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"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "ziu¹ bat¹ bou² zik⁶ ge³",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "朝不保夕嘅"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "nejistý"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "prekérní"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "ošidný"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "hachelijk"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "onzeker"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "vaarallinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "précaire"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "heikel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "schwierig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "unsicher"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "prekär"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "schlimm"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "bedrohlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "gefährdet"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "bedenklich"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "episfalís",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "επισφαλής"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "darugi eoryeoun",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "다루기 어려운"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "precarius"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "prekær"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "prekær"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "roakboa"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "niebezpieczny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "niepewny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "precário"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "opásnyj",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "опа́сный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "riskóvannyj",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "риско́ванный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nenadjóžnyj",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "ненадёжный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šátkij",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "ша́ткий"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "precario"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous",
"word": "prekär"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(law) depending on the intention of another",
"word": "widerruflich"
}
],
"word": "precarious"
}
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"English 5-syllable words",
"English adjectives",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms prefixed with pre-",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncomparable adjectives",
"Rhymes:English/ɛəɹiəs",
"Rhymes:English/ɛəɹiəs/4 syllables"
],
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"1": "en",
"2": "pre-",
"3": "carious"
},
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"name": "af"
}
],
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"name": "en-adj"
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"pre‧ca‧ri‧ous"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
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{
"categories": [
"en:Dentistry"
],
"glosses": [
"Relating to incipient caries."
],
"links": [
[
"dentistry",
"dentistry"
],
[
"incipient",
"incipient"
],
[
"caries",
"caries"
]
],
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"(dentistry) Relating to incipient caries."
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"topics": [
"dentistry",
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/pɹɪˈkɛə.ɹɪ.əs/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
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{
"ipa": "/pɹɪˈkɛɚ.i.əs/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛəɹiəs"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-precarious.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cd/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-precarious.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-precarious.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cd/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-precarious.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-precarious.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "precarious"
}
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