"parenthesis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pəˈɹɛnθəsɪs/ Audio: en-us-parenthesis.ogg [US] Forms: parentheses [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin parenthesis (“addition of a letter to a syllable in a word”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek παρένθεσις (parénthesis). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|LL.|parenthesis||addition of a letter to a syllable in a word}} Learned borrowing from Late Latin parenthesis (“addition of a letter to a syllable in a word”), {{der|en|grc|παρένθεσις}} Ancient Greek παρένθεσις (parénthesis) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|parentheses}} parenthesis (countable and uncountable, plural parentheses)
  1. A clause, phrase or word which is inserted (usually for explanation or amplification) into a passage which is already grammatically complete, and usually marked off with brackets, commas or dashes. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (clause, phrase or word): parenthetical expression Translations (a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete): παρένθεσις (parénthesis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), միջանկյալ բառ (miǰankyal baṙ) (english: word) (Armenian), միջանկյալ նախադասություն (miǰankyal naxadasutʻyun) (note: clause) (Armenian), вмъ́кната ду́ма (vmǎ́knata dúma) [feminine] (Bulgarian), parèntesi [masculine] (Catalan), vsuvka [feminine] (Czech), parenthese (Dutch), parenteesi (Finnish), parenthèse [feminine] (French), paréntese [feminine] (Galician), Parenthese [feminine] (German), Einschub [masculine] (German), παρένθεση (parénthesi) [feminine] (Greek), közbevetés (Hungarian), idiraisnéis [feminine] (Irish), iespraudums (Latvian), parêntese [masculine] (Portuguese), paranteză [feminine] (Romanian), вво́дное сло́во (vvódnoje slóvo) [neuter] (Russian), eadar-aisneis [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), eadar-ràdh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), parentes [common-gender] (Swedish), panaklong (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-parenthesis-en-noun-NU0cMN1Z Disambiguation of 'clause, phrase or word': 83 5 3 9 Disambiguation of 'a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete': 90 3 2 5
  2. Either of a pair of brackets, especially round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Punctuation marks Synonyms (brackets): round bracket, parenthesis-point [obsolete] Translations (both round brackets): փակագծեր (pʻakagcer) [plural] (Armenian), кръ́гли ско́би (krǎ́gli skóbi) [feminine, plural] (Bulgarian), parèntesis (Catalan), krommvaghow [feminine, plural] (Cornish), parentes [common-gender] (Danish), haakjes [plural] (Dutch), sulkeet [plural] (Finnish), sulkumerkit [plural] (Finnish), sulut [plural] (Finnish), parenthèses [feminine, plural] (French), parénteses [feminine, plural] (Galician), runde Klammer [feminine] (German), παρενθέσεις (parenthéseis) [feminine, plural] (Greek), lúibíní [masculine, plural] (Irish), taiepa (when preceded by plural 'ngā') (Maori), parênteses [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), ско́бки (skóbki) [feminine, plural] (Russian), parantez (Turkish), cromfachau [feminine, plural] (Welsh) Translations (either of a pair of brackets ( )): kllapë [feminine] (Albanian), قَوْس m (plural: أَقْوَاس m pl, قَوْسَانِ (ʔaqwās) (english: two) [dual, masculine] (Arabic), փակագիծ (pʻakagic) (Armenian), mötərizə (Azerbaijani), йәйә (yəyə) (Bashkir), ду́жка (dúžka) [feminine] (Belarusian), ско́бка (skóbka) [feminine] (Belarusian), ско́ба (skóba) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ско́бка (skóbka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), လက်သည်းကွင်း (laksany:kwang:) (Burmese), parèntesi [masculine] (Catalan), 圓括號 (Chinese Mandarin), 圆括号 (yuánkuòhào) (Chinese Mandarin), 插入語 (Chinese Mandarin), 插入语 (chārùyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 括弧 (kuòhú) (Chinese Mandarin), krommvagh [feminine] (Cornish), závorka [feminine] (Czech), parentes [common-gender] (Danish), haakje [neuter] (Dutch), parentezo (Esperanto), kiil (Estonian), kiillause (Estonian), sulkumerkki (Finnish), sulje (Finnish), sulku (Finnish), parenthèse [feminine] (French), paréntese [feminine] (Galician), ფრჩხილი (prčxili) (Georgian), მრგვალი ფრჩხილები (mrgvali prčxilebi) (Georgian), runde Klammer [feminine] (German), Klammer [feminine] (German), Parenthese [feminine] (German), παρένθεση (parénthesi) [feminine] (Greek), סוֹגֵר (sogér) [masculine] (Hebrew), कोष्ठक (koṣṭhak) (Hindi), zárójel (Hungarian), svigi [masculine] (Icelandic), lúibín [masculine] (Irish), parentesi [feminine] (Italian), 括弧 (kakko) (alt: かっこ) (Japanese), жақша (jaqşa) (Kazakh), វង់ក្រចក (vŭəng krɑɑcɑɑk) (Khmer), 괄호 (gwalho) (alt: 括弧) (Korean), жая (jaya) (Kumyk), кашаа (kaşaa) (Kyrgyz), ນະຂາລິຂິດ (na khā li khit) (Lao), ວົງເລັບ (wong lep) (Lao), iekavas [feminine, plural] (Latvian), apaļās iekavas [feminine, plural] (Latvian), skliaustai [masculine, plural] (Lithuanian), skliausteliai [masculine, plural] (Lithuanian), Klamer [feminine] (Luxembourgish), заграда (zagrada) [feminine] (Macedonian), tanda kurung (Malay), kurung (Malay), വലയം (valayaṁ) (Malayalam), taiepa (note: when preceded by singular 'te') (Maori), taiepa pewa (Maori), хаалт (xaalt) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), kevan (Northern Kurdish), parentes [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), قوس (qaws) [masculine] (Pashto), پَرانتِز (parântez) (Persian), قُلّاب (qollâb) (Persian), قَوس (qaws) [Dari] (Persian), nawias [masculine] (Polish), parêntese [masculine] (Portuguese), paranteză [feminine] (Romanian), ско́бка (skóbka) [feminine] (Russian), кру́глая ско́бка (krúglaja skóbka) [feminine] (Russian), आवरण (āvaraṇa) [neuter] (Sanskrit), कोष्ठक (koṣṭhaka) [masculine] (Sanskrit), camag [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), за̑града [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), zȃgrada [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), zátvorka [feminine] (Slovak), oklepáj [masculine] (Slovene), paréntesis [masculine] (Spanish), parentes [common-gender] (Swedish), қавс (qavs) (Tajik), қавсайн (qavsayn) (english: two) (Tajik), җәя (cäya) (Tatar), นขลิขิต (ná-kà-lí-kìt) (Thai), ความแทรก (kwaam-sɛ̂ɛk) (Thai), parantez (Turkish), ayraç (Turkish), ýaý (Turkmen), ду́жка (dúžka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), قَوس (qaus) (Urdu), تىرناق (tirnaq) (Uyghur), qavs (Uzbek), skobka (Uzbek), ngoặc (Vietnamese), ngoặc đơn (Vietnamese), cromfach [feminine] (Welsh), קלאַמער (klamer) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-parenthesis-en-noun-HoIAJp7O Disambiguation of Punctuation marks: 20 54 11 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 45 16 14 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 25 41 19 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 39 20 15 Disambiguation of 'brackets': 25 41 3 30 Disambiguation of 'both round brackets': 13 71 7 10 Disambiguation of 'either of a pair of brackets ( )': 10 77 2 11
  3. (rhetoric) A digression; the use of such digressions. Tags: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Categories (topical): Rhetoric Translations ((Rhetoric) a digression; the use of such digressions): parenthèse [feminine] (French), paréntese [feminine] (Galician), παρένθεση (parénthesi) [feminine] (Greek), wtrącenie [neuter] (Polish), parenteza [feminine] (Polish), parêntese [masculine] (Portuguese), отступле́ние (otstuplénije) [neuter] (Russian), отклоне́ние (otklonénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-parenthesis-en-noun-SZzZbZm0 Disambiguation of '(Rhetoric) a digression; the use of such digressions': 5 8 81 5
  4. (mathematics, logic) Such brackets as used to clarify expressions by grouping those terms affected by a common operator, or to enclose the components of a vector or the elements of a matrix. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Logic, Mathematics Translations ((mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator): փակագծեր (pʻakagcer) [plural] (Armenian), ско́ба (skóba) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 括號 (Chinese Mandarin), 括号 (kuòhào) (Chinese Mandarin), parentes [common-gender] (Danish), haakje (note: plural haakjes) (Dutch), sulkeet (Finnish), parenthèses [feminine, plural] (French), paréntese [feminine] (Galician), runde Klammer [feminine] (German), παρένθεση (parénthesi) [feminine] (Greek), nawias [masculine] (Polish), paréntesis [masculine] (Spanish), parantez (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-parenthesis-en-noun-iDbrUo7n Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of '(mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator': 5 30 3 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: paren (english: round bracket; for the meaning) [abbreviation] Related terms: parenthesis-point, parenthetic, parenthetical, parenthesise, parenthesize, triple parentheses, parentheme

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          "text": "There be five manner of points and divisions most used among cunning men; the which if they be well used, make the sentence very light and easy to be understood, both to the reader and hearer: and they be these, virgil,—come,—parenthesis,—plain point,—interrogative[…] it is a slender stroke leaning forward, betokening a little short rest, without any perfectness yet of sentence.",
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "pʻakagic",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "փակագիծ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "mötərizə"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "yəyə",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "йәйә"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "dúžka",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ду́жка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "skóbka",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ско́бка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "skóba",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ско́ба"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "skóbka",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ско́бка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "laksany:kwang:",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "လက်သည်းကွင်း"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "parèntesi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "圓括號"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yuánkuòhào",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "圆括号"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "插入語"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chārùyǔ",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "插入语"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kuòhú",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "括弧"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "krommvagh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "závorka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "parentes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "haakje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "parentezo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "kiil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "kiillause"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "sulkumerkki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "sulje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "sulku"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "parenthèse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "paréntese"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "prčxili",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "ფრჩხილი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mrgvali prčxilebi",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "მრგვალი ფრჩხილები"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "runde Klammer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Klammer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Parenthese"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "parénthesi",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "παρένθεση"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "sogér",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "סוֹגֵר"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "koṣṭhak",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "कोष्ठक"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "zárójel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "svigi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lúibín"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "parentesi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "alt": "かっこ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kakko",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "括弧"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "jaqşa",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "жақша"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "vŭəng krɑɑcɑɑk",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "វង់ក្រចក"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "alt": "括弧",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gwalho",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "괄호"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "kum",
          "lang": "Kumyk",
          "roman": "jaya",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "жая"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "kevan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "kaşaa",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "кашаа"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "na khā li khit",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "ນະຂາລິຂິດ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "wong lep",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "ວົງເລັບ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "iekavas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "apaļās iekavas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "skliaustai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "skliausteliai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Klamer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zagrada",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "заграда"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "tanda kurung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "kurung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "valayaṁ",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "വലയം"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "when preceded by singular 'te'",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "taiepa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "taiepa pewa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "xaalt",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "хаалт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "parentes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "qaws",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "قوس"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "parântez",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "پَرانتِز"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "qollâb",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "قُلّاب"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "qaws",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "Dari"
          ],
          "word": "قَوس"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nawias"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "parêntese"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "paranteză"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "skóbka",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ско́бка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "krúglaja skóbka",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кру́глая ско́бка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "āvaraṇa",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "आवरण"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "koṣṭhaka",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "कोष्ठक"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "camag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "за̑града"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zȃgrada"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zátvorka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "oklepáj"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "paréntesis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "parentes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "qavs",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "қавс"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "tg",
          "english": "two",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "qavsayn",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "қавсайн"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "cäya",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "җәя"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "ná-kà-lí-kìt",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "นขลิขิต"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "kwaam-sɛ̂ɛk",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "ความแทรก"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "parantez"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "ayraç"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "ýaý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dúžka",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ду́жка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "qaus",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "قَوس"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "tirnaq",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "تىرناق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "qavs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "skobka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "ngoặc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "ngoặc đơn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cromfach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 77 2 11",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "klamer",
          "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
          "word": "קלאַמער"
        },
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    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vsuvka"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete",
      "word": "parenthese"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete",
      "word": "parenteesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "parenthèse"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "paréntese"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Parenthese"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Einschub"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "parénthesi",
      "sense": "a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "παρένθεση"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "parénthesis",
      "sense": "a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "παρένθεσις"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete",
      "word": "közbevetés"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "idiraisnéis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete",
      "word": "iespraudums"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parêntese"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "paranteză"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vvódnoje slóvo",
      "sense": "a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вво́дное сло́во"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eadar-aisneis"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eadar-ràdh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "parentes"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete",
      "word": "panaklong"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(Rhetoric) a digression; the use of such digressions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "parenthèse"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "(Rhetoric) a digression; the use of such digressions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "paréntese"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "parénthesi",
      "sense": "(Rhetoric) a digression; the use of such digressions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "παρένθεση"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(Rhetoric) a digression; the use of such digressions",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wtrącenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(Rhetoric) a digression; the use of such digressions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "parenteza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(Rhetoric) a digression; the use of such digressions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parêntese"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otstuplénije",
      "sense": "(Rhetoric) a digression; the use of such digressions",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "отступле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otklonénije",
      "sense": "(Rhetoric) a digression; the use of such digressions",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "отклоне́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kllapë"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "english": "two",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔaqwās",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "قَوْس m (plural: أَقْوَاس m pl, قَوْسَانِ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pʻakagic",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "փակագիծ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "mötərizə"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "yəyə",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "йәйә"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dúžka",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ду́жка"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "skóbka",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ско́бка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skóba",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ско́ба"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skóbka",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ско́бка"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "laksany:kwang:",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "လက်သည်းကွင်း"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parèntesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "圓括號"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yuánkuòhào",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "圆括号"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "插入語"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chārùyǔ",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "插入语"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kuòhú",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "括弧"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "krommvagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "závorka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "parentes"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "haakje"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "parentezo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "kiil"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "kiillause"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "sulkumerkki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "sulje"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "sulku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "parenthèse"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "paréntese"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "prčxili",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "ფრჩხილი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mrgvali prčxilebi",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "მრგვალი ფრჩხილები"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "runde Klammer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Klammer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Parenthese"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "parénthesi",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "παρένθεση"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "sogér",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "סוֹגֵר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "koṣṭhak",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "कोष्ठक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "zárójel"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "svigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lúibín"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "parentesi"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かっこ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kakko",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "括弧"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jaqşa",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "жақша"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "vŭəng krɑɑcɑɑk",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "វង់ក្រចក"
    },
    {
      "alt": "括弧",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gwalho",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "괄호"
    },
    {
      "code": "kum",
      "lang": "Kumyk",
      "roman": "jaya",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "жая"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "kevan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "kaşaa",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "кашаа"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "na khā li khit",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "ນະຂາລິຂິດ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "wong lep",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "ວົງເລັບ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "iekavas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "apaļās iekavas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "skliaustai"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "skliausteliai"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Klamer"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zagrada",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "заграда"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "tanda kurung"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "kurung"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "valayaṁ",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "വലയം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "when preceded by singular 'te'",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "taiepa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "taiepa pewa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xaalt",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "хаалт"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parentes"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "qaws",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "قوس"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "parântez",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "پَرانتِز"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "qollâb",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "قُلّاب"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "qaws",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "Dari"
      ],
      "word": "قَوس"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nawias"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parêntese"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "paranteză"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skóbka",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ско́бка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krúglaja skóbka",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кру́глая ско́бка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "āvaraṇa",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "आवरण"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "koṣṭhaka",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कोष्ठक"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "camag"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "за̑града"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zȃgrada"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zátvorka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oklepáj"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paréntesis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "parentes"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "qavs",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "қавс"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "english": "two",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "qavsayn",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "қавсайн"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "cäya",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "җәя"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ná-kà-lí-kìt",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "นขลิขิต"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kwaam-sɛ̂ɛk",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "ความแทรก"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "parantez"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "ayraç"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "ýaý"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dúžka",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ду́жка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "qaus",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "قَوس"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "tirnaq",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "تىرناق"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "qavs"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "skobka"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "ngoặc"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "ngoặc đơn"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cromfach"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "klamer",
      "sense": "either of a pair of brackets ( )",
      "word": "קלאַמער"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pʻakagcer",
      "sense": "both round brackets",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "փակագծեր"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "krǎ́gli skóbi",
      "sense": "both round brackets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "кръ́гли ско́би"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "both round brackets",
      "word": "parèntesis"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "both round brackets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "krommvaghow"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "both round brackets",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "parentes"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "both round brackets",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "haakjes"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "both round brackets",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "sulkeet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "both round brackets",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "sulkumerkit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "both round brackets",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "sulut"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "both round brackets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "parenthèses"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "both round brackets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "parénteses"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "both round brackets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "runde Klammer"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "parenthéseis",
      "sense": "both round brackets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "παρενθέσεις"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "both round brackets",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "lúibíní"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "both round brackets",
      "word": "taiepa (when preceded by plural 'ngā')"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "both round brackets",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "parênteses"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skóbki",
      "sense": "both round brackets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ско́бки"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "both round brackets",
      "word": "parantez"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "both round brackets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "cromfachau"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pʻakagcer",
      "sense": "(mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "փակագծեր"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skóba",
      "sense": "(mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ско́ба"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "(mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator",
      "word": "括號"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kuòhào",
      "sense": "(mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator",
      "word": "括号"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "(mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "parentes"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "note": "plural haakjes",
      "sense": "(mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator",
      "word": "haakje"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator",
      "word": "sulkeet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "parenthèses"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "(mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "paréntese"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "runde Klammer"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "parénthesi",
      "sense": "(mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "παρένθεση"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nawias"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paréntesis"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator",
      "word": "parantez"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "parenthesis"
  ],
  "word": "parenthesis"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": qawsāni vs. qaws",
  "path": [
    "parenthesis"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "parenthesis",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": qaws vs. ʔaqwās",
  "path": [
    "parenthesis"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "parenthesis",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "translations/611",
  "msg": "suspicious translation with ': ': {'lang': 'Arabic', 'code': 'ar', 'sense': 'either of a pair of brackets ( )', 'english': 'two', 'roman': 'ʔaqwās', 'tags': ['masculine', 'dual'], 'word': 'قَوْس m (plural: أَقْوَاس m pl, قَوْسَانِ'}",
  "path": [
    "parenthesis"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "parenthesis",
  "trace": ""
}

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