See prohibitive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"2": "la",
"3": "prohibeō",
"4": "prohibēre"
},
"expansion": "Latin prohibēre",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "prohibit",
"3": "-ive"
},
"expansion": "By surface analysis, prohibit + -ive",
"name": "surf"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English prohibitif, prohibityve, from Medieval Latin prohibitīvus, from prohibit-, past-participle stem of Latin prohibēre. By surface analysis, prohibit + -ive.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "prohibitives",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "prohibitive (plural prohibitives)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"en:Grammar"
],
"glosses": [
"A negative imperative."
],
"links": [
[
"grammar",
"grammar"
],
[
"negative",
"negative"
],
[
"imperative",
"imperative"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(grammar) A negative imperative."
],
"topics": [
"grammar",
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pɹəˈhɪbɪtɪv/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-prohibitive.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c4/En-us-prohibitive.ogg/En-us-prohibitive.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/En-us-prohibitive.ogg"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "nahy",
"sense": "negative imperative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "نَهْي"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "negative imperative",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "défense"
}
],
"word": "prohibitive"
}
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