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"word": "punacious"
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{
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{
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{
"word": "punlike"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"text": "The pun is the lowest form of wit.",
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"code": "sq",
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "sq",
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"tags": [
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "لَعْبَة اَلْكَلِمَات"
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{
"code": "ar",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "جِنَاس"
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{
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"roman": "baṙaxaġ",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "բառախաղ"
},
{
"code": "be",
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"roman": "kalambur",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "hulʹnja sloŭ",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гульня слоў"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "igroslovica",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "игрословица"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kalambur",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "каламбур"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "joc de paraules"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "雙關語"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shuāngguānyǔ",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "双关语"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "俏皮話"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qiàopihuà",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "俏皮话"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "slovní hříčka"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ordspil"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "woordspeling"
},
{
"code": "eo",
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "kalemburo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "vortludo"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "sanaleikki"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calembour"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jeu de mots"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳalamburi",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "კალამბური"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "zma",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "ზმა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Wortspiel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kalauer"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "logopaígnio",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "מִשְׂחַק מִלִּים"
},
{
"code": "he",
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "לָשׁוֹן נוֹפֵל עַל לָשׁוֹן"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "szójáték"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "szóvicc"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "orðaleikur"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "kalemburo"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imeartas focal"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gioco di parole"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bisticcio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "freddura"
},
{
"alt": "ダジャレ, だじゃれ, dajare",
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "駄洒落"
},
{
"alt": "シャレ, しゃれ, share",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "洒落"
},
{
"alt": "ごろあわせ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "goroawase",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "語呂合わせ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "maljangnan",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "말장난"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kalambur",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "каламбур"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "igra na zborovi",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "игра на зборови"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "jenakata"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "kupu angarua"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ordspill"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ordspel"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tajnis",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "تجنیس"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "jenâs",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "جناس"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gra słów"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kalambur"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trocadilho"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chalaça"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "calambur"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "joc de cuvinte"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "каламбу́р"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "igrá slov",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "игра́ слов"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cainnt-chluich"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "juego de palabras"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "calambur"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "paronomasia"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "doble sentido"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
"word": "albur"
},
{
"code": "sv",
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "ordvits"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ordlek"
},
{
"code": "tl",
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "bangkiwi"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "paritugma"
},
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "bg",
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
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"code": "bg",
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
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"roman": "shuāngguānyǔ",
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"code": "cmn",
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"word": "俏皮話"
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"code": "cmn",
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"code": "nl",
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],
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{
"code": "eo",
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
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{
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{
"code": "fr",
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "ḳalamburi",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "კალამბური"
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{
"code": "ka",
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "ზმა"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Wortspiel"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "Kalauer"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "λογοπαίγνιο"
},
{
"code": "he",
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"roman": "misḥáq milím",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "מִשְׂחַק מִלִּים"
},
{
"code": "he",
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "szójáték"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
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{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
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"masculine"
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"word": "orðaleikur"
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{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "kalemburo"
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{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imeartas focal"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "bisticcio"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
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"feminine"
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"word": "freddura"
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{
"alt": "ダジャレ, だじゃれ, dajare",
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"word": "駄洒落"
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{
"alt": "シャレ, しゃれ, share",
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
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{
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
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{
"code": "gd",
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
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"word": "cainnt-chluich"
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"masculine"
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"word": "juego de palabras"
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{
"code": "es",
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"word": "calambur"
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
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{
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"roman": "ślēṣa",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "శ్లేష"
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{
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"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "tshig rtsed",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "ཚིག་རྩེད"
},
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"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "kelime oyunu"
},
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"code": "yi",
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"roman": "vertershpil",
"sense": "joke or type of wordplay",
"word": "ווערטערשפּיל"
}
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],
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). 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.
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