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[
"woman",
"woman"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈnubaɪl/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈnjuːbaɪl/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪl"
},
{
"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",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"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",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "nubile"
}
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