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"word": "dear Sir"
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"word": "dear Sir or Madam"
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"word": "dear Sirs"
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"word": "don't call me sir, I work for a living"
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{
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"word": "mamsir"
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{
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"word": "nossuh"
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{
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"word": "siree"
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"word": "siress"
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"word": "Sir Francis Drake Channel"
},
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"word": "sirrah"
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"word": "sirree"
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"word": "sir sandwich"
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"word": "yessuh"
}
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"2": "ine-pro"
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"name": "dercat"
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"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European",
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"2": "ine",
"3": "sénos"
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"2": "enm",
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},
"expansion": "Middle English sir",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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{
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"2": "fro",
"3": "sire",
"t": "master, sir, lord"
},
"expansion": "Old French sire (“master, sir, lord”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
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"2": "la",
"3": "senior",
"t": "older, elder"
},
"expansion": "Latin senior (“older, elder”)",
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{
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"t": "old"
},
"expansion": "senex (“old”)",
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{
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"2": "seigneur",
"3": "seignior",
"4": "senhor",
"5": "senior",
"6": "señor",
"7": "signore",
"8": "sire"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, señor, signore, and sire",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English sir, unstressed form of sire, borrowed from Old French sire (“master, sir, lord”), from Latin senior (“older, elder”), from senex (“old”). Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, señor, signore, and sire.",
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{
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"tags": [
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]
}
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"word": "senate"
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"A man of a higher rank or position."
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],
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gospodín",
"sense": "man of a higher rank or position",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "господи́н"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "man of a higher rank or position",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "heer"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "man of a higher rank or position",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meneer"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "man of a higher rank or position",
"word": "herra"
},
{
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "man of a higher rank or position",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "señor"
},
{
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "Sér",
"sense": "man of a higher rank or position",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Σέρ"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "man of a higher rank or position",
"word": "úr"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 11 11 11 11 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "man of a higher rank or position",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "signore"
},
{
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"alt": "だんな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "danna",
"sense": "man of a higher rank or position",
"word": "旦那"
},
{
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "man of a higher rank or position",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sers"
},
{
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"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "man of a higher rank or position",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ponas"
},
{
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"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "man of a higher rank or position",
"word": "sire"
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{
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "man of a higher rank or position",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pan"
},
{
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "man of a higher rank or position",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "senhor"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gospodín",
"sense": "man of a higher rank or position",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "господи́н"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "man of a higher rank or position",
"word": "efendim"
},
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pan",
"sense": "man of a higher rank or position",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пан"
}
]
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Just be careful. He gets whingy now if you don't address him as Sir John.",
"type": "example"
}
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"A respectful term of address to a man of higher rank or position",
"to a knight or other low member of the peerage."
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"text": "Sir, yes sir.",
"type": "example"
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"to a superior military officer."
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"military",
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Here's my report, sir.",
"type": "example"
}
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"A respectful term of address to a man of higher rank or position",
"to a teacher."
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"examples": [
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"ref": "1991 May 12, “Kidnapped!”, in Jeeves and Wooster, Series 2, Episode 5",
"text": "Jeeves: Foreign travel often liberates emotions best kept in check, sir. The air of North America is notoriously stimulating in this regard, as witness the regrettable behavior of its inhabitants in 1776.\nB. Wooster: Hm? What happened in 1776, Jeeves?\nJeeves: I prefer not to dwell on it, if it's convenient to you, sir.",
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Excuse me, sir, do you know the way to the art museum?",
"type": "example"
}
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"glosses": [
"A respectful term of address to an adult male (often older), especially if his name or proper title is unknown."
],
"id": "en-sir-en-noun-2IYAnucX",
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zotëri"
},
{
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔustāḏ",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "أُسْتَاذ"
},
{
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sayyid",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سَيِّد"
},
{
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sayyidī",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سَيِّدِي"
},
{
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥaḍratak",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "حَضْرَتَك"
},
{
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔafandī",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "أَفَنْدِي"
},
{
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "bāšā",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "بَاشَا"
},
{
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "paron",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "պարոն"
},
{
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "cənab"
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{
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ağa"
},
{
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "efendi"
},
{
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"code": "bal",
"lang": "Baluchi",
"roman": "wája",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "واجہ"
},
{
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "spadár",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "спада́р"
},
{
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pan",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пан"
},
{
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"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "jonab",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "জনাব"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gospodín",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "господи́н"
},
{
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"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "u:",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ဦး"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"note": "used by males to address both males and females",
"roman": "hkangbya",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ခင်ဗျာ"
},
{
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"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"note": "used by females to address both males and females",
"roman": "hrang",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ရှင်"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "senyor"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "sin¹ saang¹",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "先生"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "dng",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "xi͡ansɨn",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"Dungan"
],
"word": "щянсын"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "先生"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiānsheng",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "先生"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pan"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pán"
},
{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "pane"
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{
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "herre"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hr."
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meneer"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mijnheer"
},
{
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "sinjoro"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "härra"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "herra"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monsieur"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "siôr"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "signôr"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "missâr"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "baṭono",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ბატონო"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Herr"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "de",
"english": "my lord",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mein Herr"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kýrios",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κύριος"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kýrie",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"vocative"
],
"word": "κύριε"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "makárie",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"vocative"
],
"word": "μακάριε"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "konpè"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "mesye"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "adoní",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "אֲדוֹנִי"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "śrīmān",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "श्रीमान"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "śrī",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "श्री"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sar",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "सर"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sāhib",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "साहिब"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "mahoday",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "महोदय"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "janāb",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "जनाब"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "uram"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "herra"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "tuan"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ustaz"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "signore"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"alt": "だんな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "danna",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "旦那"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "サー (sā) (in translations from English)",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"alt": "だんなさま",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "danna-sama",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "旦那様"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "myrza",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "мырза"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "phoo",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ភោ"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seonsaengnim",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "선생님"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "-ssi",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "씨"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ajeossi",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "아저씨"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "kak",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "کاک"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "birêz"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "kek"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "mîrza"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "efendî"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "gospodin",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "господин"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "mırza",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "мырза"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "bayke",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "байке"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "ake",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "аке"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "thān",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ທ່ານ"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "thān ʼœ̄i",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ທ່ານເອີຽ"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dominus"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"vocative"
],
"word": "domine"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kungs"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ponas"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"vocative"
],
"word": "pone"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "góspodin",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "го́сподин"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "gospódine",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"vocative"
],
"word": "госпо́дине"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "tuan"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ustaz"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "tā"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "nojon",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "ноён"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "wlc",
"lang": "Mwali Comorian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "bwana"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "wni",
"lang": "Ndzwani Comorian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "mwenye"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "srimān",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "श्रीमान"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "sri",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "श्री"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "herre"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "aqā",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "آقا"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "āǧā",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "آغا"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "x̌āǧᶕlay",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ښاغلى"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "sāheb",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "صاحب"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "âqâ",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "آقا"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "jenâb",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "جناب"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pan"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"vocative"
],
"word": "panie"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "senhor"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "wiraqucha"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "domn"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "súdarʹ",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"obsolete"
],
"word": "су́дарь"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gospodín",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "господи́н"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "сэр m (sɛr) (in translations from English)",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "госпо̀дин"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "gospòdin"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pán"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"vocative"
],
"word": "pane"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gospod"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "señor"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "herr"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "herre"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "janob",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ҷаноб"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "oġo",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "оғо"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "äfände",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "әфәнде"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "beyefendi"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "efendi"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ağa"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "jenap"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pan",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пан"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"note": "сер m (ser) (in translations from English)",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "sāhib",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "صاحب"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "janāb",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "جناب"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "sar",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سر"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "janap",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "جاناپ"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "ependi",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ئەپەندى"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "ustaz",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ئۇستاز"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "ependim",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ئەپەندىم"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "janob"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 8 8 8 65",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "agʻa"
},
{
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{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "aa³ soe⁴",
"sense": "address to a military superior",
"word": "阿蛇"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "address to a military superior",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meneer"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "followed by the name of the rank",
"sense": "address to a military superior",
"word": "herra"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "address to a military superior",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "señor"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hamfakéd",
"sense": "address to a military superior",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "המפקד"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "address to a military superior",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "signore"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "address to a military superior",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "senhor"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "address to a military superior",
"word": "să trăiți"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "comrade",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "+ military rank, in the Soviet/Russian Army",
"roman": "továrišč",
"sense": "address to a military superior",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "това́рищ"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "сэр m (sɛr) (in translations from English)",
"sense": "address to a military superior"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "+ military rank, in the Russian Army before 1917",
"roman": "gospodín",
"sense": "address to a military superior",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "господи́н"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "address to a military superior",
"word": "komutanım"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zotëri"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔustāḏ",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "أُسْتَاذ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sayyid",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سَيِّد"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sayyidī",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سَيِّدِي"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥaḍratak",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "حَضْرَتَك"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔafandī",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "أَفَنْدِي"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "bāšā",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "بَاشَا"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "paron",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "պարոն"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "cənab"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ağa"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "efendi"
},
{
"code": "bal",
"lang": "Baluchi",
"roman": "wája",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "واجہ"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "spadár",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "спада́р"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pan",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пан"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "jonab",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "জনাব"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gospodín",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "господи́н"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "u:",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ဦး"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"note": "used by males to address both males and females",
"roman": "hkangbya",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ခင်ဗျာ"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"note": "used by females to address both males and females",
"roman": "hrang",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ရှင်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "senyor"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "sin¹ saang¹",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "先生"
},
{
"code": "dng",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "xi͡ansɨn",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"Dungan"
],
"word": "щянсын"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "先生"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiānsheng",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "先生"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pan"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pán"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"vocative"
],
"word": "pane"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "herre"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hr."
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meneer"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mijnheer"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "sinjoro"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "härra"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "herra"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monsieur"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "siôr"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "signôr"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "missâr"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "baṭono",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ბატონო"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Herr"
},
{
"code": "de",
"english": "my lord",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mein Herr"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kýrios",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κύριος"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kýrie",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"vocative"
],
"word": "κύριε"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "makárie",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"vocative"
],
"word": "μακάριε"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "konpè"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "mesye"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "adoní",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "אֲדוֹנִי"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "śrīmān",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "श्रीमान"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "śrī",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "श्री"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sar",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "सर"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sāhib",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "साहिब"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "mahoday",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "महोदय"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "janāb",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "जनाब"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "uram"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "herra"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "tuan"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ustaz"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "signore"
},
{
"alt": "だんな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "danna",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "旦那"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "サー (sā) (in translations from English)",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown"
},
{
"alt": "だんなさま",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "danna-sama",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "旦那様"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "myrza",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "мырза"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "phoo",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ភោ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seonsaengnim",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "선생님"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "-ssi",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "씨"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ajeossi",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "아저씨"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "kak",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "کاک"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "birêz"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "kek"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "mîrza"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "efendî"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "gospodin",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "господин"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "mırza",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "мырза"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "bayke",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "байке"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "ake",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "аке"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "thān",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ທ່ານ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "thān ʼœ̄i",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ທ່ານເອີຽ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dominus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"vocative"
],
"word": "domine"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kungs"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ponas"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"vocative"
],
"word": "pone"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "góspodin",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "го́сподин"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "gospódine",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"vocative"
],
"word": "госпо́дине"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "tuan"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ustaz"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "tā"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "nojon",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "ноён"
},
{
"code": "wlc",
"lang": "Mwali Comorian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "bwana"
},
{
"code": "wni",
"lang": "Ndzwani Comorian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "mwenye"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "srimān",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "श्रीमान"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "sri",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "श्री"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "herre"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "aqā",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "آقا"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "āǧā",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "آغا"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "x̌āǧᶕlay",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ښاغلى"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "sāheb",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "صاحب"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "âqâ",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "آقا"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "jenâb",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "جناب"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pan"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"vocative"
],
"word": "panie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "senhor"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "wiraqucha"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "domn"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "súdarʹ",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
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"obsolete"
],
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"note": "сэр m (sɛr) (in translations from English)",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "госпо̀дин"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
"word": "gospòdin"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pán"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"vocative"
],
"word": "pane"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gospod"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "señor"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "herr"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "herre"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "janob",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ҷаноб"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "oġo",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "оғо"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "äfände",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "әфәнде"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "beyefendi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "efendi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ağa"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "jenap"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pan",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пан"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"note": "сер m (ser) (in translations from English)",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "sāhib",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "صاحب"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "janāb",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
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"code": "ur",
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"roman": "sar",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
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"code": "ug",
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"roman": "janap",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "جاناپ"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "ependi",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ئەپەندى"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "ustaz",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ئۇستاز"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "ependim",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ئەپەندىم"
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"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "janob"
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{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "agʻa"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "afandi"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ngài"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"word": "ông"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "her",
"sense": "address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "הער"
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"alt": "Miz, mizz",
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"english": "Mistress, mistress",
"word": "Mrs"
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{
"english": "miss",
"word": "Miss"
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{
"english": "dame",
"word": "Dame"
},
{
"english": "madam, ma'am",
"word": "Madam"
},
{
"alt": "Mixter",
"sense": "of a non-binary person",
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"ref": "1997, Ed Solomon, Men in Black, spoken by Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones)",
"text": "Don't \"Sir\" me, young man, you have no idea who you're dealing with!",
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"ipa": "/ˈsɝ/",
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"General-American"
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"ipa": "/ˈsɪɹ/",
"tags": [
"Scotland"
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{
"ipa": "/ˈsə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"Indian-English"
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"ipa": "/sə(ɹ)/",
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"enpr": "ˈsûr",
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to address (someone) using \"sir\"",
"word": "uraz"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"sir (disambiguation)"
],
"word": "sir"
}
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