See micron in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"en:Linguistics"
],
"glosses": [
"Synonym of breve"
],
"links": [
[
"linguistics",
"linguistics"
],
[
"breve",
"breve#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(linguistics) Synonym of breve"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"synonym",
"synonym-of"
],
"word": "breve"
}
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmaɪkɹɒn/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-micron.wav",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-micron.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-micron.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪkɹɒn"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "breve"
}
],
"word": "micron"
}
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