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"text": "It is interesting to watch the surface joviality on screen while racism is layered between courses like soggy trifles.",
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"sense": "dessert",
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"sense": "dessert",
"word": "taraiwhara"
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"sense": "dessert",
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"(figurative) Anything that is of little importance or worth."
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"tags": [
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"sense": "insignificant amount",
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"ref": "1932, Graham Greene, Stamboul Strain, London: Heinemann, Part 4, p. 180",
"text": "Take just a trifle of French mustard […]",
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"A very small amount (of something)."
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"feminine"
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"feminine"
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"feminine"
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"feminine"
],
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"feminine"
],
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"common-gender"
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"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
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"_dis1": "2 46 46 2 2 1",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"_dis1": "2 46 46 2 2 1",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"_dis1": "2 46 46 2 2 1",
"code": "fr",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"_dis1": "2 46 46 2 2 1",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"_dis1": "2 46 46 2 2 1",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "insignificancia"
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{
"_dis1": "2 46 46 2 2 1",
"code": "gl",
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],
"word": "balda"
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{
"_dis1": "2 46 46 2 2 1",
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"_dis1": "2 46 46 2 2 1",
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"feminine"
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"_dis1": "2 46 46 2 2 1",
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"tags": [
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],
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{
"_dis1": "2 46 46 2 2 1",
"code": "mi",
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{
"_dis1": "2 46 46 2 2 1",
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{
"_dis1": "2 46 46 2 2 1",
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{
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{
"_dis1": "2 46 46 2 2 1",
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"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
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{
"_dis1": "2 46 46 2 2 1",
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{
"_dis1": "2 46 46 2 2 1",
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],
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"_dis1": "2 46 46 2 2 1",
"code": "pl",
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],
"word": "betka"
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{
"_dis1": "2 46 46 2 2 1",
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"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"word": "ninharia"
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{
"_dis1": "2 46 46 2 2 1",
"code": "pt",
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "bugiganga"
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],
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"_dis1": "2 46 46 2 2 1",
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"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "безделу́шка"
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{
"_dis1": "2 46 46 2 2 1",
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],
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{
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],
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{
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{
"_dis1": "2 46 46 2 2 1",
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"tags": [
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],
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"_dis1": "2 46 46 2 2 1",
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"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"word": "bagatell"
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{
"_dis1": "2 46 46 2 2 1",
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{
"_dis1": "2 46 46 2 2 1",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
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"_dis1": "97 1 2 1 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth",
"word": "lege med"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 1 2 1 0",
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth",
"word": "lichtvaardig handelen"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 1 2 1 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth",
"word": "väheksyä"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 1 2 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth",
"word": "leichtfertig umgehen"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 1 2 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth",
"word": "nachlässig umgehen"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 1 2 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "igrátʹ",
"sense": "To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth",
"word": "игра́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 1 2 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šutítʹ",
"sense": "To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth",
"word": "шути́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 1 2 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ne prinimátʹ vserʹjóz",
"sense": "To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth",
"word": "не принима́ть всерьёз"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 1 2 1 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth",
"word": "tratar a la ligera"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 1 2 1 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth",
"word": "leka med"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 1 2 1 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth",
"word": "umursamamak"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 1 2 1 0",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "Nachíz she",
"sense": "To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth",
"word": "ناچیزشے"
}
]
},
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"To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest."
],
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[
"jest",
"jest"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
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{
"_dis1": "1 96 1 0 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest",
"word": "grappen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 1 0 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest",
"word": "grollen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 1 0 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest",
"word": "pilailla"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 1 0 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest",
"word": "vitsailla"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 1 0 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prikályvatʹsja",
"sense": "To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest",
"word": "прика́лываться"
}
]
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{
"ref": "1965, Muriel Spark, The Mandelbaum Gate, New York: Fawcett, published 1967, Part 1, Chapter 6, p. 151",
"text": "She sat in a café, trifling with her coffee spoon.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To inconsequentially toy with something."
],
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],
[
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"(intransitive) To inconsequentially toy with something."
],
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{
"_dis1": "2 1 94 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "igraja si",
"sense": "To inconsequentially toy with something",
"word": "играя си"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 94 1 1",
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "To inconsequentially toy with something",
"word": "trufla"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 94 1 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To inconsequentially toy with something",
"word": "tollen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 94 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To inconsequentially toy with something",
"word": "leikkiä"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 94 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To inconsequentially toy with something",
"word": "leikitellä"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 94 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To inconsequentially toy with something",
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"ref": "1677, Hannah Woolley, The Compleat Servant-Maid, London: T. Passinger, page 62",
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"ref": "1925, Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, published 1985, page 189",
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"word": "прахосвам"
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"word": "пропилявам"
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{
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"sense": "To squander or waste",
"word": "sløse væk"
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"word": "verspillen"
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"_dis1": "1 0 1 97 0",
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"sense": "To squander or waste",
"word": "vergeuden"
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"_dis1": "1 0 1 97 0",
"code": "de",
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"code": "ru",
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"_dis1": "1 0 1 97 0",
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "To squander or waste",
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"_dis1": "1 0 1 97 0",
"code": "ru",
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{
"_dis1": "1 0 1 97 0",
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{
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{
"_dis1": "1 0 1 97 0",
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"ref": "2020 May 27, Kieran Yates, “Fifteen years of TV dinners: why Come Dine With Me has endured”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
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"ref": "1932, Graham Greene, Stamboul Strain, London: Heinemann, Part 4, p. 180",
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"source": "Thesaurus:trifle",
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"source": "Thesaurus:trifle",
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "dessert",
"word": "koekstruif"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "rǔzhī sōnggāo",
"sense": "dessert",
"word": "乳脂松糕"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "dessert",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "dessert",
"word": "puddingtaart"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "dessert",
"word": "trifle"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "dessert",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bagatelle"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dessert",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Trifle"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "dessert",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "traidhfil"
},
{
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "dessert",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zuppa inglese"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "toraifuru",
"sense": "dessert",
"word": "トライフル"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "teuraipeul",
"sense": "dessert",
"word": "트라이플"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "dessert",
"word": "taraiwhara"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "dessert",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "biskvít",
"sense": "dessert",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бискви́т"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "dessert",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
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"word": "бѝсквӣт"
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"code": "sh",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "th",
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"sense": "dessert",
"word": "ทรัยเฟิล"
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"word": "kleinigheid"
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{
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"roman": "drebolija",
"sense": "insignificant amount",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "insignificant amount",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "cs",
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"tags": [
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "insignificant amount",
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{
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{
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{
"code": "et",
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{
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{
"code": "fi",
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"word": "rahtunen"
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{
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"word": "ripaus"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "insignificant amount",
"word": "hippunen"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "insignificant amount",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "vétille"
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{
"code": "gl",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "de",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "insignificant amount",
"word": "ein bisschen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "insignificant amount",
"word": "ein wenig"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "insignificant amount",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "traidhfil"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "insignificant amount",
"word": "un tantino"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "insignificant amount",
"word": "un po'"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "insignificant amount",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "insignificant amount",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "insignificant amount",
"word": "kanehe"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "insignificant amount",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "nebolʹšóje kolíčestvo",
"sense": "insignificant amount",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kopéjki",
"sense": "insignificant amount",
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"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "копе́йки"
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"feminine"
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"word": "ситнѝца"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "insignificant amount",
"word": "pizca"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "insignificant amount",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hårsmån"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "insignificant amount",
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"common-gender"
],
"word": "struntsumma"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"word": "kleinigheid"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "vaq-töyək",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"word": "ваҡ-төйәк"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "drebolija",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дреболия"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fotesa"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "galindaina"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "maličkost"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "drobnost"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hloupost"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "småting"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"word": "bagatel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"word": "bagatel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"word": "zever"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"word": "pikkuasia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"word": "pikkujuttu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "babiole"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bricole"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "broutille"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bagatela"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "insignificancia"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "balda"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "parvada"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kleinigkeit"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "réadán"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"word": "cosa da poco"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "inezia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bagattella"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gerrae"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "naucum"
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"code": "la",
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"code": "la",
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
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},
{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"word": "takutakunga"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"word": "kanehe"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"word": "kāmuimui"
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{
"code": "nb",
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"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "småting"
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{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "småting"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fraszka"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "drobiazg"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "błahostka"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "bzdet"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "bagatela"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "betka"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"word": "ninharia"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bugiganga"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mărunțiș"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "безделу́шка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "безде́лица"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пустя́к"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ме́лочь"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "трича̀рија"
},
{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"feminine"
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"word": "tričàrija"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "maličkosť"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"word": "nadería"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"word": "nimiedad"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"word": "zarandaja"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"word": "friolera"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "menudencia"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"word": "bagatell"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"word": "småsak"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "thing of little importance or worth",
"word": "struntsak"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "kind of pewter",
"word": "tina"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "kind of pewter",
"word": "tinaseos"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "kind of pewter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "peltro"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "utensils made from this kind of pewter",
"word": "tina-astia"
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"ref": "1677, Hannah Woolley, The Compleat Servant-Maid, London: T. Passinger, page 62",
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth",
"word": "lege med"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth",
"word": "lichtvaardig handelen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth",
"word": "väheksyä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth",
"word": "leichtfertig umgehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth",
"word": "nachlässig umgehen"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "igrátʹ",
"sense": "To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth",
"word": "игра́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šutítʹ",
"sense": "To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth",
"word": "шути́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ne prinimátʹ vserʹjóz",
"sense": "To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth",
"word": "не принима́ть всерьёз"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth",
"word": "tratar a la ligera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth",
"word": "leka med"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth",
"word": "umursamamak"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "Nachíz she",
"sense": "To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth",
"word": "ناچیزشے"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest",
"word": "grappen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest",
"word": "grollen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest",
"word": "pilailla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest",
"word": "vitsailla"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prikályvatʹsja",
"sense": "To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest",
"word": "прика́лываться"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "igraja si",
"sense": "To inconsequentially toy with something",
"word": "играя си"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "To inconsequentially toy with something",
"word": "trufla"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To inconsequentially toy with something",
"word": "tollen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To inconsequentially toy with something",
"word": "leikkiä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To inconsequentially toy with something",
"word": "leikitellä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To inconsequentially toy with something",
"word": "herumspielen"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "terebítʹ",
"sense": "To inconsequentially toy with something",
"word": "тереби́ть"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prahosvam",
"sense": "To squander or waste",
"word": "прахосвам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "propiljavam",
"sense": "To squander or waste",
"word": "пропилявам"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "To squander or waste",
"word": "sløse væk"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To squander or waste",
"word": "verspillen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To squander or waste",
"word": "vergeuden"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To squander or waste",
"word": "verschwenden"
},
{
"alt": "впустую",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "trátitʹ",
"sense": "To squander or waste",
"word": "тра́тить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rastráčivatʹ",
"sense": "To squander or waste",
"word": "растра́чивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rastočátʹ",
"sense": "To squander or waste",
"word": "расточа́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razbazárivatʹ",
"sense": "To squander or waste",
"word": "разбаза́ривать"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "To squander or waste",
"word": "tratiti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "To squander or waste",
"word": "тратити"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To squander or waste",
"word": "förslösa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To squander or waste",
"word": "slösa bort"
}
],
"word": "trifle"
}
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