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"word": "слизест"
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],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈslaɪ.mi/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪmi"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-slimy.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cd/En-au-slimy.ogg/En-au-slimy.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/En-au-slimy.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
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"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "slippery",
"word": "lubricous"
},
{
"sense": "underhanded",
"word": "conniving"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "slizest",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"word": "слизест"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"word": "slijmerig"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "visqueux"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "visqueuse"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gluant"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gluante"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"word": "schleimig"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"word": "viscido"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"word": "lūbricus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"word": "vīrōsus"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"word": "pūrikoriko"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"word": "hahohaho"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"word": "hāwaniwani"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"word": "hāwareware"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"word": "slymy"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"word": "slimi"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"word": "lîncreux"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"word": "vâseux"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"word": "v'lînmeux"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"word": "slimet"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"word": "slimete"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"word": "ljigav"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"word": "sluzav"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "slizký"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"word": "viscoso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"word": "baboso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"word": "pegajoso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"word": "gelatinoso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"word": "empalagoso"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "like slime; glutinous",
"word": "slemmig"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mazen",
"sense": "underhanded",
"word": "мазен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podmazvačeski",
"sense": "underhanded",
"word": "подмазвачески"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "underhanded",
"word": "achterbaks"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "underhanded",
"word": "schmierig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "underhanded",
"word": "aalglatt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "underhanded",
"word": "schleimig"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "underhanded",
"word": "tītipa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "underhanded",
"word": "kakī mohokura"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skolʹzkij",
"sense": "underhanded",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "скользкий"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "underhanded",
"word": "podao"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "underhanded",
"word": "tramposo"
}
],
"word": "slimy"
}
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"English terms inherited from Old English",
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"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"Rhymes:English/aɪmi",
"Rhymes:English/aɪmi/2 syllables",
"en:Percoid fish"
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"2": "enm",
"3": "slymy"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "slimi"
},
"expansion": "slimi",
"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
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"2": "ang",
"3": "slīm"
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"name": "inh"
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"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "*slīmiġ"
},
"expansion": "*slīmiġ",
"name": "l"
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "slipig",
"4": "",
"5": "slippy"
},
"expansion": "Old English slipig (“slippy”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "slime",
"3": "-y"
},
"expansion": "slime + -y",
"name": "af"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "slijmig"
},
"expansion": "Dutch slijmig",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "slijmerig",
"t": "slimy"
},
"expansion": "slijmerig (“slimy”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "schleimig",
"t": "slimy; smarmy"
},
"expansion": "German schleimig (“slimy; smarmy”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "slemmig",
"t": "slimy"
},
"expansion": "Swedish slemmig (“slimy”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"form": "slimies",
"tags": [
"plural"
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"args": {},
"expansion": "slimy (plural slimies)",
"name": "en-noun"
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"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A ponyfish."
],
"links": [
[
"ponyfish",
"ponyfish"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈslaɪ.mi/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪmi"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-slimy.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cd/En-au-slimy.ogg/En-au-slimy.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/En-au-slimy.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "slimy"
}
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