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"roman": "patoúra",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "πατούρα"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tag",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "תָּג"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"word": "betűtalp"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "seiríf"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"dated",
"masculine"
],
"word": "trasnán"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trasmhír"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "grazia"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "serifu",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"word": "セリフ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seripeu",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"word": "세리프"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "užkardėlė"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sérif",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "се́риф"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"word": "serif"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "szeryf"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "serifa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaséčka",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "засе́чка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podséčka",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "подсе́чка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otséčka",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "отсе́чка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "seríf",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сери́ф"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gracia"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "remate"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "serifa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "patín"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "short line in a font",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "seriff"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"serif"
],
"word": "serif"
}
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"English uncomparable adjectives",
"Rhymes:English/iːf",
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},
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"name": "m"
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},
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"name": "m"
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"name": "der"
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{
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"1": "nl",
"2": "schreef"
},
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"name": "m"
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},
{
"args": {
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"2": "schrafferen",
"3": "",
"4": "to provide with horizontal lines, to shade"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "sgraffiare"
},
"expansion": "Italian sgraffiare",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Schraffe",
"3": "",
"4": "serif"
},
"expansion": "German Schraffe (“serif”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "cerificus",
"3": "",
"4": "waxen"
},
"expansion": "cerificus (“waxen”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "cera",
"3": "",
"4": "wax"
},
"expansion": "cera (“wax”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From earlier ceriph, ceref, of obscure derivation. There are two (not directly interrelated) candidates for a possible Dutch origin: 1.) the noun schreef (“stroke”, now also “serif” as a semantic loan), related with schrapen (“to scrape”); and 2.) the verb schrafferen (“to provide with horizontal lines, to shade”), from Italian sgraffiare. For the latter, compare German Schraffe (“serif”), although this again may be a semantic loan based on the English word rather than original to it. Alternatively, from Late Latin cerificus (“waxen”), from Latin cera (“wax”), after the ruled lines used in writing on wax tablets.",
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"1": "-"
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"expansion": "serif (not comparable)",
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"pos": "adj",
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{
"antonyms": [
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"word": "sans serif"
}
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"en:Typography"
],
"glosses": [
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],
"links": [
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"typography",
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"(typography) Of a typeface, provided with serifs."
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"topics": [
"media",
"publishing",
"typography"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈsɛɹɪf/"
},
{
"ipa": "/səˈɹiːf/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹɪf"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːf"
},
{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e5/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-serif.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-serif.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e5/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-serif.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-serif.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "with serifs",
"word": "patkový"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "with serifs",
"word": "päätteellinen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "with serifs",
"word": "talpas"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"serif"
],
"word": "serif"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). 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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