"spam" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈspæm/, [ˈspeəm] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spam.wav [Southern-England] Forms: spams [plural]
Rhymes: -æm Etymology: The original sense (canned ham) is a proprietary name registered by Geo. A. Hormel & Co. in U.S., 1937. It is presumed to be a conflation of either "spiced ham" or "shoulder of pork and ham" but was soon extended to other kinds of canned meat. Hormel spells the trademarked name in all upper case. The use for unsolicited and unwanted email derives from a Monty Python sketch (Flying Circus, Episode 25). In the 1970 sketch, a group of Vikings in a restaurant repeatedly chant the word "spam". The earliest recorded real-life use for this sense occurs around 1993 which finds reference in an email dated March 31, 1993. The term appears to have been used earlier in a different sense in relation to "Multi-User Dungeons" (MUDs), a kind of multi-user computer gaming environment before widespread use of the Internet, in the 1980s. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} spam (countable and uncountable, plural spams)
  1. (uncountable, rarely countable, computing, Internet) Unsolicited bulk electronic messages. Tags: Internet, countable, rare, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing, Internet Synonyms: junk mail Translations (unsolicited bulk electronic messages): بَيَانٌ مُزْعِج (bayānun muzʕij) [masculine] (Arabic), سُخَام (suḵām) [masculine] (Arabic), լցոն (lcʿon) (Armenian), спам (spam) [masculine] (Bulgarian), correu brossa [masculine] (Catalan), 垃圾郵件 (Chinese Mandarin), 垃圾邮件 (lājī yóujiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 垃圾信 (lājīxìn) (Chinese Mandarin), spam [masculine] (Czech), spam (Danish), spam [masculine] (Dutch), ongewenste elektronische post [feminine] (Dutch), spamboodschap [feminine] (Dutch), ongewenste mail [masculine] (Dutch), spamo (Esperanto), trudaĵo (Esperanto), spämm (Estonian), spamm [neuter] (Faroese), roskaposti (Finnish), spämmi (Finnish), spam [masculine] (French), pourriel [masculine] (French), courriel indésirable [masculine] (French), pollupostage [masculine] (French), Spam [masculine] (German), דואר זבל (do'ar zevel) [masculine] (Hebrew), ספאם (spam) [masculine] (Hebrew), स्पैम (spaim) (Hindi), szpem (Hungarian), ruslpóstur [masculine] (Icelandic), mesajacho (Ido), spam (Interlingua), turscar [masculine] (Irish), spam [masculine] (Italian), スパム (supamu) (Japanese), 迷惑メール (meiwaku-mēru) (Japanese), 스팸 (seupaem) (Korean), mēstule [feminine] (Latvian), brukalas (Lithuanian), šlamštas (Lithuanian), спам (spam) (Macedonian), स्पॅम (spĕm) [masculine] (Marathi), søppelpost [masculine] (Norwegian), spam [masculine] (Polish), spam [masculine] (Portuguese), lixo eletrônico [masculine] (Portuguese), спам (spam) [masculine] (Russian), нежела́тельная по́чта (neželátelʹnaja póčta) [feminine] (Russian), neželjena pošta [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), correo basura [masculine] (Spanish), correo no deseado [masculine] (Spanish), spam [neuter] (Swedish), skräppost [common-gender] (Swedish), สแปม (s̄pæm) (Thai), spam (Turkish), yığın mesaj (Turkish), בליצמיסט (blitsmist) [neuter] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-spam-en-noun-OWZMOYeY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 20 18 1 1 9 11 13 12 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 16 13 1 1 9 14 16 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 17 13 1 1 7 13 16 15 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 14 19 20 2 3 6 13 12 11 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'unsolicited bulk electronic messages': 80 10 8 1 1
  2. (uncountable, computing, Internet) Any undesired electronic content automatically generated for commercial purposes. Tags: Internet, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing, Internet, Advertising, E-mail Translations (undesired electronic content): contingut brossa (Catalan), roskaposti (Finnish), spämmi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-spam-en-noun-aYb04Tzv Disambiguation of Advertising: 12 23 9 6 5 11 11 13 10 Disambiguation of E-mail: 16 20 8 1 1 11 16 14 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 20 18 1 1 9 11 13 12 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 16 13 1 1 9 14 16 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 17 13 1 1 7 13 16 15 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 14 19 20 2 3 6 13 12 11 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'undesired electronic content': 21 66 8 2 2
  3. (Internet) Excessive, often unwanted and repeated online messages. Tags: Internet, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-spam-en-noun-HJufQRwB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 20 18 1 1 9 11 13 12 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 16 13 1 1 9 14 16 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 17 13 1 1 7 13 16 15 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 14 19 20 2 3 6 13 12 11
  4. (Internet) Ellipsis of spam account. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Alternative form of: spam account Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-spam-en-noun-wx~Tijpn
  5. A type of tinned meat made mainly from ham. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (tinned meat): 午餐肉 (wǔcānròu) (Chinese Mandarin), nötkötti (Finnish), Frühstücksfleisch [neuter] (German), לוּף (luf) [masculine] (Hebrew), スパム (Japanese), 스팸 (seupaem) (Korean), स्पॅम (spĕm) [neuter] (Marathi), Bilagáana bikʼos (Navajo), atsįʼ yikʼáni (Navajo), atsįʼ béé átʼáhí (Navajo), konserwa turystyczna [feminine] (Polish), mielonka [feminine] (Polish), тушёнка (tušónka) [feminine] (Russian), ספּאַמפֿלייש (spamfleysh) [neuter] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-spam-en-noun-en:meat Disambiguation of 'tinned meat': 5 4 5 0 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Spam, SPAM Meronyms: e-mail, email
Hyponyms: blog spam, e-mail spam, email spam, link spam, log spam, messaging spam, mobile phone spam, newsgroup spam, referer spam, social networking spam, social spam, spam killer, spam musubi, spam relay Derived forms: snowshoe spam, spambot, spamdexing, spam in a can, spammer, spamming, spammy, spamvertisement, spamvertiser, spamvertising, spamvertizement

Verb

IPA: /ˈspæm/, [ˈspeəm] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spam.wav [Southern-England] Forms: spams [present, singular, third-person], spamming [participle, present], spammed [participle, past], spammed [past]
Rhymes: -æm Etymology: The original sense (canned ham) is a proprietary name registered by Geo. A. Hormel & Co. in U.S., 1937. It is presumed to be a conflation of either "spiced ham" or "shoulder of pork and ham" but was soon extended to other kinds of canned meat. Hormel spells the trademarked name in all upper case. The use for unsolicited and unwanted email derives from a Monty Python sketch (Flying Circus, Episode 25). In the 1970 sketch, a group of Vikings in a restaurant repeatedly chant the word "spam". The earliest recorded real-life use for this sense occurs around 1993 which finds reference in an email dated March 31, 1993. The term appears to have been used earlier in a different sense in relation to "Multi-User Dungeons" (MUDs), a kind of multi-user computer gaming environment before widespread use of the Internet, in the 1980s. Head templates: {{en-verb}} spam (third-person singular simple present spams, present participle spamming, simple past and past participle spammed)
  1. (intransitive, computing, Internet) To send spam (i.e. unsolicited electronic messages.) Tags: Internet, intransitive Categories (topical): Computing, Internet
    Sense id: en-spam-en-verb-D5cyuC~P Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (transitive, computing, Internet) To send spam (i.e. unsolicited electronic messages) to a person or entity. Tags: Internet, transitive Categories (topical): Computing, Internet Translations (transitive): spämmima (Estonian), spamma (Faroese), roskapostittaa (Finnish), spämmätä (Finnish), spammare (Italian), hītini (Maori), sende søppelpost (Norwegian), спа́мить (spámitʹ) (Russian), спа́ммить (spámmitʹ) (Russian), spamlemek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-spam-en-verb-pnq-kuKj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 20 18 1 1 9 11 13 12 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 16 13 1 1 9 14 16 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 17 13 1 1 7 13 16 15 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 14 19 20 2 3 6 13 12 11 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'transitive': 7 37 29 27
  3. (transitive, intransitive, computing, Internet) To send messages repeatedly, often with disruptive effect; to flood. Tags: Internet, intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Computing, Internet
    Sense id: en-spam-en-verb-XvxJMJ7- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 20 18 1 1 9 11 13 12 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 16 13 1 1 9 14 16 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 17 13 1 1 7 13 16 15 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 14 19 20 2 3 6 13 12 11 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  4. (transitive, by extension, computing, video games) To do something rapidly and repeatedly. Tags: broadly, transitive Categories (topical): Computing, Video games
    Sense id: en-spam-en-verb-K3C90~dl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 20 18 1 1 9 11 13 12 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 16 13 1 1 9 14 16 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 17 13 1 1 7 13 16 15 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 14 19 20 2 3 6 13 12 11 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Spam, SPAM Related terms: Official SPAM home page Translations (intransitive): spamovat (Czech), rubleteri (Esperanto), spämmima (Estonian), spamma (Faroese), roskapostittaa (Finnish), spämmätä (Finnish), spammer (French), pourrieller (French), spammen (German), spammar (Interlingua), spammare (Italian), hītini (Maori), sende søppelpost (Norwegian), spamear (Portuguese), spammar (Portuguese), спа́мить (spámitʹ) (Russian), spamma (Swedish), spamlemek (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'intransitive': 41 11 40 8

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result. If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%. That means about $165 billion was spent not on drumming up business, but on annoying people, creating landfill and cluttering spam filters.",
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          "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
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          "word": "roskaposti"
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        {
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          "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pourriel"
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        {
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "courriel indésirable"
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        {
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pollupostage"
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        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
          "tags": [
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      "_dis1": "41 11 40 8",
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      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "спам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "correu brossa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "word": "垃圾郵件"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lājī yóujiàn",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "word": "垃圾邮件"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lājīxìn",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "word": "垃圾信"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spam"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "word": "spam"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spam"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ongewenste elektronische post"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spamboodschap"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ongewenste mail"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "word": "spamo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "word": "trudaĵo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "word": "spämm"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "spamm"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "word": "roskaposti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "word": "spämmi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spam"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pourriel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "courriel indésirable"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pollupostage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Spam"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "unerwünschte elektronische Massenpost",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "do'ar zevel",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "דואר זבל"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "spam",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ספאם"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "spaim",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "word": "स्पैम"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "word": "szpem"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ruslpóstur"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "word": "mesajacho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "word": "spam"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "turscar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spam"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "supamu",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "word": "スパム"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "meiwaku-mēru",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "word": "迷惑メール"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seupaem",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "word": "스팸"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mēstule"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "word": "brukalas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "word": "šlamštas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "spam",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "word": "спам"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "spĕm",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "स्पॅम"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "søppelpost"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spam"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spam"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lixo eletrônico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spam",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "спам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neželátelʹnaja póčta",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нежела́тельная по́чта"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "neželjena pošta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "correo basura"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "correo no deseado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "spam"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skräppost"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "s̄pæm",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "word": "สแปม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "word": "spam"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "word": "yığın mesaj"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "blitsmist",
      "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "בליצמיסט"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "undesired electronic content",
      "word": "contingut brossa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "undesired electronic content",
      "word": "roskaposti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "undesired electronic content",
      "word": "spämmi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wǔcānròu",
      "sense": "tinned meat",
      "word": "午餐肉"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tinned meat",
      "word": "nötkötti"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tinned meat",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Frühstücksfleisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "luf",
      "sense": "tinned meat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "לוּף"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "tinned meat",
      "word": "スパム"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seupaem",
      "sense": "tinned meat",
      "word": "스팸"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "spĕm",
      "sense": "tinned meat",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "स्पॅम"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "tinned meat",
      "word": "Bilagáana bikʼos"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "tinned meat",
      "word": "atsįʼ yikʼáni"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "tinned meat",
      "word": "atsįʼ béé átʼáhí"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "tinned meat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "konserwa turystyczna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "tinned meat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mielonka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tušónka",
      "sense": "tinned meat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тушёнка"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "spamfleysh",
      "sense": "tinned meat",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ספּאַמפֿלייש"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:spam"
  ],
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}

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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "spamovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "rubleteri"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "spämmima"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "spamma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "roskapostittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "spämmätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "spammer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "pourrieller"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "spammen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "spammar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "spammare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "hītini"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "sende søppelpost"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "spamear"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "spammar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spámitʹ",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "спа́мить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "spamma"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "spamlemek"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "spämmima"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "spamma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "roskapostittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "spämmätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "spammare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "hītini"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "sende søppelpost"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spámitʹ",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "спа́мить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spámmitʹ",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "спа́ммить"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "spamlemek"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:spam"
  ],
  "word": "spam"
}

{
  "called_from": "translations/609-20230504",
  "msg": "Translation too long compared to word, so it is skipped",
  "path": [
    "spam"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "spam",
  "trace": ""
}

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