See meld in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "1"
},
"expansion": "¹",
"name": "sup"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "2"
},
"expansion": "²",
"name": "sup"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "melden"
},
"expansion": "Dutch melden",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "meldian",
"t": "to announce, declare; to inform, notify"
},
"expansion": "Old English meldian (“to announce, declare; to inform, notify”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "melden",
"t": "to accuse, inform against; to announce, declare"
},
"expansion": "Middle English melden (“to accuse, inform against; to announce, declare”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "The verb is probably borrowed from Dutch melden (“to announce; to let (someone) know, report; (specifically) to declare in a card game”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *melþōn (“to announce, declare; to inform”), and Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ- (“to ask; to pray; to speak”).\nThe noun is derived from the verb.\ncognates\n* Dutch melden\n* Old English meldian (“to announce, declare; to inform, notify”) (Middle English melden (“to accuse, inform against; to announce, declare”))",
"forms": [
{
"form": "melds",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "meld (plural melds)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Card games"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1914 February, Sinclair Lewis, “He is Blown by the Whirlwind”, in Our Mr. Wrenn: The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC, page 231:",
"text": "The realization that Istra was in the room made him forget most of his melds at pinochle; […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Especially in games of the rummy family: a combination of playing cards which is announced or played to score points."
],
"links": [
[
"card game",
"card game"
],
[
"games",
"game#Noun"
],
[
"rummy",
"rummy"
],
[
"family",
"family"
],
[
"combination",
"combination"
],
[
"playing card",
"playing card"
],
[
"announce",
"announce"
],
[
"played",
"play#Verb"
],
[
"score",
"score#Verb"
],
[
"point",
"point#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(card games) Especially in games of the rummy family: a combination of playing cards which is announced or played to score points."
],
"topics": [
"card-games",
"games"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mɛld/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛld"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "a.htwe",
"sense": "combination of playing cards announced or played to score points",
"word": "အထွေ"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "combination of playing cards announced or played to score points",
"word": "pöytäys"
}
],
"word": "meld"
}
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