See quote unquote in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "dırnaqarası"
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"word": "entre cometas"
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"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
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"word": "i gåseøjne"
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"word": "lainausmerkeissä"
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"word": "entre guillemets"
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"word": "soi-disant"
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"word": "in Anführungszeichen"
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"word": "במירכאות"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"roman": "yáani",
"sense": "emphasizes the following word or phrase for irony",
"word": "יעני"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "emphasizes the following word or phrase for irony",
"word": "úgynevezett"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "emphasizes the following word or phrase for irony",
"word": "idézőjeles"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "emphasizes the following word or phrase for irony",
"word": "idézőjelben"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "emphasizes the following word or phrase for irony",
"word": "tra virgolette"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"lang_code": "lt",
"sense": "emphasizes the following word or phrase for irony",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "kabutėse"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "emphasizes the following word or phrase for irony",
"word": "w cudzysłowie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "emphasizes the following word or phrase for irony",
"tags": [
"proscribed"
],
"word": "w cudzysłowiu"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "emphasizes the following word or phrase for irony",
"word": "entre aspas"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "v kavýčkax",
"sense": "emphasizes the following word or phrase for irony",
"word": "в кавы́чках"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "emphasizes the following word or phrase for irony",
"word": "entre comillas"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "emphasizes the following word or phrase for irony",
"word": "nháy nháy"
}
],
"word": "quote unquote"
}
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"satire"
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"name": "com"
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"form": "quote … unquote",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "quote-unquote",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "quote on quote",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
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"tags": [
"alternative"
]
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"expansion": "quote … unquote (not comparable)",
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{
"parts": [
"quote un",
"quote"
]
}
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"word": "air quote"
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"word": "scare quote"
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41,
46
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127,
134
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129,
134
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"text": "Adam Smith claimed that a capitalist is, quote, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention, unquote.",
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7,
12
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18,
25
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20,
25
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"ref": "2004, “I Don't Believe You”, performed by The Magnetic Fields:",
"text": "So you quote love unquote me / Well, stranger things have come to be",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used in spoken language to delimit a quotation in the same function as quotation marks."
],
"links": [
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"word": "quote"
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}
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"enpr": "kwōt ŭn-kwōt"
},
{
"enpr": "kwōt ŏn-kwōt",
"tags": [
"proscribed"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kwəʊ̯t ʌn.kwəʊ̯t/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kwəʊ̯t ɒn.kwəʊ̯t/",
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"Received-Pronunciation",
"proscribed"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-au-quote unquote.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/14/En-au-quote_unquote.ogg/En-au-quote_unquote.ogg.mp3",
"note": "AuE",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/En-au-quote_unquote.ogg"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "delimits a direct quotation",
"word": "lainausmerkeissä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "delimits a direct quotation",
"word": "Zitat … Zitat Ende"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "delimits a direct quotation",
"word": "ich zitiere …"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"roman": "ptákh merkhaót … sgor merkhaót",
"sense": "delimits a direct quotation",
"word": "פתח מירכאות … סגור מירכאות"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"sense": "delimits a direct quotation",
"word": "ז״ל … עכ״ל"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"lang_code": "lt",
"sense": "delimits a direct quotation",
"word": "cituojant"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "delimits a direct quotation",
"word": "cytat … koniec cytatu"
}
],
"word": "quote unquote"
}
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