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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈpiːtə/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪtə"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːtə"
},
{
"homophone": "pitter (non-rhotic)"
},
{
"homophone": "PETA (US)"
},
{
"homophone": "Peter"
},
{
"homophone": "peter (non-rhotic)"
},
{
"homophone": "PITA"
}
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵubz ʕarabiyy",
"sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "خُبْز عَرَبِيّ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕēš báladi",
"sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "عيش بلدى"
},
{
"code": "ajp",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kmaj",
"sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
"tags": [
"South-Levantine-Arabic"
],
"word": "كماج"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pita"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pítǎbǐng",
"sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
"word": "皮塔餅 /皮塔饼"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kǒudàibǐng",
"sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
"word": "口袋餅 /口袋饼"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pita chléb"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
"word": "pitaleipä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
"word": "pita"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pita"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pita"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Pita"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "píta",
"sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "πίτα"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "pita",
"sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "פיתה"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pītā",
"sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
"word": "पीता"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
"word": "pita"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pita"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pane arabo"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "pita",
"sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
"word": "ピタ"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "pitâ",
"sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
"word": "پیتا"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pita"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
"word": "pita"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "píta",
"sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пи́та"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "laváš",
"sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "лава́ш"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pita"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pan de pita"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
"word": "pide"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bara pita"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"pita"
],
"word": "pita"
}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Spanish",
"English terms derived from Spanish",
"English terms with homophones",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Pages with 26 entries",
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"Rhymes:English/iːtə",
"Rhymes:English/iːtə/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɪtə",
"en:Agavoideae subfamily plants",
"en:Breads"
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],
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"pos": "noun",
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],
"links": [
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"fiber"
],
[
"Agave americana",
"Agave americana#Translingual"
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[
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"cordage"
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[
"paper",
"paper"
]
],
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"uncountable"
]
},
{
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},
{
"word": "maguey"
},
{
"word": "American aloe"
}
],
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]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈpɪtə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈpiːtə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈpiːtə/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪtə"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːtə"
},
{
"homophone": "pitter (non-rhotic)"
},
{
"homophone": "PETA (US)"
},
{
"homophone": "Peter"
},
{
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},
{
"homophone": "PITA"
}
],
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],
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