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{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "pars ōrātiōnis"
},
"expansion": "Calque of Latin pars ōrātiōnis",
"name": "calque"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Calque of Latin pars ōrātiōnis.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "parts of speech",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "parts of speech"
},
"expansion": "part of speech (plural parts of speech)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"parents": [
"Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Grammar",
"orig": "en:Grammar",
"parents": [
"Linguistics",
"Language",
"Social sciences",
"Communication",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Parts of speech",
"orig": "en:Parts of speech",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1828, Charles Follen, A Practical Grammar of the German Language, Boston, page 9",
"text": "PARTS OF SPEECH. There are ten parts of speech, viz. Article, Substantive or Noun, Adjective, Numeral, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, and Interjection.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1844, E. A. Andrews, First Lessions in Latin; or Introduction to Andrews and Stoddard's Latin Grammar, 6th edition, Boston, page 91",
"text": "322. The parts of speech which are neither declined nor conjugated, are called by the general name of particles. 323. They are adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1933, Leonard Bloomfield, Language, page 269",
"text": "One group of substantives, the gerunds (scolding), belongs to a form-class with infinitives and with other verb-forms, in serving as head for certain types of modifiers, such as a goal (scolding the boys). For this reason a system of parts of speech in a language like English cannot be set up in any fully satisfactory way: our list of parts of speech will depend upon which functions we take to be the most important.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2008 (1894), B. L. Gildersleeve & G. Lodge, Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar, third edition, reprint by Dover, p.9",
"text": "The Parts of Speech are the Noun (Substantive and Adjective), the Pronoun, the Verb, and the Particles (Adverb, Preposition, and Conjunction)[.]"
},
{
"ref": "2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 489",
"text": "Following this, coding was added to delineate multiple senses within entries and nested terms within entries; then part of speech labels were added for every sense[.]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A linguistic category of words sharing syntactic or morphological behaviour and semantic properties, such as noun or verb."
],
"id": "en-part_of_speech-en-noun-F~YFwtRa",
"links": [
[
"grammar",
"grammar"
],
[
"linguistic",
"linguistic"
],
[
"syntactic",
"syntactic"
],
[
"morphological",
"morphological"
],
[
"semantic",
"semantic"
],
[
"noun",
"noun"
],
[
"verb",
"verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(grammar) A linguistic category of words sharing syntactic or morphological behaviour and semantic properties, such as noun or verb."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "adjective"
},
{
"word": "adnoun"
},
{
"word": "adverb"
},
{
"word": "article"
},
{
"word": "conjunction"
},
{
"word": "determiner"
},
{
"word": "interjection"
},
{
"word": "noun"
},
{
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "adjective"
},
{
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "substantive"
},
{
"word": "number"
},
{
"word": "numeral"
},
{
"word": "particle"
},
{
"word": "participle"
},
{
"word": "postposition"
},
{
"word": "preposition"
},
{
"word": "pronoun"
},
{
"word": "substantive"
},
{
"word": "verb"
},
{
"word": "action word"
},
{
"word": "connecting word"
},
{
"word": "describing word"
},
{
"word": "description word"
},
{
"word": "name word"
},
{
"word": "naming word"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "lexical category"
},
{
"word": "lexical class"
},
{
"word": "syntactic category"
},
{
"word": "word class"
}
],
"topics": [
"grammar",
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pjesë e ligjëratës"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "juzʔ kalām",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "جُزْء كَلَام"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xoskʿi mas",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "խոսքի մաս"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "nitq hissəsi"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "hüź törkömö",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "һүҙ төркөмө"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "čascína móvy",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "часці́на мо́вы"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "čast na rečtá",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "част на речта́"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "wacangga.",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "ဝါစင်္ဂ"
},
{
"code": "rue",
"lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
"roman": "častʹ réči",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "часть ре́чі"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "詞類"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "ci⁴ leoi⁶",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "词类"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "詞性"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"english": "ci⁴ sing³",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "词性"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "詞類"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cílèi",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "词类"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "詞性"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cíxìng",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "词性"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "slovní druh"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ordklasse"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "woordsoort"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "parolparto"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "vortospeco"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "vorto-speco"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "vortspeco"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "sõnaliik"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "sanaluokka"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "classe lexicale"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "partie du discours"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "classe grammaticale"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "meṭq̇velebis nac̣ili",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "მეტყველების ნაწილი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Wortart"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Wortklasse"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"rare"
],
"word": "Redeteil"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"rare"
],
"word": "Sprachteil"
},
{
"code": "gmh",
"lang": "Middle High German",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "teil der red"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "méros tou lógou",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μέρος του λόγου"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "méros toû lógou",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μέρος τοῦ λόγου"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "חלק דיבור"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khélek dibúr",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "חֵלֶק דִּבּוּר"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "śabd bhed",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "शब्द भेद"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "szófaj"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "orðflokkur"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "kelas kata"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "roinn chainte"
},
{
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rann insce"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "parte del discorso"
},
{
"alt": "ひんし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hinshi",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "品詞"
},
{
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "dake ning pamiyalita"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "söz taby",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "сөз табы"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "thnak piək",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "ថ្នាក់ពាក្យ"
},
{
"alt": "品詞",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "pumsa",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "품사"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "söz türkümü",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "сөз түркүмү"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "wa chī wi phāk",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "ວະຈີວິພາກ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sōt",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "ໂສດ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pars ōrātiōnis"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vārdšķira"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kalbos dalis"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zborovna grupa",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "зборовна група"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "golongan kata"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "ügsiin ajmag",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "үгсийн аймаг"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "üges-ün ayimag",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠦᠭᠡᠰ ᠦᠨ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ordklasse"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "adât-e soxan",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "اَداتِ سُخَن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "now'-e kalame",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "نُوعِ کَلَمِه"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "naqš-e dasturi",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "نَقشِ دَستوری"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "joz'e kalâm",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "جُزءِ کَلام"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "część mowy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "classe gramatical"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "parte de vorbire"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "častʹ réči",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "часть ре́чи"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "врста речи"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "врста ријечи"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "vrsta reči"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "vrsta riječi"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "slovný druh"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "besedna vrsta"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "categoría gramatical"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "categoría morfosintáctica"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "clase de palabra"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "parte de la oración"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ordklass"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "bahagi ng pananalita"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "hissayi nutq",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "ҳиссаи нутқ"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "hissahoyi nutq",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "ҳиссаҳои нутқ"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "süz törkeme",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "сүз төркеме"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "bhāṣābhāgamu",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "భాషాభాగము"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "wá-jii-wí-pâak",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "วจีวิภาค"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "sözcük türü"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "častýna móvy",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "части́на мо́ви"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "söz türkümi",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "سۆز تۈركۈمى"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "soʻz turkumi"
},
{
"alt": "詞類",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
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"ref": "2008 (1894), B. L. Gildersleeve & G. Lodge, Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar, third edition, reprint by Dover, p.9",
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{
"ref": "2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 489",
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[
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"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
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"feminine"
],
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"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
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"code": "hy",
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"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "խոսքի մաս"
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"code": "az",
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"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "nitq hissəsi"
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{
"code": "ba",
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"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
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"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
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"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
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{
"code": "my",
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"roman": "wacangga.",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "ဝါစင်္ဂ"
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"code": "rue",
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"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
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"code": "da",
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"code": "nl",
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"code": "eo",
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{
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"code": "et",
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"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "fr",
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "fr",
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],
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "meṭq̇velebis nac̣ili",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "მეტყველების ნაწილი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Wortart"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Wortklasse"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
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"rare"
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{
"code": "gmh",
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"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "teil der red"
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"code": "el",
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"roman": "méros tou lógou",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "μέρος του λόγου"
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{
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"roman": "méros toû lógou",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
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],
"word": "μέρος τοῦ λόγου"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "חלק דיבור"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khélek dibúr",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "חֵלֶק דִּבּוּר"
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{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "śabd bhed",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "शब्द भेद"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "szófaj"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "orðflokkur"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "kelas kata"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "roinn chainte"
},
{
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rann insce"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "parte del discorso"
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{
"alt": "ひんし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hinshi",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "品詞"
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{
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "dake ning pamiyalita"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "söz taby",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "сөз табы"
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{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "thnak piək",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "ថ្នាក់ពាក្យ"
},
{
"alt": "品詞",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "pumsa",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "품사"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "söz türkümü",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "сөз түркүмү"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "wa chī wi phāk",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "ວະຈີວິພາກ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sōt",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "ໂສດ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pars ōrātiōnis"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vārdšķira"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kalbos dalis"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zborovna grupa",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "зборовна група"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "golongan kata"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "ügsiin ajmag",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "үгсийн аймаг"
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{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "üges-ün ayimag",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ᠦᠭᠡᠰ ᠦᠨ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ordklasse"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "adât-e soxan",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "اَداتِ سُخَن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "now'-e kalame",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "نُوعِ کَلَمِه"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "naqš-e dasturi",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "نَقشِ دَستوری"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "joz'e kalâm",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "جُزءِ کَلام"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "część mowy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "classe gramatical"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "parte de vorbire"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "častʹ réči",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "часть ре́чи"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "врста речи"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "врста ријечи"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "vrsta reči"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "vrsta riječi"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "slovný druh"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "besedna vrsta"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "categoría gramatical"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
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],
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "parte de la oración"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ordklass"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "bahagi ng pananalita"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "hissayi nutq",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "ҳиссаи нутқ"
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"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "hissahoyi nutq",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "ҳиссаҳои нутқ"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "süz törkeme",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "сүз төркеме"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "bhāṣābhāgamu",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "భాషాభాగము"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "wá-jii-wí-pâak",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "วจีวิภาค"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "sözcük türü"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "častýna móvy",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "части́на мо́ви"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "söz türkümi",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "سۆز تۈركۈمى"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "soʻz turkumi"
},
{
"alt": "詞類",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "từ loại"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rhan ymadrodd"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dosbarth geiriol"
},
{
"code": "sah",
"lang": "Yakut",
"roman": "saña caaha",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"word": "саҥа чааһа"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "verterklas",
"sense": "the function a word or phrase performs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ווערטערקלאַס"
}
],
"word": "part of speech"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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