакмак"
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{
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"code": "lo",
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"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kap fai",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "ກັບໄຟ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "lek fai",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "ເຫລັກໄຟ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kap lek fai",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "ກັບເຫລັກໄຟ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "la",
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"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "šķiltavas"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "lv",
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"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dedzīklis"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "lij",
"lang": "Ligurian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bricchettu"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "lij",
"lang": "Ligurian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bricchetto"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "žiebtuvėlis"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "nds",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Füertüüch"
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{
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zapalka",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "запалка"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "mk",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "чакмак"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "ms",
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"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "lebih ringan"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lajter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "gv",
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"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "losseyder"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "gv",
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"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "eddrymmey"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "pūahi"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "mn",
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"roman": "asaaguur",
"sense": "fire-making device",
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"Cyrillic"
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "nb",
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"sense": "fire-making device",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "nb",
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"sense": "fire-making device",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "sigarettenner"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "nb",
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"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "nn",
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"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fyrtøy"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "nn",
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"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tennar"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "nn",
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"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lighter"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "ps",
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"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neologism"
],
"word": "لایټر"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "fandak",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "فَنْدَک"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "prs",
"lang": "Dari",
"roman": "lāytar",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"Dari"
],
"word": "لایْتَر"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
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"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Hupjebrenna"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "pox",
"lang": "Polabian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zapalniczka"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acendedor"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "isqueiro"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "brichetă"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "зажига́лка"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "упа̀ља̄ч"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "upàljāč"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "azzarinu"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zapaľovač"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vžigalnik"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "st",
"lang": "Sotho",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "segôtêtši"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "encendedor"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"Colombia",
"masculine"
],
"word": "briquet"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"Cuba",
"feminine"
],
"word": "fosforera"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
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"Puerto-Rico",
"masculine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "es",
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"tags": [
"Spain",
"masculine"
],
"word": "mechero"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "es",
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"tags": [
"Venezuela",
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "su",
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"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "gérétan"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "vibiriti vya chuma"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tändare"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "tl",
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"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "pansindi"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
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"word": "оташафрӯзак"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "tg",
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"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "нимирӯзӣ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "tet",
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"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "iskeiru"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "fai-chɛ́k",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "ไฟแช็ก"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "sla ba",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "སླ་བ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "to",
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"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "masi"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "çakmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "çakmak"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
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"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "запальни́чка"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "ur",
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"roman": "lāiṭar",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "لائِٹَر"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "ug",
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"roman": "chaqmaq",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "چاقماق"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
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"word": "zajigalka"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "chaqmoq"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "bật lửa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "fire-making device",
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
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"tags": [
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],
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
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"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אָנצינדער"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
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"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"masculine"
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],
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"sense": "a barge",
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],
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{
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"feminine"
],
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"feminine"
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{
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"args": {
"1": "gml",
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{
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"1": "gml",
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"1": "gml",
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},
"expansion": "lüchtære (“a small ship that lightens a load, lighter ship”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
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{
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"present"
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{
"form": "lightered",
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"participle",
"past"
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},
{
"form": "lightered",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
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{
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"Light",
"Nature",
"Energy",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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"Human behaviour",
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{
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"Nautical",
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"Transport",
"Machines",
"All topics",
"Technology",
"Fundamental"
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}
],
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{
"text": "1900. Report of the Commission Appointed by the President to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War with Spain. Vol. 7, pg. 3227.\nTroops and stores were lightered to the wharves inside the harbor by steamers Orizaba and Berkshire."
}
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[
"cargo",
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[
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"passenger"
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"ship",
"ship"
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]
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{
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"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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"To transfer cargo or fuel from (a ship), lightening it to make its draft less or to make it easier to refloat."
],
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"links": [
[
"fuel",
"fuel"
],
[
"draft",
"draft"
]
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈlaɪtɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈlaɪɾɚ]",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlaɪtə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪtə(ɹ)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-lighter.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b1/En-us-lighter.ogg/En-us-lighter.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/En-us-lighter.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
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}
],
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{
"args": {
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"2": "light",
"3": "er",
"t1": "pale",
"t2": "comparative"
},
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"name": "suffix"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "comparative adjective"
},
"expansion": "lighter",
"name": "head"
}
],
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],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
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{
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{
"_dis": "10 10 13 26 11 23 6",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Fire",
"orig": "en:Fire",
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"Combustion",
"Light sources",
"Chemical processes",
"Light",
"Nature",
"Energy",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I prefer a lighter shade of pink.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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{
"extra": "more light",
"word": "light"
}
],
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"comparative form of light: more light"
],
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"links": [
[
"light",
"light#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"comparative",
"form-of"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlaɪtɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈlaɪɾɚ]",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlaɪtə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪtə(ɹ)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-lighter.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b1/En-us-lighter.ogg/En-us-lighter.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/En-us-lighter.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"word": "lighter"
}
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "light",
"3": "er",
"t1": "not heavy, weak",
"t2": "comparative"
},
"expansion": "light (“not heavy, weak”) + -er (“comparative”)",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "comparative adjective"
},
"expansion": "lighter",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"light‧er"
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
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{
"categories": [
{
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Fire",
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"Combustion",
"Light sources",
"Chemical processes",
"Light",
"Nature",
"Energy",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "What happened? You look 10 lbs. lighter!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I wish I'd thrown a lighter punch; he's out cold.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1964 May, “News and Comment: WR's new parcel traffic method”, in Modern Railways, page 300",
"text": "It is lighter to handle and more manoeuvrable, and its three caged sides with web straps on the fourth prevent movement of the contents.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2021 May 19, David Clough, “Swiss precision meets UK growth”, in RAIL, number 931, page 57",
"text": "For example, lightweight construction and Jacobs bogies save weight, and a lighter train uses less power.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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{
"extra": "more light",
"word": "light"
}
],
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"comparative form of light: more light"
],
"id": "en-lighter-en-adj-gG4jJPCX1",
"links": [
[
"light",
"light#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"comparative",
"form-of"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlaɪtɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈlaɪɾɚ]",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlaɪtə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪtə(ɹ)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-lighter.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b1/En-us-lighter.ogg/En-us-lighter.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/En-us-lighter.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
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}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English comparative adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English links with redundant wikilinks",
"English non-lemma forms",
"English nouns",
"English terms suffixed with -er",
"English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Requests for review of Central Kurdish translations",
"Rhymes:English/aɪtə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/aɪtə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
"en:Fire",
"en:Smoking",
"en:Tools",
"en:Watercraft"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "cigar lighter"
},
{
"word": "fag lighter"
},
{
"word": "fag-lighter"
},
{
"word": "lighter fluid"
},
{
"word": "lighter screw"
},
{
"word": "lump the lighter"
},
{
"word": "table lighter"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bn",
"2": "লাইটার",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bengali: লাইটার (laiṭar)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bengali: লাইটার (laiṭar)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "lighter",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Danish: lighter",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Danish: lighter"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "लाइटर",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindi: लाइटर (lāiṭar)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindi: लाइटर (lāiṭar)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "ライター",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "raitā"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese: ライター (raitā)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: ライター (raitā)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "라이터",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 라이터 (raiteo)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 라이터 (raiteo)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norwegian:"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "lighter",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: lighter",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: lighter"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "lighter",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: lighter",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: lighter"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ps",
"2": "لایټر",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "lāyṭar"
},
"expansion": "→ Pashto: لایټر (lāyṭar)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "neologism"
},
"expansion": "(neologism)",
"name": "qualifier"
}
],
"text": "→ Pashto: لایټر (lāyṭar) (neologism)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "لایْتَر",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "lāytar"
},
"expansion": "→ Persian: لایْتَر (lāytar)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Dari"
},
"expansion": "(Dari)",
"name": "qualifier"
}
],
"text": "→ Persian: لایْتَر (lāytar) (Dari)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ur",
"2": "لائِٹَر",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Urdu: لائِٹَر (lāiṭar)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Urdu: لائِٹَر (lāiṭar)"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "light",
"3": "er",
"id2": "agent noun",
"t1": "to ignite"
},
"expansion": "light (“to ignite”) + -er",
"name": "suf"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "lichtere"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch lichtere",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "lichter",
"t": "one who spreads light, illuminator"
},
"expansion": "lichter (“one who spreads light, illuminator”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "lichter"
},
"expansion": "Dutch lichter",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "luchter",
"t": "candle-holder, chandelier"
},
"expansion": "luchter (“candle-holder, chandelier”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "lightnere"
},
"expansion": "Middle English lightnere",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "liȝtnere",
"t": "one who enlightens or illuminates"
},
"expansion": "liȝtnere (“one who enlightens or illuminates”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
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{
"form": "lighters",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
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"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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"word": "cigarette lighter"
},
{
"word": "firelighter"
},
{
"word": "lamplighter"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
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],
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{
"text": "a lighter of lamps",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"A person who lights things."
],
"links": [
[
"person",
"person"
],
[
"light",
"light"
],
[
"thing",
"thing"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
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],
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{
"text": "Cigarette in mouth, he clutched his pockets in search of a lighter.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"A device used to light things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to light cigarettes."
],
"links": [
[
"device",
"device"
],
[
"use",
"use"
],
[
"light",
"light"
],
[
"thing",
"thing"
],
[
"especially",
"especially"
],
[
"reusable",
"reusable"
],
[
"handheld",
"handheld"
],
[
"creating",
"creating"
],
[
"fire",
"fire"
],
[
"cigarette",
"cigarette"
]
],
"senseid": [
"en:device"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "briquet"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlaɪtɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈlaɪɾɚ]",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlaɪtə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪtə(ɹ)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-lighter.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b1/En-us-lighter.ogg/En-us-lighter.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/En-us-lighter.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "aak"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "aanbrandsteker"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "aansteker"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "çakmak"
},
{
"code": "am",
"lang": "Amharic",
"roman": "maḳäṭaṭäya",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "ማቀጣጠያ"
},
{
"code": "am",
"lang": "Amharic",
"roman": "mäläkoša",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "መለኮሻ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qaddāḥa",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "قَدَّاحَة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "wallāʕa",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "وَلَّاعَة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "wallāʕa",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "وَلَّاعَة"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "wallāʕa",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "وَلَّاعة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔaddāḥa",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"North-Levantine-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "قَدَّاحَة"
},
{
"code": "ajp",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔaddāḥa",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"South-Levantine-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "قَدَّاحَة"
},
{
"code": "ajp",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "wallāʕa",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"South-Levantine-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "وَلَّاعَة"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "krakvaṙičʿ",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "կրակվառիչ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "alışqan"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "pizgailu"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "metxero"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zapalʹníčka",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "запальні́чка"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "laiṭar",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "লাইটার"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zapálka",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "запа́лка"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "dhatmi:hkrac",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "ဓာတ်မီးခြစ်"
},
{
"code": "my",
"english": "lighter or matches",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "mi:hkrac",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "မီးခြစ်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "encenedor"
},
{
"code": "ce",
"lang": "Chechen",
"roman": "cʼetuxurg",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "цӏетухург"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "火機"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "fo² gei¹",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "火机"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "打火機"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "daa² fo² gei¹",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "打火机"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "打火機"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dǎhuǒjī",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "打火机"
},
{
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "çaqmaq"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zapalovač"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "lighter"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"note": "for cigarettes",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "cigarettænder"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"obsolete"
],
"word": "fyrtøj"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aansteker"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "tulemasin"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "välgumihkel"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tendrari"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "sytytin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "savukkeensytytin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "tupakansytytin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "sytkäri"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "briquet"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chisqueiro"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "santebela",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "სანთებელა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Feuerzeug"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Zigarettenfeuerzeug"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Zigarettenanzünder"
},
{
"code": "gil",
"lang": "Gilbertese",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "bebete riki"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anaptíras",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "αναπτήρας"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "metsit",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מַצִּית"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "lāiṭar",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "लाइटर"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "öngyújtó"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kveikjari"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "acendilo"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "korek api gas"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "pemantik"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lastóir"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"english": "cigarette-lighter",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lastóir toitíní"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "accendino"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "raitā",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "ライター"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "şaqpaq",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "шақпақ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "daek keh",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "ដែកកេះ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "raiteo",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "라이터"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "heste"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "çeqmaq"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "zajigalka",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "зажигалка"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "cakmak",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "чакмак"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"english": "lighter or matches",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kap fai",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "ກັບໄຟ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "lek fai",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "ເຫລັກໄຟ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kap lek fai",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "ກັບເຫລັກໄຟ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ignitabulum"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "šķiltavas"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"english": "archaism",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dedzīklis"
},
{
"code": "lij",
"lang": "Ligurian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bricchettu"
},
{
"code": "lij",
"lang": "Ligurian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bricchetto"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "žiebtuvėlis"
},
{
"code": "nds",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Füertüüch"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zapalka",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "запалка"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "čakmak",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "чакмак"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "lebih ringan"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lajter"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "losseyder"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "eddrymmey"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "pūahi"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "asaaguur",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "асаагуур"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lighter"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sigarettenner"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fyrtøy"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fyrtøy"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tennar"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lighter"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "lāyṭar",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neologism"
],
"word": "لایټر"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "fandak",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "فَنْدَک"
},
{
"code": "prs",
"lang": "Dari",
"roman": "lāytar",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"Dari"
],
"word": "لایْتَر"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Hupjebrenna"
},
{
"code": "pox",
"lang": "Polabian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vigneně tüďai"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zapalniczka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acendedor"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "isqueiro"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "brichetă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zažigálka",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "зажига́лка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "упа̀ља̄ч"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "upàljāč"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "azzarinu"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zapaľovač"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vžigalnik"
},
{
"code": "st",
"lang": "Sotho",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "segôtêtši"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "encendedor"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"Colombia",
"masculine"
],
"word": "briquet"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"Cuba",
"feminine"
],
"word": "fosforera"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"Panama",
"Puerto-Rico",
"masculine"
],
"word": "lighter"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"Spain",
"masculine"
],
"word": "mechero"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"Venezuela",
"masculine"
],
"word": "yesquero"
},
{
"code": "su",
"lang": "Sundanese",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "gérétan"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "vibiriti vya chuma"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "cigarettändare"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tändare"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "pansindi"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "otašafrüzak",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "оташафрӯзак"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "nimirüzī",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "нимирӯзӣ"
},
{
"code": "tet",
"lang": "Tetum",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "iskeiru"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "fai-chɛ́k",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "ไฟแช็ก"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "sla ba",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "སླ་བ"
},
{
"code": "to",
"lang": "Tongan",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "masi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "çakmak"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "çakmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zapalʹnýčka",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "запальни́чка"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "lāiṭar",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "لائِٹَر"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "chaqmaq",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "چاقماق"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "zajigalka"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "chaqmoq"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "bật lửa"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "hộp quẹt"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"word": "filidöm"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "taniwr"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "ontsinder",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אָנצינדער"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "fire-making device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "adırge (diq)"
},
{
"code": "zu",
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