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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bulldog scalp"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "scalped"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "scalpless"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "scalp lock"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "scalp ringworm"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "scalpy"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "skalp",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Danish: skalp",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Danish: skalp"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "scalp",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Dutch: scalp",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Dutch: scalp"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "eo",
"2": "skalpo",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Esperanto: skalpo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Esperanto: skalpo"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Skalp",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Skalp",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Skalp"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "skalp",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hungarian: skalp",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hungarian: skalp"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "scalpo",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: scalpo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: scalpo"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "skalps",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Latvian: skalps",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Latvian: skalps"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mk",
"2": "скалп",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Macedonian: скалп (skalp)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Macedonian: скалп (skalp)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "escalpo",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: escalpo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: escalpo"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "скальп",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: скальп (skalʹp)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: скальп (skalʹp)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "ска̏лп",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "skȁlp"
},
"expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: ска̏лп (skȁlp)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: ска̏лп (skȁlp)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "skalp",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swedish: skalp",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swedish: skalp"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "scalp"
},
"expansion": "Middle English scalp",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmq"
},
"expansion": "North Germanic",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "frr",
"2": "Skolp",
"t": "dandruff"
},
"expansion": "North Frisian Skolp (“dandruff”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "skálpr",
"t": "sheath"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse skálpr (“sheath”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmq-osw",
"2": "skalp"
},
"expansion": "Old Swedish skalp",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "schelp",
"t": "shell"
},
"expansion": "Dutch schelp (“shell”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English scalp, skalp, scalpe (“crown of the head; skull”). Originally a northern word, and therefore probably from a North Germanic source, although the sense-development is unclear; compare Sylt North Frisian Skolp (“dandruff”), Old Norse skálpr (“sheath”), Old Swedish skalp, Dutch schelp (“shell”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "scalps",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"args": {},
"expansion": "scalp (plural scalps)",
"name": "en-noun"
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"The top of the head; the skull."
],
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[
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[
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"skull"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(now dialectal) The top of the head; the skull."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "skull"
}
],
"tags": [
"dialectal"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "60 12 9 9 0 0 9",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "teme",
"sense": "top of the head",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "теме"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 12 9 9 0 0 9",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "top of the head",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "isse"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 12 9 9 0 0 9",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "top of the head",
"word": "päälaki"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 12 9 9 0 0 9",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "top of the head",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Oberkopf"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 12 9 9 0 0 9",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "teme",
"sense": "top of the head",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "теме"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 12 9 9 0 0 9",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "top of the head",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hjässa"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 12 9 9 0 0 9",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "top of the head",
"tags": [
"literally",
"neuter"
],
"word": "anit"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "1 11 7 4 2 7 2 3 1 4 25 1 5 1 1 24",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Anatomy",
"orig": "en:Anatomy",
"parents": [
"Biology",
"Medicine",
"Sciences",
"Healthcare",
"All topics",
"Health",
"Fundamental",
"Body"
],
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}
],
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"text": "Some tribes used to collect scalps to prove how many of the enemy they had killed in battle.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.",
"A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by warriors in some cultures as a token of victory."
],
"id": "en-scalp-en-noun-iqS8XMMW",
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"head",
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],
[
"hair",
"hair"
],
[
"grow",
"grow"
],
[
"skin",
"skin"
],
[
"attach",
"attach"
],
[
"cut",
"cut"
],
[
"torn",
"torn"
],
[
"enemy",
"enemy"
],
[
"warrior",
"warrior"
],
[
"culture",
"culture"
],
[
"token",
"token"
],
[
"victory",
"victory"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.",
"(historical) A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by warriors in some cultures as a token of victory."
],
"tags": [
"historical"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "10 39 27 18 2 3 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "skalp",
"sense": "part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "скалп"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 39 27 18 2 3 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "skalp"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 39 27 18 2 3 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy",
"word": "päänahka"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 39 27 18 2 3 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Skalp"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 39 27 18 2 3 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scalpo"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 39 27 18 2 3 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cotenna"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 39 27 18 2 3 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy",
"word": "kawiu"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 39 27 18 2 3 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "escalpo"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 39 27 18 2 3 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skalʹp",
"sense": "part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "скальп"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 39 27 18 2 3 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy",
"word": "skalp"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 39 27 18 2 3 1",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy",
"word": "หนังหัว"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Heraldry",
"orig": "en:Heraldry",
"parents": [
"History",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1899, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: A Directory of Some Gentlemen of Coat-armour, Showing which Arms in Use at the Moment are Borne by Legal Authority, page 313:",
"text": "He bears for Arms : Argent, on a chevron invected gules, between two bugle-horns sable, stringed of the second in chief, and the attires of a stag affixed to the scalp in base of the third, two fasces chevronways or.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.",
"The skin of the head of a stag, to which the horns are attached."
],
"id": "en-scalp-en-noun-zR1SJfVf",
"links": [
[
"head",
"head"
],
[
"hair",
"hair"
],
[
"grow",
"grow"
],
[
"heraldry",
"heraldry"
],
[
"skin",
"skin"
],
[
"stag",
"stag"
],
[
"horn",
"horn"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.",
"(heraldry) The skin of the head of a stag, to which the horns are attached."
],
"topics": [
"government",
"heraldry",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"monarchy",
"nobility",
"politics"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):",
"text": "By the bare scalpe of Robin Hoods fat Fryer, / This fellow were a King, for our wilde faction.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2014, Kaitlin Newman, “Five years after beating, Ryan Diviney's family holds out hope”, in Baltimore Sun, archived from the original on 2014-11-10:",
"text": "The original titanium mesh plate that was inserted in the summer of 2010 was removed last June since it was causing his scalp to break down.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from."
],
"id": "en-scalp-en-noun-vdLUtPwt",
"links": [
[
"head",
"head"
],
[
"hair",
"hair"
],
[
"grow",
"grow"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1993, John Frohnmayer, Leaving Town Alive: Confessions of an Arts Warrior, page 331:",
"text": "Pat Buchanan, in his ongoing presidential quest, claimed his first scalp, and Donald Wildmon's newsletter chortled that his efforts in opposing the NEA had paid off.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2021 May 5, Drachinifel, 46:28 from the start, in Battle of Samar - What if TF34 was there?, archived from the original on 2022-08-19:",
"text": "Admiral Lee, aboard USS Washington, can content himself with the fact that his ship has claimed the scalp, or helped claim the scalp, of three out of the four Kongō class, and has landed meaningful hits on Nagato and Yamato as well, making it the single most successful U.S. battleship in history.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2023 August 7, Suzanne Wrack, “England beat Nigeria on penalties to reach Women’s World Cup quarter-finals”, in The Guardian:",
"text": "Randy Waldrum’s Nigeria, ranked 40th in the world, 36 places below England, looked as if they would claim the latest big scalp and knock out the European champions after the eliminations of Brazil, Canada, Germany and the USA.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A victory, especially at the expense of someone else."
],
"id": "en-scalp-en-noun-6uYvuoz9",
"links": [
[
"victory",
"victory"
],
[
"expense",
"expense"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) A victory, especially at the expense of someone else."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "0 29 3 3 60 1 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "victory",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "skalp"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 29 3 3 60 1 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "victory",
"word": "päänahka"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 29 3 3 60 1 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "victory",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "skalp"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 29 3 3 60 1 3",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "victory",
"word": "kelläň depesi"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Scottish English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A bed or stratum of shellfish."
],
"id": "en-scalp-en-noun-uC2hoQgy",
"links": [
[
"bed",
"bed"
],
[
"stratum",
"stratum"
],
[
"shellfish",
"shellfish"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Scotland) A bed or stratum of shellfish."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "scaup"
}
],
"tags": [
"Scotland"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:",
"text": "the snowy scalp of Ben Cruachan",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The top; the summit."
],
"id": "en-scalp-en-noun-s58fr-ZD",
"links": [
[
"top",
"top"
],
[
"summit",
"summit"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) The top; the summit."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "summit"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/skælp/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-scalp.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/da/En-us-scalp.ogg/En-us-scalp.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/En-us-scalp.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ælp"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 2 1",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
"word": "kopvel"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 2 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "farwat ar-raʔs",
"sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "فَرْوَة اَلرَّأْس"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 2 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "skalp",
"sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "скалп"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 2 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cuir cabellut"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 2 1",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "usdinegalvi",
"sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
"word": "ᎤᏍᏗᏁᎦᎸᎢ"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 2 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
"word": "頭皮"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 2 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tóupí",
"sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
"word": "头皮"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 2 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hovedskalp"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 2 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kruin"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 2 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
"word": "skalpo"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
"word": "hiusmarto"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cuir chevelu"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 2 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
"word": "coiro cabeludo"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kopfhaut"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 2 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "karkéfet",
"sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "קרקפת"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 2 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
"word": "skalp"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 2 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "craiceann an chinn"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 2 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scalpo"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 2 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cotenna"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 2 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cuoio capelluto"
},
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"bor": "1"
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"2": "skalp",
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"ref": "c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):",
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"ref": "2014, Kaitlin Newman, “Five years after beating, Ryan Diviney's family holds out hope”, in Baltimore Sun, archived from the original on 2014-11-10:",
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"ref": "1993, John Frohnmayer, Leaving Town Alive: Confessions of an Arts Warrior, page 331:",
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"ref": "2021 May 5, Drachinifel, 46:28 from the start, in Battle of Samar - What if TF34 was there?, archived from the original on 2022-08-19:",
"text": "Admiral Lee, aboard USS Washington, can content himself with the fact that his ship has claimed the scalp, or helped claim the scalp, of three out of the four Kongō class, and has landed meaningful hits on Nagato and Yamato as well, making it the single most successful U.S. battleship in history.",
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"ref": "2023 August 7, Suzanne Wrack, “England beat Nigeria on penalties to reach Women’s World Cup quarter-finals”, in The Guardian:",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "top of the head",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "теме"
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"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "top of the head",
"tags": [
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"word": "isse"
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{
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "top of the head",
"word": "päälaki"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "top of the head",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "teme",
"sense": "top of the head",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"lang": "Swedish",
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"lang": "Tagalog",
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"neuter"
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"word": "kopvel"
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"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "farwat ar-raʔs",
"sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "فَرْوَة اَلرَّأْس"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "skalp",
"sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "chr",
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"roman": "usdinegalvi",
"sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
"word": "ᎤᏍᏗᏁᎦᎸᎢ"
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"sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
"word": "頭皮"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tóupí",
"sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
"word": "头皮"
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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 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). 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.