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"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "mereman"
},
"expansion": "Middle English mereman",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"4": "",
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},
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{
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"2": "meremennen"
},
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{
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"3": "",
"4": "mermaid, siren"
},
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{
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"2": "Meermann",
"3": "",
"4": "merman"
},
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}
],
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"name": "Cryptozoology",
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"Pseudoscience",
"Biology",
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"Fantasy",
"Mythology",
"Fiction",
"Speculative fiction",
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"Artistic works",
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"Art",
"Entertainment",
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"Speculative fiction",
"Culture",
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"Art",
"Entertainment",
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{
"ref": "1653, The Loves of Hero and Leander: A Mock Poem, London, page 19",
"text": "The meer man hath no feet but fins / And this hath legs you see and shins.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A legendary creature, human male from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down."
],
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{
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}
],
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{
"word": "merboy"
},
{
"word": "merfather"
}
],
"id": "en-merman-en-noun-NcwLmmAo",
"links": [
[
"legendary",
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],
[
"creature",
"creature"
],
[
"human",
"human"
],
[
"fish",
"fish"
]
],
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{
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},
{
"word": "merfolk"
}
],
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{
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],
"word": "merguy"
}
],
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "غرانق الماء"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "triton",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тритон"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tritó"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "havmand"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meerman"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zeemeerman"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "marviro"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "vetehinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "vedenhaltija"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "triton"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳactevza",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "კაცთევზა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṭriṭoni",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "ტრიტონი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wassermann"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "kāne hiʻu iʻa"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jalmānus",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "जलमानुस"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jalmānav",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "जलमानव"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "marbendill"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "murúch fir"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tritone"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hangyojin",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "半魚人"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "māman",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "マーマン"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "eoin",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "어인"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "baneoin",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "반어인"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trito"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "semivir marinus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "triton"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "havmann"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "دریامرد"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tryton"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tritão"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sereio"
},
{
"code": "sd",
"lang": "Sindhi",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "جل مانس"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tritón"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "havsman"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "siyokoy"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "deniz erkeği"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "جل مانس"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "người cá"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"merman"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)mən"
}
],
"word": "merman"
}
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},
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"4": "",
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"name": "inh"
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},
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},
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{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "meerman",
"3": "",
"4": "merman"
},
"expansion": "Dutch meerman (“merman”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Meermann",
"3": "",
"4": "merman"
},
"expansion": "German Meermann (“merman”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English mereman, from Old English *meremann (“merman”) (suggested by Old English meremenn, meremennen, meremenin (“mermaid, siren”)), equivalent to mer- + man. Cognate with Dutch meerman (“merman”), German Meermann (“merman”).",
"forms": [
{
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"1": "mermen"
},
"expansion": "merman (plural mermen)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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{
"word": "merperson"
}
],
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{
"word": "merboy"
},
{
"word": "merfather"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"word": "mermaid"
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{
"word": "merfolk"
}
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"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms prefixed with mer-",
"English terms with quotations",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)mən",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)mən/2 syllables",
"en:Cryptozoology",
"en:Merpeople",
"en:Mythological creatures"
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"ref": "1653, The Loves of Hero and Leander: A Mock Poem, London, page 19",
"text": "The meer man hath no feet but fins / And this hath legs you see and shins.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A legendary creature, human male from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down."
],
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[
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[
"human",
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[
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],
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}
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "غرانق الماء"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "triton",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тритон"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tritó"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "havmand"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meerman"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zeemeerman"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "marviro"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "vetehinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "vedenhaltija"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "triton"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳactevza",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "კაცთევზა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṭriṭoni",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "ტრიტონი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wassermann"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "kāne hiʻu iʻa"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jalmānus",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "जलमानुस"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jalmānav",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "जलमानव"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "marbendill"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "murúch fir"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tritone"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hangyojin",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "半魚人"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "māman",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "マーマン"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "eoin",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "어인"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "baneoin",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "반어인"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trito"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "semivir marinus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "triton"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "havmann"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "دریامرد"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tryton"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tritão"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sereio"
},
{
"code": "sd",
"lang": "Sindhi",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "جل مانس"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tritón"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "havsman"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "siyokoy"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "deniz erkeği"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "جل مانس"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "người cá"
}
],
"word": "merman"
}
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