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"word": "ціка́винки"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "insignificant trifles of little importance",
"word": "thông tin bên lề"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "trivye",
"sense": "insignificant trifles of little importance",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "טריוויע"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "nishtikeytn",
"sense": "insignificant trifles of little importance",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "נישטיקייטן"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"trivia (English term)"
],
"word": "trivia"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 3-syllable words",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English non-lemma forms",
"English noun forms",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:English/ɪviə",
"Rhymes:English/ɪviə/3 syllables"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "noun form"
},
"expansion": "trivia",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English plurals in -a with singular in -um or -on"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "trivium"
}
],
"glosses": [
"plural of trivium"
],
"links": [
[
"trivium",
"trivium#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"plural"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈtɹɪvi.ə/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪviə"
},
{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-trivia.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-trivia.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-trivia.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-trivia.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"trivia (English term)"
],
"word": "trivia"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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