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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "super-superlative"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "superlatyf"
},
"expansion": "Middle English superlatyf",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "superlatif"
},
"expansion": "Old French superlatif",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "LL.",
"3": "superlātīvus"
},
"expansion": "Late Latin superlātīvus",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "superlātus",
"4": "",
"5": "extravagant, of hyperbole"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
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"2": "superfero",
"3": "",
"4": "carry over"
},
"expansion": "superfero (“carry over”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "super",
"3": "",
"4": "above"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "fero",
"3": "",
"4": "bear, carry"
},
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"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English superlatyf, from Old French superlatif, from Late Latin superlātīvus, from Latin superlātus (“extravagant, of hyperbole”), past participle of superfero (“carry over”), from super (“above”) + fero (“bear, carry”).",
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{
"form": "superlatives",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "superlative (plural superlatives)",
"name": "en-noun"
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"word": "absolute superlative"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "relative superlative"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "superlative degree"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1966, Sidney John Baker, The Australian language",
"text": "A twist is accordingly something especially good, and a big twist is the superlative of excellence.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"The extreme (e.g. highest, lowest, deepest, farthest, etc) extent or degree of something."
],
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"links": [
[
"extreme",
"extreme"
],
[
"highest",
"highest"
],
[
"lowest",
"lowest"
],
[
"deepest",
"deepest"
],
[
"farthest",
"farthest"
],
[
"extent",
"extent"
],
[
"degree",
"degree"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "acme"
},
{
"word": "apex"
},
{
"word": "height"
},
{
"word": "zenith"
}
]
},
{
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Grammar",
"orig": "en:Grammar",
"parents": [
"Linguistics",
"Language",
"Social sciences",
"Communication",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "21 7 18 50 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The superlative of \"big\" is \"biggest\".",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The form of an adjective that expresses which of several items has the highest degree of the quality expressed by the adjective; in English, formed by appending \"-est\" to the end of the adjective (for some short adjectives only) or putting \"most\" before it."
],
"id": "en-superlative-en-noun-x223MHSj",
"links": [
[
"grammar",
"grammar"
],
[
"-est",
"-est"
],
[
"most",
"most"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(grammar) The form of an adjective that expresses which of several items has the highest degree of the quality expressed by the adjective; in English, formed by appending \"-est\" to the end of the adjective (for some short adjectives only) or putting \"most\" before it."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "36 62 2",
"sense": "highest degree",
"word": "acme"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 62 2",
"sense": "highest degree",
"word": "peak"
}
],
"topics": [
"grammar",
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"word": "superlatief"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "daraja fāʔiqa",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "دَرَجَة فَائِقَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "geradrakan",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"word": "գերադրական"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "najvyšéjšaja stupjénʹ",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "найвышэ́йшая ступе́нь"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "derez-uhelañ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prevǎzhódna stépen",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "превъзхо́дна сте́пен"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"word": "最高級"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zuìgāojí",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"word": "最高级"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "superlativ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"word": "superlativ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "superlatief"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"word": "superlatiivi"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"word": "yliaste"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "superlatif"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Superlativ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "el",
"english": "degree",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "yperthetikós",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "υπερθετικός"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "yperthetikó",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "υπερθετικό"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "huperthetikón",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ὑπερθετικόν"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"word": "felsőfok"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"word": "sárchéim"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "superlativo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"alt": "さいじょうきゅう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "saijōkyū",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"word": "最上級"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"alt": "最上級",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "choesanggeup",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"word": "최상급"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aukščiausiasis laipsnis"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aukščiausiasis"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "superlativ",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "суперлатив"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "supèrlatif"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "superlativ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"word": "oferstīgendlīċ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sefat-e bartarin",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"word": "صفت برترین"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "stopień najwyższy"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "superlatyw"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "superlativo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "superlativ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prevosxódnaja stépenʹ",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "превосхо́дная сте́пень"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "superljatív",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "суперляти́в"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "feabhasach"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "су̏перлатӣв"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "sȕperlatīv"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "superlativ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"word": "tretí stupeň"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "presežnik"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "superlativ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "superlativo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "superlativ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"word": "pasukdol"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"word": "ชั้นเยี่ยม"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 64 36",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "najvýščyj stúpinʹ",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "найви́щий сту́пінь"
}
]
},
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Daniel is amazing, wonderful, fantastic, and many other superlatives I can’t think of right now!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2019 May 1, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian",
"text": "Sometimes it feels like there are no more superlatives left. Seriously, what else can be said about this little guy with the No 10 shirt and magic in his feet other than to ask, perhaps, whether there is anyone who wants to persist with the argument that Pelé, or Diego Maradona, or any of the others, have ever played this sport any better?",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An adjective used to praise something exceptional."
],
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"links": [
[
"adjective",
"adjective"
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[
"praise",
"praise"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) An adjective used to praise something exceptional."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
],
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"_dis1": "1 7 92",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "superlativ",
"sense": "adjective used to praise",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "суперлатив"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 92",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "adjective used to praise",
"word": "overtreffende trap"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 92",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "adjective used to praise",
"word": "superlatiivi"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 92",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "adjective used to praise",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "superlativo"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 92",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "adjective used to praise",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "superlativ"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 92",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "adjective used to praise",
"word": "superlatív"
}
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/suːˈpɜː.lə.tɪv/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sjuːˈpɜː.lə.tɪv/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/suˈpɝː.lə.tɪv/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
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"tags": [
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"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "46 51 2",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "geradrakan",
"sense": "highest degree of something",
"word": "գերադրական"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 51 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kulminacija",
"sense": "highest degree of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кулминация"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 51 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vrǎh",
"sense": "highest degree of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "връх"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 51 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "highest degree of something",
"word": "最高級"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 51 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Zuì gāojí",
"sense": "highest degree of something",
"word": "最高级"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 51 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "highest degree of something",
"word": "superlativ"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 51 2",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "highest degree of something",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hástig"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 51 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "highest degree of something",
"word": "huippu"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 51 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "highest degree of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "summum"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 51 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "highest degree of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Superlativ"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 51 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "highest degree of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Höchststufe"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 51 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "highest degree of something",
"word": "Meiststufe"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 51 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "highest degree of something",
"word": "מופלג"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 51 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "highest degree of something",
"word": "superlativo"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 51 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "highest degree of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "superlativ"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 51 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "highest degree of something",
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "superlatyw"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 51 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "highest degree of something",
"word": "superlativo"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 51 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výsšaja tóčka",
"sense": "highest degree of something",
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{
"code": "de",
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],
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{
"code": "de",
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{
"code": "de",
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
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},
{
"code": "it",
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{
"code": "nb",
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{
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{
"code": "pt",
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{
"code": "ru",
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],
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{
"code": "ru",
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{
"code": "ru",
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],
"word": "верши́на"
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{
"code": "sl",
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{
"code": "es",
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{
"code": "af",
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{
"code": "ar",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "دَرَجَة فَائِقَة"
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{
"code": "hy",
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"roman": "geradrakan",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"word": "գերադրական"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "najvyšéjšaja stupjénʹ",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "найвышэ́йшая ступе́нь"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "derez-uhelañ"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prevǎzhódna stépen",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "превъзхо́дна сте́пен"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"word": "最高級"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zuìgāojí",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"word": "最高级"
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{
"code": "cs",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"word": "superlativ"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "superlatief"
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"word": "yliaste"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "superlatif"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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],
"word": "Superlativ"
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{
"code": "el",
"english": "degree",
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{
"code": "el",
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{
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"word": "felsőfok"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"word": "sárchéim"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "superlativo"
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{
"alt": "さいじょうきゅう",
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"word": "最上級"
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{
"alt": "最上級",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
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"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"word": "최상급"
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{
"code": "lt",
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{
"code": "lt",
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"code": "mk",
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{
"code": "nrf",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "ang",
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"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"word": "oferstīgendlīċ"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sefat-e bartarin",
"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"word": "صفت برترین"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "pl",
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{
"code": "pt",
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{
"code": "ro",
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"masculine",
"neuter"
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"code": "ru",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "ru",
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{
"code": "gd",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "sh",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "sh",
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"code": "sk",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "sk",
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"code": "sl",
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"masculine"
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"code": "es",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "sv",
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{
"code": "tl",
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"word": "pasukdol"
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{
"code": "th",
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "form of adjective expressing \"most\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "найви́щий сту́пінь"
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{
"code": "bg",
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],
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"code": "nl",
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{
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"code": "nb",
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"code": "hy",
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"word": "найвышэ́йшы"
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"word": "превъзхо́ден"
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"word": "superlatiu"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "exceptionally good",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "hi",
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"word": "superlativo"
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{
"code": "nb",
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"word": "eksepsjonell"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "exceptionally good",
"word": "suveren"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "exceptionally good",
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "exceptionally good",
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"word": "superlativo"
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{
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"code": "ru",
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{
"code": "ru",
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{
"code": "ru",
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{
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{
"code": "nl",
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"word": "overtreffende trap"
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{
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"code": "de",
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "yperthetikós",
"sense": "of or pertaining to a superlative",
"word": "υπερθετικός"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "huperthetikós",
"sense": "of or pertaining to a superlative",
"word": "ὑπερθετικός"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of or pertaining to a superlative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "superlativo"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "of or pertaining to a superlative",
"word": "superlativisk"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "of or pertaining to a superlative",
"word": "oferstīgendlīċ"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "of or pertaining to a superlative",
"word": "superlativ"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "of or pertaining to a superlative",
"word": "feabhasach"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "of or pertaining to a superlative",
"word": "superlatívny"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "of or pertaining to a superlative",
"topics": [
"grammar",
"linguistics",
"human-sciences",
"sciences"
],
"word": "pasukdol"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"superlative"
],
"word": "superlative"
}
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