See pubby in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "pubbily"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "pubbiness"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":af",
"3": "pub",
"4": "-y",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "From pub + -y.",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From pub + -y.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pubbier",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "pubbiest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "er"
},
"expansion": "pubby (comparative pubbier, superlative pubbiest)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "British English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "65 30 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries referencing ambiguous etymons",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "51 45 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries referencing missing etymons",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "47 49 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "52 43 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymology texts",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "53 43 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "71 25 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "53 30 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -y",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "63 30 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "71 26 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "71 26 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "47 48 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Who enjoys frequenting public houses."
],
"id": "en-pubby-en-adj-gotSzU08",
"links": [
[
"public house",
"public house"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(UK, colloquial, of a person) Who enjoys frequenting public houses."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a person"
],
"tags": [
"UK",
"colloquial"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "51 45 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries referencing missing etymons",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "47 49 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "52 43 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymology texts",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "47 48 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Resembling a pub."
],
"id": "en-pubby-en-adj-ILshjsmt",
"links": [
[
"pub",
"pub"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of an establishment) Resembling a pub."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of an establishment"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "pubbish"
},
{
"word": "publike"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpʌbi/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pubby.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/69/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pubby.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pubby.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/69/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pubby.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pubby.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈpʊbi/",
"tags": [
"Ireland",
"Northern-England"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌbi"
}
],
"word": "pubby"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":af",
"3": "pub",
"4": "-y",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "From pub + -y.",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From pub + -y.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pubbies",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "pubby (plural pubbies)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "pubbie"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative spelling of pubbie."
],
"id": "en-pubby-en-noun-pytZFvAC",
"links": [
[
"pubbie",
"pubbie#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpʌbi/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pubby.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/69/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pubby.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pubby.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/69/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pubby.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pubby.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈpʊbi/",
"tags": [
"Ireland",
"Northern-England"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌbi"
}
],
"word": "pubby"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries referencing ambiguous etymons",
"English entries referencing missing etymons",
"English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
"English entries with etymology texts",
"English entries with etymon",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms suffixed with -y",
"Pages using etymon with no ID",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymon",
"Rhymes:English/ʌbi",
"Rhymes:English/ʌbi/2 syllables"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "pubbily"
},
{
"word": "pubbiness"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":af",
"3": "pub",
"4": "-y",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "From pub + -y.",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From pub + -y.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pubbier",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "pubbiest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "er"
},
"expansion": "pubby (comparative pubbier, superlative pubbiest)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"British English",
"English colloquialisms"
],
"glosses": [
"Who enjoys frequenting public houses."
],
"links": [
[
"public house",
"public house"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(UK, colloquial, of a person) Who enjoys frequenting public houses."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a person"
],
"tags": [
"UK",
"colloquial"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Resembling a pub."
],
"links": [
[
"pub",
"pub"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of an establishment) Resembling a pub."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of an establishment"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "pubbish"
},
{
"word": "publike"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpʌbi/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pubby.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/69/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pubby.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pubby.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/69/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pubby.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pubby.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈpʊbi/",
"tags": [
"Ireland",
"Northern-England"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌbi"
}
],
"word": "pubby"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries referencing ambiguous etymons",
"English entries referencing missing etymons",
"English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
"English entries with etymology texts",
"English entries with etymon",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms suffixed with -y",
"Pages using etymon with no ID",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymon",
"Rhymes:English/ʌbi",
"Rhymes:English/ʌbi/2 syllables"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":af",
"3": "pub",
"4": "-y",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "From pub + -y.",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From pub + -y.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pubbies",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "pubby (plural pubbies)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "pubbie"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative spelling of pubbie."
],
"links": [
[
"pubbie",
"pubbie#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpʌbi/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pubby.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/69/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pubby.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pubby.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/69/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pubby.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pubby.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈpʊbi/",
"tags": [
"Ireland",
"Northern-England"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌbi"
}
],
"word": "pubby"
}
Download raw JSONL data for pubby meaning in English (3.8kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). 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.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.