"skylark" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈskʌɪ.lɑːk/ [UK], /ˈskaɪ.lɑɹk/ [US] Audio: En-us-skylark.ogg [US] Forms: skylarks [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌɪlɑːk, -aɪlɑɹk Etymology: From sky + lark. Verb sense 1809, originally nautical, possibly influenced by northern English dialectal term lake/laik (“to play”) (from Old Norse leika (“to play (as opposed to work)”)); see lark for details. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sky|lark}} sky + lark, {{m|en|lake}} lake, {{m|en|laik||to play}} laik (“to play”), {{der|en|non|leika||to play (as opposed to work)}} Old Norse leika (“to play (as opposed to work)”), {{m|en|lark}} lark Head templates: {{en-noun}} skylark (plural skylarks)
  1. A small brown passerine bird, Alauda arvensis, that sings as it flies high into the air. Categories (lifeform): Larks Derived forms: Eurasian skylark (taxonomic: Alauda arvensis), Japanese skylark (taxonomic: Alauda japonica), oriental skylark (taxonomic: Alauda gulgula) Translations (small brown passerine bird): çerdhukël [feminine] (Albanian), laureshë e madhe [feminine] (Albanian), laureshë [feminine] (Albanian), larushe [feminine] (Albanian), قُبَّرَة (qubbara) [feminine] (Arabic), calandra (Asturian), torağay (Azerbaijani), жа́варанак (žávaranak) [masculine] (Belarusian), alc'hweder sant Pęr (Breton), чучули́га (čučulíga) [feminine] (Bulgarian), calandiri (Campidanese Sardinian), calandironi (Campidanese Sardinian), alosa [feminine] (Catalan), 雲雀 (Chinese Mandarin), 云雀 (yúnquè) (Chinese Mandarin), skřivan polní [masculine] (Czech), sanglærke [common-gender] (Danish), veldleeuwerik [masculine] (Dutch), alaŭdo (Esperanto), pőldlőoke (Estonian), kiuru (Finnish), leivo (Finnish), leivonen (Finnish), alouette des champs [feminine] (French), lodule (Friulian), odule (Friulian), laverca [feminine] (Galician), calandru (Gallurese), ტოროლა (ṭorola) (Georgian), Feldlerche [feminine] (German), mezei pacsirta (Hungarian), süsétek (Hungarian), sönglævirki [masculine] (Icelandic), fuiseog [feminine] (Irish), circín starraiceach [masculine] (Irish), allodola [feminine] (Italian), alauda [feminine, poetic] (Italian), 雲雀 (hibari) (Japanese), торһа (torğa) (Kalmyk), ಬಾನಾಡಿ (bānāḍi) (Kannada), 종다리 (jongdari) (Korean), 노고지리 (nogojiri) [obsolete] (Korean), торгъай (torğay) (Kumyk), lodola (Ladin), alauda [feminine] (Latin), lauku cīrulis (Latvian), vieversys (Lithuanian), vitsur (Lule Sami), gieddeurjjá (Lule Sami), чучулига (čučuliga) [feminine] (Macedonian), alwetta [feminine] (Maltese), kairaka (Maori), alouaette [masculine] (Norman), alout'raesse [feminine] (Norman), alouette [feminine] (Norman), leivvoš (Northern Sami), alauseta [feminine] (Occitan), skowronek polny [masculine] (Polish), cotovia [feminine] (Portuguese), laverca [feminine] (Portuguese), calandra [feminine] (Portuguese), calhandra [feminine] (Portuguese), chiriklo-gilibano [masculine] (Romani), chirikli-gilibani [feminine] (Romani), ciocârlie [feminine] (Romanian), lodola (Romansch), жа́воронок (žávoronok) [masculine] (Russian), leivvoš (Sami), allòdola (Sardinian), prantaritta [Logudorese] (Sardinian), accuccadìta (Sassarese), laverock (Scots), uiseag [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), topag [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), пољска шева [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), poljska ševa [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), škovránok [masculine] (Slovak), poljski škrjanec [masculine] (Slovene), alondra común [feminine] (Spanish), sånglärka (Swedish), வானம்பாடி (vāṉampāṭi) (Tamil), tarla kuşu (Turkish), жа́йворонок (žájvoronok) [masculine] (Ukrainian), škowrončk (Upper Sorbian), lòdoła [feminine] (Venetian), chiền chiện (Vietnamese), liychła (Vilamovian), felalaud (Volapük), ehedydd (Welsh), ljurk (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-skylark-en-noun-I7jtOKuU Disambiguation of Larks: 53 47

Verb

IPA: /ˈskʌɪ.lɑːk/ [UK], /ˈskaɪ.lɑɹk/ [US] Audio: En-us-skylark.ogg [US] Forms: skylarks [present, singular, third-person], skylarking [participle, present], skylarked [participle, past], skylarked [past]
Rhymes: -ʌɪlɑːk, -aɪlɑɹk Etymology: From sky + lark. Verb sense 1809, originally nautical, possibly influenced by northern English dialectal term lake/laik (“to play”) (from Old Norse leika (“to play (as opposed to work)”)); see lark for details. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sky|lark}} sky + lark, {{m|en|lake}} lake, {{m|en|laik||to play}} laik (“to play”), {{der|en|non|leika||to play (as opposed to work)}} Old Norse leika (“to play (as opposed to work)”), {{m|en|lark}} lark Head templates: {{en-verb}} skylark (third-person singular simple present skylarks, present participle skylarking, simple past and past participle skylarked)
  1. (dated, originally nautical) To jump about joyfully, frolic; to play around, play tricks. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Nautical Categories (lifeform): Larks Derived forms: skylarker, skylarking
    Sense id: en-skylark-en-verb-Svjb1Pgk Disambiguation of Larks: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 42 58

Inflected forms

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          "taxonomic": "Alauda arvensis",
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          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "çerdhukël"
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          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
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          "word": "laureshë e madhe"
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          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "qubbara",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "قُبَّرَة"
        },
        {
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "calandra"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "torağay"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "žávaranak",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "жа́варанак"
        },
        {
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "alc'hweder sant Pęr"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "čučulíga",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "чучули́га"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "alosa"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "雲雀"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yúnquè",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "云雀"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "skřivan polní"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "sanglærke"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "veldleeuwerik"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "alaŭdo"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "pőldlőoke"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "kiuru"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "leivo"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "leivonen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "alouette des champs"
        },
        {
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "lodule"
        },
        {
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "odule"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "laverca"
        },
        {
          "code": "sdn",
          "lang": "Gallurese",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "calandru"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ṭorola",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "ტოროლა"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Feldlerche"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "mezei pacsirta"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "süsétek"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sönglævirki"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fuiseog"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "circín starraiceach"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "allodola"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "poetic"
          ],
          "word": "alauda"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hibari",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "雲雀"
        },
        {
          "code": "xal",
          "lang": "Kalmyk",
          "roman": "torğa",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "торһа"
        },
        {
          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "bānāḍi",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "ಬಾನಾಡಿ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jongdari",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "종다리"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "nogojiri",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "노고지리"
        },
        {
          "code": "kum",
          "lang": "Kumyk",
          "roman": "torğay",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "торгъай"
        },
        {
          "code": "lld",
          "lang": "Ladin",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "lodola"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "alauda"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "lauku cīrulis"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "vieversys"
        },
        {
          "code": "smj",
          "lang": "Lule Sami",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "vitsur"
        },
        {
          "code": "smj",
          "lang": "Lule Sami",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "gieddeurjjá"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "čučuliga",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "чучулига"
        },
        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "alwetta"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "kairaka"
        },
        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "alouaette"
        },
        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "alout'raesse"
        },
        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "alouette"
        },
        {
          "code": "se",
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "leivvoš"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "alauseta"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "skowronek polny"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cotovia"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "laverca"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "calandra"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "calhandra"
        },
        {
          "code": "rom",
          "lang": "Romani",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "chiriklo-gilibano"
        },
        {
          "code": "rom",
          "lang": "Romani",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "chirikli-gilibani"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ciocârlie"
        },
        {
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "lodola"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "žávoronok",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "жа́воронок"
        },
        {
          "code": "smi",
          "lang": "Sami",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "leivvoš"
        },
        {
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "allòdola"
        },
        {
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "calandiri"
        },
        {
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "calandironi"
        },
        {
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "Logudorese"
          ],
          "word": "prantaritta"
        },
        {
          "code": "sdc",
          "lang": "Sassarese",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "accuccadìta"
        },
        {
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "laverock"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "uiseag"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "topag"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пољска шева"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "poljska ševa"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "škovránok"
        },
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "poljski škrjanec"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "alondra común"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "sånglärka"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "vāṉampāṭi",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "வானம்பாடி"
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        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "tarla kuşu"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "žájvoronok",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "жа́йворонок"
        },
        {
          "code": "hsb",
          "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "škowrončk"
        },
        {
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lòdoła"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "chiền chiện"
        },
        {
          "code": "wym",
          "lang": "Vilamovian",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "liychła"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "felalaud"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "ehedydd"
        },
        {
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
          "word": "ljurk"
        }
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        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ʌɪlɑːk"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-aɪlɑɹk"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈskaɪ.lɑɹk/",
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        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ʌɪlɑːk"
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    "Rhymes:English/aɪlɑɹk/2 syllables",
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      "taxonomic": "Alauda arvensis",
      "word": "Eurasian skylark"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Alauda japonica",
      "word": "Japanese skylark"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Alauda gulgula",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskaɪ.lɑɹk/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "çerdhukël"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laureshë e madhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laureshë"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "larushe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qubbara",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "قُبَّرَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "calandra"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "torağay"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "žávaranak",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "жа́варанак"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "alc'hweder sant Pęr"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čučulíga",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чучули́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "雲雀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yúnquè",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "云雀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skřivan polní"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sanglærke"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "veldleeuwerik"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "alaŭdo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "pőldlőoke"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "kiuru"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "leivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "leivonen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alouette des champs"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "lodule"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "odule"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laverca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sdn",
      "lang": "Gallurese",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "calandru"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṭorola",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "ტოროლა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Feldlerche"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "mezei pacsirta"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "süsétek"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sönglævirki"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuiseog"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "circín starraiceach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "allodola"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "poetic"
      ],
      "word": "alauda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hibari",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "雲雀"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "torğa",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "торһа"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "bānāḍi",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "ಬಾನಾಡಿ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jongdari",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "종다리"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "nogojiri",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "노고지리"
    },
    {
      "code": "kum",
      "lang": "Kumyk",
      "roman": "torğay",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "торгъай"
    },
    {
      "code": "lld",
      "lang": "Ladin",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "lodola"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alauda"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "lauku cīrulis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "vieversys"
    },
    {
      "code": "smj",
      "lang": "Lule Sami",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "vitsur"
    },
    {
      "code": "smj",
      "lang": "Lule Sami",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "gieddeurjjá"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "čučuliga",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чучулига"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alwetta"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "kairaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alouaette"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alout'raesse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alouette"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "leivvoš"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alauseta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skowronek polny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cotovia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laverca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "calandra"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "calhandra"
    },
    {
      "code": "rom",
      "lang": "Romani",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chiriklo-gilibano"
    },
    {
      "code": "rom",
      "lang": "Romani",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chirikli-gilibani"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ciocârlie"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "lodola"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žávoronok",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "жа́воронок"
    },
    {
      "code": "smi",
      "lang": "Sami",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "leivvoš"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "allòdola"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "calandiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "calandironi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "Logudorese"
      ],
      "word": "prantaritta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sdc",
      "lang": "Sassarese",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "accuccadìta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "laverock"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "uiseag"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "topag"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пољска шева"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poljska ševa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "škovránok"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poljski škrjanec"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alondra común"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "sånglärka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "vāṉampāṭi",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "வானம்பாடி"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "tarla kuşu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "žájvoronok",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "жа́йворонок"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "škowrončk"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lòdoła"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "chiền chiện"
    },
    {
      "code": "wym",
      "lang": "Vilamovian",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "liychła"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "felalaud"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "ehedydd"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "small brown passerine bird",
      "word": "ljurk"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "skylark"
  ],
  "word": "skylark"
}

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    "English compound terms",
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    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Old Norse",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪlɑɹk",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪlɑɹk/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌɪlɑːk",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌɪlɑːk/2 syllables",
    "en:Larks"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "skylarker"
    },
    {
      "word": "skylarking"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sky",
        "3": "lark"
      },
      "expansion": "sky + lark",
      "name": "compound"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lake"
      },
      "expansion": "lake",
      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "laik",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to play"
      },
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      "name": "m"
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        "3": "leika",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to play (as opposed to work)"
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      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lark"
      },
      "expansion": "lark",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From sky + lark.\nVerb sense 1809, originally nautical, possibly influenced by northern English dialectal term lake/laik (“to play”) (from Old Norse leika (“to play (as opposed to work)”)); see lark for details.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "skylarks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skylarking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skylarked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skylarked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "skylark (third-person singular simple present skylarks, present participle skylarking, simple past and past participle skylarked)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 5",
          "text": "I cherished no malice towards him, though he had been skylarking with me not a little in the matter of my bedfellow.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To jump about joyfully, frolic; to play around, play tricks."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "frolic",
          "frolic"
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        "(dated, originally nautical) To jump about joyfully, frolic; to play around, play tricks."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskʌɪ.lɑːk/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskaɪ.lɑɹk/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌɪlɑːk"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪlɑɹk"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-skylark.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cd/En-us-skylark.ogg/En-us-skylark.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/En-us-skylark.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "skylark"
  ],
  "word": "skylark"
}

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