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"bor": "1"
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"1": "nl",
"2": "ork",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Dutch: ork",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Dutch: ork"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "et",
"2": "örk",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Estonian: örk",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Estonian: örk"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "örkki",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: örkki",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Finnish: örkki"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "orc",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: orc",
"name": "desc"
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],
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{
"depth": 1,
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"2": "ორკი",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Georgian: ორკი (orḳi)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Georgian: ორკი (orḳi)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "el",
"2": "ορκ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Greek: ορκ (ork)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Greek: ορκ (ork)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "ork",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hungarian: ork",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hungarian: ork"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "orki",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Icelandic: orki",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Icelandic: orki"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "オーク",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "ōku"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese: オーク (ōku)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: オーク (ōku)"
},
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "오크",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 오크 (okeu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 오크 (okeu)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "orks",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Latvian: orks",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Latvian: orks"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "orkas",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Lithuanian: orkas",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Lithuanian: orkas"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"1": "mr",
"2": "ऑर्क",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Marathi: ऑर्क (ŏrka)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Marathi: ऑर्क (ŏrka)"
},
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"2": "ork",
"3": "orc",
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}
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"text": "→ Norwegian: ork, orc"
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"args": {
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"2": "ork",
"bor": "1"
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"2": "orc",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: orc",
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"1": "ro",
"2": "orc",
"bor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ Romanian: orc",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "→ Romanian: orc"
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "орк",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: орк (ork)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: орк (ork)"
},
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"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "ork",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: ork",
"name": "desc"
},
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"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "орк"
},
"expansion": "орк",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: ork / орк"
},
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "ork",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swedish: ork",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swedish: ork"
},
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"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "uk",
"2": "орк",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Ukrainian: орк (ork)",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "→ Ukrainian: орк (ork)"
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"2": "it",
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"4": "",
"5": "man-eating giant"
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"3": "Orcus",
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"4": "",
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"expansion": "Sense 2 is a semantic loan from Ukrainian орк (ork, “evil monstrous humanoid creature; orc”)",
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},
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"3": "",
"4": "prison slang for 'criminal'"
},
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"etymology_text": "Probably from Italian orco (“man-eating giant”); later revived by J. R. R. Tolkien, partly after Old English orc, which he took to mean \"demon\". Both are from Latin Orcus (“the underworld; the god Pluto”). Doublet of ogre.\nSense 2 is a semantic loan from Ukrainian орк (ork, “evil monstrous humanoid creature; orc”) or Russian орк (ork), both from the English word and possibly under the influence of Russian у́рка (úrka, “prison slang for 'criminal'”). Popularized in English in 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.",
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"ref": "1656, Samuel Holland, Don Zara del Fogo, I.1",
"text": "Who at one stroke didst pare away three heads from off the shoulders of an Orke, begotten by an Incubus.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1834, \"The National Fairy Mythology of England\" in Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Vol. 10, p. 53",
"text": "The chief exploit of the hero, Beowulf the Great, is the destruction of the two monsters Grendel and his mother; both like most of the evil beings in the old times, dwellers in the fens and the waters; and both, moreover, as some Christian bard has taken care to inform us, of \"Cain's kin,\" as were also the eotens, and the elves, and the orcs (eótenas, and ylfe, and orcneas)."
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{
"ref": "1954, JRR Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring",
"text": "There was a flash like flame and the helm burst asunder. The orc fell with cloven head.",
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"A mythical evil monstrous humanoid creature, usually quite aggressive and often green."
],
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"fantasy",
"fantasy"
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"mythology",
"mythology"
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[
"mythical",
"mythical"
],
[
"evil",
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],
[
"monstrous",
"monstrous"
],
[
"humanoid",
"humanoid"
],
[
"creature",
"creature"
],
[
"aggressive",
"aggressive"
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"green",
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"(fantasy, mythology) A mythical evil monstrous humanoid creature, usually quite aggressive and often green."
],
"topics": [
"fantasy",
"human-sciences",
"mysticism",
"mythology",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
],
"translations": [
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔōrk",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "أُورْك"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ōrk",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "օրկ"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ork",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "орк"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ork",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "орк"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "orc"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "半獸人"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bànshòurén",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "半兽人"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "獸人"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shòurén",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "兽人"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "奧克"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "àokè",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "奥克"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "歐克"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ōukè",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "欧克"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ork"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skřet"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ork"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ork"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "orko"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "mäekoll"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "örk"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "örkki"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "orque"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "orc"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "orco"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "orḳi",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "ორკი"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "de",
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"word": "ork"
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"ref": "2022 March 1, Bruno Maçães, “Europe’s Illusion of Peace Has Been Irrevocably Shattered”, in Time",
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"ref": "2022 July 25, Michael Wasiura, “Belarusian Exiles Join Ukrainians in Taking Up Arms Against Russia”, in Newsweek, retrieved 2022-07-25",
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{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "cs",
"2": "ork",
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{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "ork",
"bor": "1"
},
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],
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{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "ork",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Dutch: ork",
"name": "desc"
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],
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},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "et",
"2": "örk",
"bor": "1"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "örkki",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: örkki",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "orc",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: orc",
"name": "desc"
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],
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{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ka",
"2": "ორკი",
"bor": "1"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Georgian: ორკი (orḳi)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "el",
"2": "ορκ",
"bor": "1"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "ork",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hungarian: ork",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "orki",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Icelandic: orki",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Icelandic: orki"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "オーク",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "ōku"
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"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "오크",
"bor": "1"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 오크 (okeu)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "orks",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Latvian: orks",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "orkas",
"bor": "1"
},
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"name": "desc"
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],
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{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "mr",
"2": "ऑर्क",
"bor": "1"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "ork",
"3": "orc",
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}
],
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},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "ork",
"bor": "1"
},
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}
],
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},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "orc",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: orc",
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{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "orc",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: orc",
"name": "desc"
}
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"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "орк",
"bor": "1"
},
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}
],
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},
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"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "ork",
"bor": "1"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "орк"
},
"expansion": "орк",
"name": "l"
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "ork",
"bor": "1"
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "uk",
"2": "орк",
"bor": "1"
},
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"name": "der"
},
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"2": "la",
"3": "Orcus",
"4": "",
"5": "the underworld; the god Pluto"
},
"expansion": "Latin Orcus (“the underworld; the god Pluto”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ogre"
},
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"name": "doublet"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "uk",
"3": "орк",
"4": "",
"5": "evil monstrous humanoid creature; orc",
"senseid": "Russian"
},
"expansion": "Sense 2 is a semantic loan from Ukrainian орк (ork, “evil monstrous humanoid creature; orc”)",
"name": "semantic loan"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "орк"
},
"expansion": "Russian орк (ork)",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "у́рка",
"3": "",
"4": "prison slang for 'criminal'"
},
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"name": "m+"
}
],
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{
"form": "orcs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
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],
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"word": "ogre"
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{
"word": "goblin"
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{
"word": "troll"
}
],
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"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Fantasy",
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"ref": "1656, Samuel Holland, Don Zara del Fogo, I.1",
"text": "Who at one stroke didst pare away three heads from off the shoulders of an Orke, begotten by an Incubus.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1834, \"The National Fairy Mythology of England\" in Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Vol. 10, p. 53",
"text": "The chief exploit of the hero, Beowulf the Great, is the destruction of the two monsters Grendel and his mother; both like most of the evil beings in the old times, dwellers in the fens and the waters; and both, moreover, as some Christian bard has taken care to inform us, of \"Cain's kin,\" as were also the eotens, and the elves, and the orcs (eótenas, and ylfe, and orcneas)."
},
{
"ref": "1954, JRR Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring",
"text": "There was a flash like flame and the helm burst asunder. The orc fell with cloven head.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A mythical evil monstrous humanoid creature, usually quite aggressive and often green."
],
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[
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"evil"
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[
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"monstrous"
],
[
"humanoid",
"humanoid"
],
[
"creature",
"creature"
],
[
"aggressive",
"aggressive"
],
[
"green",
"green"
]
],
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"(fantasy, mythology) A mythical evil monstrous humanoid creature, usually quite aggressive and often green."
],
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"fantasy",
"human-sciences",
"mysticism",
"mythology",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English derogatory terms",
"English slang",
"English terms with quotations"
],
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{
"ref": "2015, Andrew Wilson, The Ukrainians: Unexpected Nation, page 354",
"text": "Ukrainians themselves, including those on the right, preferred to call the events the 'Revolution of Dignity', depicted not in terms of ethnicity or class, but in simple civic black and white – a revolution of the people against Yanukovych's 'Mordor' and his 'Orcs'.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2022 March 1, Bruno Maçães, “Europe’s Illusion of Peace Has Been Irrevocably Shattered”, in Time",
"text": "And now we must watch the old world go up in flames, in the mad spectacle of Putin’s orcs descending upon Kyiv to execute his macabre plan.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2022 July 25, Michael Wasiura, “Belarusian Exiles Join Ukrainians in Taking Up Arms Against Russia”, in Newsweek, retrieved 2022-07-25",
"text": "Plenty of Belarusian exiles have gone to Europe, but if you run West, then the Orcs [a Ukrainian slang term for \"Russian soldiers\"] will just follow you there. It's better to risk your life as a free person than to keep running.",
"type": "quotation"
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"A Russian soldier or gangster. Sometimes considered an ethnic slur for Russians."
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"Russian"
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"(slang, derogatory) A Russian soldier or gangster. Sometimes considered an ethnic slur for Russians."
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"derogatory",
"slang"
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"ipa": "/ɔɹk/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɔːk/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)k"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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"word": "ork"
}
],
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔōrk",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "أُورْك"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ōrk",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "օրկ"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ork",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "орк"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ork",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "орк"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "orc"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "半獸人"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bànshòurén",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "半兽人"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "獸人"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shòurén",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "兽人"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "奧克"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "àokè",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "奥克"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "歐克"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ōukè",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "欧克"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ork"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skřet"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ork"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ork"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "orko"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "mäekoll"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "örk"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "örkki"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "orque"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "orc"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "orco"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "orḳi",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "ორკი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ork"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ork",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "ορκ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "ork"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "orki"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "gergasi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "orco"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ōku",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "オーク"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "okeu",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "오크"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "orks"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "orkas"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "Ork"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ork",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "орк"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "ŏrka",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ऑर्क"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ork"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "orc"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ôrk",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "اورک"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "ork"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "orc"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"word": "orque"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "orc"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ork",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "орк"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "орк"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ork"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ohyzd"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ork"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "škrat"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "škriatok"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ork"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "orco"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "orch"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ork"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ork",
"sense": "evil monstrous humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "орк"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ōrk",
"sense": "(slang, derogatory) a Russian soldier or gangster",
"word": "օրկ"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ork",
"sense": "(slang, derogatory) a Russian soldier or gangster",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "орк"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(slang, derogatory) a Russian soldier or gangster",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ork"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "orḳi",
"sense": "(slang, derogatory) a Russian soldier or gangster",
"word": "ორკი"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(slang, derogatory) a Russian soldier or gangster",
"word": "ork"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ork",
"sense": "(slang, derogatory) a Russian soldier or gangster",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "орк"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ork",
"sense": "(slang, derogatory) a Russian soldier or gangster",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "орк"
}
],
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"2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine",
"J. R. R. Tolkien",
"orc"
],
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}
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