See nubile in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"expansion": "French nubile",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "nūbilis",
"4": "",
"5": "marriageable"
},
"expansion": "Latin nūbilis (“marriageable”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*snewbʰ-",
"4": "",
"5": "to marry, to wed"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *snewbʰ- (“to marry, to wed”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "νύμφη",
"3": "",
"4": "bride, young wife, nymph"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride, young wife, nymph”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From French nubile, from Latin nūbilis (“marriageable”), from nūbō (“marry, to take as husband”), from Proto-Indo-European *snewbʰ- (“to marry, to wed”). Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride, young wife, nymph”) (English nymph), but this is disputed.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "nubiles",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "nubile (plural nubiles)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A young sexually attractive woman."
],
"links": [
[
"woman",
"woman"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈnubaɪl/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈnjuːbaɪl/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-US-nubile.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/En-US-nubile.wav/En-US-nubile.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/En-US-nubile.wav/En-US-nubile.wav.ogg"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nubile.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-nubile.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-nubile.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-nubile.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-nubile.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪl"
}
],
"word": "nubile"
}
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