See ling in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brugo"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
"word": "lyng"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"lang_code": "gd",
"sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fraoch"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ljung"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "grug"
}
],
"word": "ling"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɪŋ",
"Rhymes:English/ɪŋ/1 syllable",
"en:Gadiforms",
"en:Heather family plants"
],
"etymology_number": "3",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "ling (uncountable)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "linguistics"
}
],
"categories": [
"English clippings",
"English informal terms"
],
"glosses": [
"Clipping of linguistics."
],
"links": [
[
"linguistics",
"linguistics#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) Clipping of linguistics."
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"clipping",
"informal",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "lĭng",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/lɪŋ/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ling.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ling.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ling.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ling.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ling.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪŋ"
}
],
"word": "ling"
}
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