"ounce" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /aʊns/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-ounce.wav [UK] Forms: ounces [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊns Etymology: From Middle English ounce, unce, from Middle French once, from Latin uncia (“Roman ounce, various similar units”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). Doublet of a, one, inch, uncia, onça, onza, oka, ouguiya, and awqiyyah. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ounce}} Middle English ounce, {{m|enm|unce}} unce, {{der|en|frm|once}} Middle French once, {{der|en|la|uncia|t=Roman ounce, various similar units}} Latin uncia (“Roman ounce, various similar units”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*óynos||one}} Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”), {{doublet|en|a|one|inch|uncia|onça|onza|oka|ouguiya|awqiyyah}} Doublet of a, one, inch, uncia, onça, onza, oka, ouguiya, and awqiyyah Head templates: {{en-noun}} ounce (plural ounces)
  1. An avoirdupois ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₆ of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.349523125 grams. Categories (topical): Units of measure Synonyms (avoirdupois ounce): oz., , uncia (english: pharmacy)
    Sense id: en-ounce-en-noun-~eJyb-qA Disambiguation of Units of measure: 18 11 17 14 13 3 12 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 17 14 10 15 3 19 5 Disambiguation of 'avoirdupois ounce': 51 18 9 6 15
  2. A troy ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₂ of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1034768 grams. Categories (topical): Units of measure
    Sense id: en-ounce-en-noun-~Wmo3Z44 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 18 11 17 14 13 3 12 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 17 14 10 15 3 19 5
  3. A US fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₁₆ of a US pint, 1.804688 cubic inches or 29.5735295625 millilitres. Categories (topical): Units of measure
    Sense id: en-ounce-en-noun-dPo3mvmF Disambiguation of Units of measure: 18 11 17 14 13 3 12 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 17 14 10 15 3 19 5
  4. A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₂₀ of an imperial pint, 1.733871 cubic inches or 28.4130625 millilitres. Categories (topical): Units of measure
    Sense id: en-ounce-en-noun-WMHFjM2m Disambiguation of Units of measure: 18 11 17 14 13 3 12 14
  5. (figurative) Any small amount, a little bit. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Units of measure Synonyms (small amount): modicum
    Sense id: en-ounce-en-noun-yJWsVBYD Disambiguation of Units of measure: 18 11 17 14 13 3 12 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 17 14 10 15 3 19 5 Disambiguation of 'small amount': 5 4 4 4 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (fluid ounce): oz., fl. oz. Derived forms: 12-ounce curls, an ounce of prevention is better than an ounce of cure, an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, bounce to the ounce, fine ounce, metric-ounce, metric ounce, twelve-ounce curls Translations (28.3495 g): ons [feminine] (Albanian), أُوقِيَّة (ʔūqiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), وِقِيَّة (wiqiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), أَوْنْس (ʔawns) [masculine] (Arabic), أونصة (ʔunṣa) [feminine] (Arabic), أونسة (ʔunsa) [feminine] (Arabic), ܐܘܢܩܝܐ (ʾūnqīyā) [Classical-Syriac, feminine] (Aramaic), ունցիա (uncʿia) (Armenian), ունկի (unki) (Armenian), আউন্স (aunśo) (Bengali), унция (uncija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), unça [feminine] (Catalan), 安士 (alt: on¹ si⁶⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 盎司 (àngsī) (Chinese Mandarin), unce [feminine] (Czech), unco (Esperanto), unsa [feminine] (Faroese), unssi (Finnish), once [feminine] (French), once [feminine] (Friulian), onza [feminine] (Galician), ወቄት (wäḳet) (Ge'ez), Unze [feminine] (German), ουγγιά (oungiá) [feminine] (Greek), אוּנְקִיָה (unqiyá) [feminine] (Hebrew), औंस (a͠us) (Hindi), uncia (Hungarian), ons (Indonesian), unsa [masculine] (Irish), uinge [feminine, literary] (Irish), oncia [feminine] (Italian), オンス (onsu) (Japanese), អោនស៍ (ʼaon) (Khmer), 온스 (onseu) (Korean), uncia [feminine] (Latin), unce [feminine] (Latvian), uncija [feminine] (Lithuanian), auns (Malay), uqija [feminine] (Maltese), aunihi (Maori), ounce (Middle English), унци (unci) (Mongolian), onche [feminine] (Norman), onça [feminine] (Occitan), ungae [feminine] (Old Irish), uncja [feminine] (Polish), onça [feminine] (Portuguese), uncie [feminine] (Romanian), onza [feminine] (Romansch), untscha (Romansch), unza (Romansch), uonscha (Romansch), у́нция (úncija) [feminine] (Russian), unnsa [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), у̑нца [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ȗnca [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), oncia [feminine] (Sicilian), uncia (Sicilian), onza [feminine] (Spanish), wakia (Swahili), uns (Swedish), onsa (Tagalog), ออนซ์ (Thai), ons (Turkish), untsiya (Uzbek), onsa [feminine] (Venetian), onza (Venetian), onzha (Venetian), onça (Venetian), owns [feminine] (Welsh), iawunsi [class-5] (Zulu)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'fluid ounce': 2 2 46 46 4 Disambiguation of '28.3495 g': 54 0 0 46 0

Noun

IPA: /aʊns/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-ounce.wav [UK] Forms: ounces [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊns Etymology: From Middle French once, from Old French lonce (“lynx”), by false division (the l was thought to be the article), from Italian lonza, ultimately from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx, “lynx”). Doublet of onza. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|once}} Middle French once, {{der|en|fro|lonce||lynx}} Old French lonce (“lynx”), {{der|en|it|lonza}} Italian lonza, {{der|en|grc|λύγξ|t=lynx}} Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx, “lynx”), {{doublet|en|onza}} Doublet of onza Head templates: {{en-noun}} ounce (plural ounces)
  1. (now archaic) A large wild feline, such as a lynx or cougar. Tags: archaic Translations (large wild feline): onza [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ounce-en-noun-P7~lXapO Disambiguation of 'large wild feline': 88 10 2
  2. Synonym of snow leopard, Panthera uncia. Categories (topical): Units of measure Categories (lifeform): Felids Synonyms: snow leopard [synonym, synonym-of], Panthera uncia [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-ounce-en-noun-~FT4Cva6 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 18 11 17 14 13 3 12 14 Disambiguation of Felids: 14 14 13 7 12 10 26 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 17 14 10 15 3 19 5
  3. (cryptozoology) Synonym of onza, a particularly aggressive cougar or jaguarundi in Mexican folklore. Categories (topical): Cryptozoology, Units of measure Synonyms: onza [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-ounce-en-noun-cGtdVSSo Disambiguation of Units of measure: 18 11 17 14 13 3 12 14 Topics: biology, cryptozoology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "盎司"
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        "feminine"
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        "feminine"
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      "sense": "28.3495 g",
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      "word": "オンス"
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      "sense": "28.3495 g",
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      "sense": "28.3495 g",
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      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "onça"
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          "ref": "1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 8, page 235",
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        }
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        [
          "particularly",
          "particularly"
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        [
          "aggressive",
          "aggressive"
        ],
        [
          "cougar",
          "cougar"
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        [
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          "jaguarundi"
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        "(cryptozoology) Synonym of onza, a particularly aggressive cougar or jaguarundi in Mexican folklore."
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        }
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        "biology",
        "cryptozoology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "zoology"
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      "ipa": "/aʊns/"
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      "rhymes": "-aʊns"
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    "English countable nouns",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Italian",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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    {
      "word": "12-ounce curls"
    },
    {
      "word": "an ounce of prevention is better than an ounce of cure"
    },
    {
      "word": "an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure"
    },
    {
      "word": "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"
    },
    {
      "word": "bounce to the ounce"
    },
    {
      "word": "fine ounce"
    },
    {
      "word": "metric-ounce"
    },
    {
      "word": "metric ounce"
    },
    {
      "word": "twelve-ounce curls"
    }
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
    {
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      "name": "m"
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "der"
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        "An avoirdupois ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₆ of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.349523125 grams."
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        ]
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A troy ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₂ of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1034768 grams."
      ],
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          "troy ounce"
        ],
        [
          "troy pound",
          "troy pound"
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          "grain",
          "grain"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A US fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₁₆ of a US pint, 1.804688 cubic inches or 29.5735295625 millilitres."
      ],
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        [
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          "fluid ounce"
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        [
          "pint",
          "pint"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₂₀ of an imperial pint, 1.733871 cubic inches or 28.4130625 millilitres."
      ],
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        [
          "fluid ounce",
          "fluid ounce"
        ],
        [
          "imperial pint",
          "imperial pint"
        ]
      ]
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        {
          "text": "He didn't feel even an ounce of regret for his actions.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "Any small amount, a little bit."
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          "small"
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        [
          "amount",
          "amount"
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          "a little bit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) Any small amount, a little bit."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/aʊns/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊns"
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    {
      "sense": "avoirdupois ounce",
      "word": "oz."
    },
    {
      "sense": "avoirdupois ounce",
      "word": "℥"
    },
    {
      "english": "pharmacy",
      "sense": "avoirdupois ounce",
      "word": "uncia"
    },
    {
      "sense": "fluid ounce",
      "word": "oz."
    },
    {
      "sense": "fluid ounce",
      "word": "fl. oz."
    },
    {
      "sense": "small amount",
      "word": "modicum"
    }
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ons"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔūqiyya",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "أُوقِيَّة"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "وِقِيَّة"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "أَوْنْس"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔunṣa",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "أونسة"
    },
    {
      "code": "syc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "roman": "ʾūnqīyā",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Syriac",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ܐܘܢܩܝܐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "uncʿia",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "ունցիա"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "unki",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "ունկի"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "aunśo",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "আউন্স"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uncija",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "унция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "unça"
    },
    {
      "alt": "on¹ si⁶⁻²",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "安士"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "àngsī",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "盎司"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "unce"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "unco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "unsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "unssi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "once"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "once"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onza"
    },
    {
      "code": "gez",
      "lang": "Ge'ez",
      "roman": "wäḳet",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "ወቄት"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Unze"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "oungiá",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ουγγιά"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "unqiyá",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אוּנְקִיָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "a͠us",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "औंस"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "uncia"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "ons"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "unsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "uinge"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ungae"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oncia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "onsu",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "オンス"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼaon",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "អោនស៍"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "onseu",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "온스"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "uncia"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "unce"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "uncija"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "auns"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "uqija"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "aunihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "ounce"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "unci",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "унци"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onche"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onça"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "uncja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onça"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "uncie"
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    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onza"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "untscha"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "unza"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "uonscha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "úncija",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "у́нция"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "unnsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "у̑нца"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ȗnca"
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    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oncia"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "uncia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "wakia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "uns"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "onsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "ออนซ์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "ons"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "untsiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "onza"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "onzha"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "word": "onça"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "owns"
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    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "28.3495 g",
      "tags": [
        "class-5"
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      "word": "iawunsi"
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}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Italian",
    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/aʊns",
    "Rhymes:English/aʊns/1 syllable",
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          "ref": "1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 8, page 235",
          "text": "The ounce, a leopard-like creature, is dreaded for its depredations by the Indians of Brazil.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        [
          "aggressive",
          "aggressive"
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        [
          "cougar",
          "cougar"
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        [
          "jaguarundi",
          "jaguarundi"
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        [
          "Mexican",
          "Mexican"
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        [
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        "(cryptozoology) Synonym of onza, a particularly aggressive cougar or jaguarundi in Mexican folklore."
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        {
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          "tags": [
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        "biology",
        "cryptozoology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "zoology"
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      "ipa": "/aʊns/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊns"
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      "tags": [
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    }
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "large wild feline",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onza"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ounce"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.