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{
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "it",
"3": "motto",
"4": "",
"5": "a word, a saying"
},
"expansion": "Italian motto (“a word, a saying”)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "muttum",
"4": "",
"5": "a mutter, a grunt"
},
"expansion": "Latin muttum (“a mutter, a grunt”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "16"
},
"expansion": "16th c.",
"name": "C."
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mot"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of mot",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian motto (“a word, a saying”), from Latin muttum (“a mutter, a grunt”), late 16th c.. Doublet of mot.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mottos",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mottoes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "s",
"2": "mottoes"
},
"expansion": "motto (plural mottos or mottoes)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Heraldry",
"orig": "en:Heraldry",
"parents": [
"History",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 10",
"text": "‘Gentlemen, I can tell you what the new queen will take as her motto. It is Bound to Obey and Serve.’",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement."
],
"id": "en-motto-en-noun-jCZ~M6da",
"links": [
[
"heraldry",
"heraldry"
],
[
"achievement",
"achievement"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(heraldry) A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement."
],
"topics": [
"government",
"heraldry",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"monarchy",
"nobility",
"politics"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "leuse"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "devizë"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šiʕār",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "شِعَار"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "nšanaban",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "նշանաբան"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "şüar"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "goiburu"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "devíz",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дэві́з"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "nitibakko",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "নীতিবাক্য"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sturienn"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "devíz",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "деви́з"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hcaungpud",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "ဆောင်ပုဒ်"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "divisa"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lema"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "座右銘"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zuòyòumíng",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "座右铭"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "motto"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "motto"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "motto"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wapenspreuk"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"personal"
],
"word": "lijfspreuk"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "moto"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "tunnuslause"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "motto"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "tunnuslause"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "vaalilause"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "devise"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "devizi",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "დევიზი"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Motto"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wahlspruch"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ritó",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ρητό"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "moto",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מוֹטוֹ"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "dhyeyvākya",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ध्येयवाक्य"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "siddhānt",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "सिद्धांत"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "nītivākya",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "नीतिवाक्य"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "mottó"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kjörorð"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "moto"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "semboyan"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mana"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motto"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mottō",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "モットー"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"alt": "ざゆうのめい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "zayūnomei",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "座右の銘"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"alt": "ひょうご",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hyōgo",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "標語"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ūran",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "ұран"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "paavaʼcaʼnaa",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "បាវចនា"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"alt": "座右銘",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jwaumyeong",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "좌우명"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "moto",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "모토"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"alt": "標語",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "pyoeo",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "표어"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "uraan",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "ураан"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "deviz",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "девиз"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kham khuan",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "ຄຳຂວັນ"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "devīze"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "devizas"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "moto",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "мото"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "geslo",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "гесло"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "slogan"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "cogan kata"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "moto"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "motto"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "motto"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "devisa"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "šo'ãr",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "شعار"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šo'âr",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "شعار"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dewiza"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "motto"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lema"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "divisa"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mote"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "deviză"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "devíz",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "деви́з"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "facal-suaicheantais"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "деви́за"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "мо̏то"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "deviza"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "mȍto"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "motto"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "moto"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mote"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "es",
"english": "extends to figures",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "divisa"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lema"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "motto"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "valspråk"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "devis"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "bansag"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "lema"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "moto"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "šior",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "шиор"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "kuṟikkōḷurai",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "குறிக்கோளுரை"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kam-kwǎn",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "คำขวัญ"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "slogan"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 25 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement",
"word": "motto"
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"4": "",
"5": "a word, a saying"
},
"expansion": "Italian motto (“a word, a saying”)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "muttum",
"4": "",
"5": "a mutter, a grunt"
},
"expansion": "Latin muttum (“a mutter, a grunt”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "16"
},
"expansion": "16th c.",
"name": "C."
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mot"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of mot",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian motto (“a word, a saying”), from Latin muttum (“a mutter, a grunt”), late 16th c.. Doublet of mot.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mottos",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "mottoing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "mottoed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "mottoed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "motto (third-person singular simple present mottos, present participle mottoing, simple past and past participle mottoed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2003, Nineteenth Century Prose, volume 30, page 304",
"text": "The singularity of his epigraphic strategy notwithstanding, Emerson does not draw attention to his own mottoing. One exchange suggests that his practice was a convention imposed from without.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To compose mottos."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To compose mottos."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɑ.toʊ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɒ.təʊ/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "(General American) -ɑtoʊ"
},
{
"rhymes": "(Received Pronunciation) -ɒtəʊ"
},
{
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-motto.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f0/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-motto.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-motto.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f0/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-motto.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-motto.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"motto"
],
"word": "motto"
}
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