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"English 2-syllable words",
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Requests for review of Spanish translations",
"Rhymes:English/ɛtəl",
"Rhymes:English/ɛtəl/2 syllables"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "metal"
},
"expansion": "metal",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From figurative use of metal (since 16th century). The two spellings were originally interchangeable variants, but came to be distinguished by sense in the 18th century.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "?"
},
"expansion": "mettle",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"Scottish English"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide",
"text": "And then one afternoon in the hinder end of April came young Heriotside riding to the Skerburnfoot. His arm was healed, he had got him a fine new suit of green, and his horse was a mettle beast that well set off his figure.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Spirited, vigorous, stout-hearted."
],
"links": [
[
"Spirited",
"spirited"
],
[
"vigorous",
"vigorous"
],
[
"stout-hearted",
"stout-hearted"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Scotland) Spirited, vigorous, stout-hearted."
],
"tags": [
"Scotland"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛtəl/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛtəl"
},
{
"homophone": "metal (general)"
},
{
"homophone": "medal"
},
{
"homophone": "meddle (in accents with flapping)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mettle.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b8/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mettle.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mettle.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b8/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mettle.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mettle.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England) [ˈmɛtɫ̩]"
}
],
"word": "mettle"
}
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