See prise in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "prize"
}
],
"categories": [
"English obsolete forms"
],
"glosses": [
"Obsolete form of prize."
],
"links": [
[
"prize",
"prize#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pɹaɪz/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-prize.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fb/En-us-prize.ogg/En-us-prize.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/En-us-prize.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪz"
},
{
"homophone": "pries"
},
{
"homophone": "prize"
}
],
"word": "prise"
}
Download raw JSONL data for prise meaning in English (8.1kB)
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
"msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": razbivam (s lost) vs. с лост",
"path": [
"prise"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "prise",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
"msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": razbija (s lost) vs. с лост",
"path": [
"prise"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "prise",
"trace": ""
}
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