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"text": "We had a very merry Christmas.",
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],
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{
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"word": "즐거운"
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{
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"word": "شادکام"
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"word": "весёлый"
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{
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"code": "sh",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"code": "tr",
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"word": "kutlu"
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{
"code": "vi",
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"word": "vui"
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{
"code": "fy",
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{
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"word": "весел"
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "he",
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],
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{
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],
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"code": "enm",
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},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "festive and full of fun and laughter",
"word": "festivo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vesjólyj",
"sense": "festive and full of fun and laughter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "весёлый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "festive and full of fun and laughter",
"word": "festivo"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "festive and full of fun and laughter",
"word": "şen"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "festive and full of fun and laughter",
"word": "kutlu"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "festive and full of fun and laughter",
"word": "neşeli"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "festive and full of fun and laughter",
"word": "mutlu"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "oživen",
"sense": "brisk",
"word": "оживен"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "brisk",
"word": "reipas"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "brisk",
"word": "rivakka"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "eraní",
"sense": "brisk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ערני"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "nimráts",
"sense": "brisk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "נמרץ"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "brisk",
"word": "mery"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tond",
"sense": "brisk",
"word": "تند"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "živój",
"sense": "brisk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "живо́й"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oživljónnyj",
"sense": "brisk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "оживлённый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "energíčnyj",
"sense": "brisk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "энерги́чный"
}
],
"word": "merry"
}
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"name": "der"
}
],
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"form": "merries",
"tags": [
"plural"
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}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "merry (plural merries)",
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"mer‧ry"
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "cherry-merry"
},
{
"word": "cherry-merry-bamboo"
}
],
"senses": [
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"glosses": [
"An English wild cherry."
],
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"wild cherry"
]
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}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛɹi/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmeɹi/",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"enpr": "mĕrʹē",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛɹi/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmeɪɹi/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/En-us-ne-merry.ogg"
},
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"audio": "en-us-merry.ogg",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/En-us-merry.ogg"
},
{
"homophone": "Merry"
},
{
"homophone": "Mary"
},
{
"homophone": "marry stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹi"
}
],
"word": "merry"
}
Download raw JSONL data for merry meaning in English (22.2kB)
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1930",
"msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": にぎにぎしい vs. ようきな",
"path": [
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"section": "English",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "merry",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1936",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": nigi nigi shī vs. yōki na",
"path": [
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