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{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "af",
"2": "tonnel",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Afrikaans: tonnel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Afrikaans: tonnel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hy",
"2": "թունել",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Armenian: թունել (tʿunel)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Armenian: թունել (tʿunel)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cs",
"2": "tunel",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Czech: tunel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Czech: tunel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "tunnel",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Danish: tunnel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Danish: tunnel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "tunnel",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Dutch: tunnel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Dutch: tunnel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "tunneli",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: tunneli",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Finnish: tunneli"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "tunnel",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: tunnel\nHaitian Creole: tinèl\n→ Armenian: թիւնէլ (tʿiwnēl)\n→ Ottoman Turkish: تونل (tünel), طونل (tünel)\nTurkish: tünel\n→ Romanian: tunel",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ French: tunnel\nHaitian Creole: tinèl\n→ Armenian: թիւնէլ (tʿiwnēl)\n→ Ottoman Turkish: تونل (tünel), طونل (tünel)\nTurkish: tünel\n→ Romanian: tunel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Tunnel",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Tunnel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Tunnel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "el",
"2": "τούνελ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Greek: τούνελ (toúnel)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Greek: τούνελ (toúnel)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "tunnel",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: tunnel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: tunnel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "トンネル",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese: トンネル",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: トンネル"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "터널",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 터널 (teoneol)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 터널 (teoneol)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "tunnel",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian: tunnel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norwegian: tunnel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "tunel",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Polish: tunel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Polish: tunel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "túnel",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: túnel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: túnel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "тунне́ль",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: тунне́ль (tunnélʹ)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: тунне́ль (tunnélʹ)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kk",
"2": "түнел",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kazakh: түнел (tünel)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kazakh: түнел (tünel)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gd",
"2": "tunail",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Scottish Gaelic: tunail",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Scottish Gaelic: tunail"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "tùnēl",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: tùnēl",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: tùnēl"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "túnel",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: túnel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: túnel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "tunnel",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swedish: tunnel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swedish: tunnel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "uz",
"2": "tunnel",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Uzbek: tunnel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Uzbek: tunnel"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frm",
"3": "tonnelle",
"4": "",
"5": "net"
},
"expansion": "Middle French tonnelle (“net”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "tonel",
"3": "",
"4": "cask"
},
"expansion": "tonel (“cask”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "tonne",
"4": "",
"5": "cask"
},
"expansion": "Old French tonne (“cask”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "tunne",
"3": "",
"4": "tun; cask; barrel"
},
"expansion": "Old English tunne (“tun; cask; barrel”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "tun"
},
"expansion": "tun",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle French tonnelle (“net”) or tonel (“cask”), diminutive of Old French tonne (“cask”), a word of uncertain origin and affiliation. Related to Old English tunne (“tun; cask; barrel”). More at tun.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "tunnels",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "tunnel (plural tunnels)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"tun‧nel"
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "base tunnel"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "running tunnel"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "summit tunnel"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "15 10 6 5 6 8 11 5 8 7 6 7 6",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Transport",
"orig": "en:Transport",
"parents": [
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, page 90",
"text": "In 1865 an outfit called the East London Railway Company bought the Brunel tunnel for £800,000, and in 1869 they opened a railway through it.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An underground or underwater passage."
],
"id": "en-tunnel-en-noun-1-zX5GKI",
"links": [
[
"underground",
"underground"
],
[
"underwater",
"underwater"
],
[
"passage",
"passage"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "tonnel"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tunel"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "nafaq",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "نَفَق"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "nafag",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "نَفَق"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tʿunel",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "թունել"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "xuroṅgo",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "সুড়ঙ্গ"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "ḥullānā",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ܚܘܼܠܵܢܵܐ"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "ḥlālā",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ܚܠܵܠܵܐ"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "tunel"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "tunélʹ",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тунэ́ль"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "śuṛoṅgo",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "সুড়ঙ্গ"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tunél",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "туне́л"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "u.mang",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "ဥမင်"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "luinhkaung:",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "လိုဏ်ခေါင်း"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "suìdào",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "隧道"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dìxiàdào",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "地下道"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kēngdào",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "坑道"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kowfordh"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tunel"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tunnel"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tunnel"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "tunelo"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "tunnel"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "tunneli"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tunnel"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "túnel"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gvirabi",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "გვირაბი"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tunnel"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Stollen"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "síranga",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σήραγγα"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "ṭanal",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "ટનલ"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "tinèl"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "minharah",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "מִנהָרָה"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "suraṅg",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "सुरंग"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "alagút"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "göng"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "undirgöng"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "tunelo"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "terowongan"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "lorong"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tollán"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tunnel"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "traforo"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tonneru",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "トンネル"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"alt": "ちかどう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chikadō",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "地下道"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"alt": "すいどう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "suidō",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "隧道"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"alt": "こうどう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōdō",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "坑道"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "suraṅga",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "ಸುರಂಗ"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "tünel",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "түнел"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼummong",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "ឧម្មុង្គ"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "teoneol",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "터널"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "tunnel",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "туннель"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "ʼu mong",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "ອຸມົງ"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "crypta"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cuniculus"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tunelis"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "li",
"lang": "Limburgish",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tönnel"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tunelis"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "túnel",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ту́нел"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "terowong"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 10 1 2 0 8 9 0",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "terowongan"
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"sciences"
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"langcode": "en",
"name": "Medicine",
"orig": "en:Medicine",
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"Biology",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
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"_dis": "7 15 2 11 7 4 9 7 2 4 10 13 10",
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"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
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],
"glosses": [
"To insert a catheter into a vein to allow long-term use."
],
"id": "en-tunnel-en-verb-fVJL0Vxb",
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[
"medicine",
"medicine"
],
[
"catheter",
"catheter"
],
[
"vein",
"vein"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, medicine) To insert a catheter into a vein to allow long-term use."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Physics",
"orig": "en:Physics",
"parents": [
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "7 15 2 11 7 4 9 7 2 4 10 13 10",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To undergo the quantum-mechanical phenomenon where a particle penetrates through a barrier that it classically cannot surmount."
],
"id": "en-tunnel-en-verb-RiYMtgrW",
"links": [
[
"physics",
"physics"
],
[
"quantum-mechanical",
"quantum-mechanical"
],
[
"particle",
"particle"
],
[
"barrier",
"barrier"
]
],
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"(physics) To undergo the quantum-mechanical phenomenon where a particle penetrates through a barrier that it classically cannot surmount."
],
"topics": [
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"physics"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈtʌn(ə)l/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌnəl"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-tunnel.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b0/En-us-tunnel.ogg/En-us-tunnel.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/En-us-tunnel.ogg",
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"US"
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"text": "Audio (US)"
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"word": "tunnel"
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"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle French",
"English terms derived from Old French",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ʌnəl",
"Rhymes:English/ʌnəl/2 syllables",
"en:Transport",
"sv:Transport"
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{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "af",
"2": "tonnel",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Afrikaans: tonnel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Afrikaans: tonnel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hy",
"2": "թունել",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Armenian: թունել (tʿunel)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Armenian: թունել (tʿunel)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cs",
"2": "tunel",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Czech: tunel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Czech: tunel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "tunnel",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Danish: tunnel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Danish: tunnel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "tunnel",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Dutch: tunnel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Dutch: tunnel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "tunneli",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: tunneli",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Finnish: tunneli"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "tunnel",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: tunnel\nHaitian Creole: tinèl\n→ Armenian: թիւնէլ (tʿiwnēl)\n→ Ottoman Turkish: تونل (tünel), طونل (tünel)\nTurkish: tünel\n→ Romanian: tunel",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ French: tunnel\nHaitian Creole: tinèl\n→ Armenian: թիւնէլ (tʿiwnēl)\n→ Ottoman Turkish: تونل (tünel), طونل (tünel)\nTurkish: tünel\n→ Romanian: tunel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Tunnel",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Tunnel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Tunnel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "el",
"2": "τούνελ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Greek: τούνελ (toúnel)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Greek: τούνελ (toúnel)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "tunnel",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: tunnel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: tunnel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "トンネル",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese: トンネル",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: トンネル"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "터널",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 터널 (teoneol)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 터널 (teoneol)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "tunnel",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian: tunnel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norwegian: tunnel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "tunel",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Polish: tunel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Polish: tunel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "túnel",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: túnel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: túnel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "тунне́ль",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: тунне́ль (tunnélʹ)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: тунне́ль (tunnélʹ)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kk",
"2": "түнел",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kazakh: түнел (tünel)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kazakh: түнел (tünel)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gd",
"2": "tunail",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Scottish Gaelic: tunail",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Scottish Gaelic: tunail"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "tùnēl",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: tùnēl",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: tùnēl"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "túnel",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: túnel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: túnel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "tunnel",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swedish: tunnel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swedish: tunnel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "uz",
"2": "tunnel",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Uzbek: tunnel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Uzbek: tunnel"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frm",
"3": "tonnelle",
"4": "",
"5": "net"
},
"expansion": "Middle French tonnelle (“net”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "tonel",
"3": "",
"4": "cask"
},
"expansion": "tonel (“cask”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "tonne",
"4": "",
"5": "cask"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "tunne",
"3": "",
"4": "tun; cask; barrel"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "tun"
},
"expansion": "tun",
"name": "m"
}
],
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{
"form": "tunnels",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
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"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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{
"word": "base tunnel"
},
{
"word": "running tunnel"
},
{
"word": "summit tunnel"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"ref": "2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, page 90",
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"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An underground or underwater passage."
],
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[
"underground",
"underground"
],
[
"underwater",
"underwater"
],
[
"passage",
"passage"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2020 August 26, Tim Dunn, “Great railway bores of our time!”, in Rail, page 42",
"text": "There are more than 1,500 railway tunnels in Britain and the majority are still in use, carrying working tracks beneath Britain's most inconvenient geographic features.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A passage through or under some obstacle."
],
"links": [
[
"through",
"through"
],
[
"under",
"under"
],
[
"obstacle",
"obstacle"
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]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrow."
],
"links": [
[
"hole",
"hole"
],
[
"ground",
"ground"
],
[
"animal",
"animal"
],
[
"burrow",
"burrow"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Computing",
"en:Networking"
],
"glosses": [
"A wrapper for a protocol that cannot otherwise be used because it is unsupported, blocked, or insecure."
],
"links": [
[
"computing",
"computing#Noun"
],
[
"networking",
"networking#Noun"
],
[
"wrapper",
"wrapper"
],
[
"protocol",
"protocol"
],
[
"unsupported",
"unsupported"
],
[
"blocked",
"blocked"
],
[
"insecure",
"insecure"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(computing, networking) A wrapper for a protocol that cannot otherwise be used because it is unsupported, blocked, or insecure."
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"networking",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a funnel."
],
"links": [
[
"funnel",
"funnel"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue."
],
"links": [
[
"chimney",
"chimney"
],
[
"flue",
"flue"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Mining"
],
"glosses": [
"A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel."
],
"links": [
[
"mining",
"mining#Noun"
],
[
"level",
"level"
],
[
"passage",
"passage"
],
[
"drift",
"drift"
],
[
"gangway",
"gangway"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(mining) A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel."
],
"topics": [
"business",
"mining"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2021 October 20, Mark Rand, “S&C: a line fit for tourists... and everyone?”, in RAIL, number 942, page 43",
"text": "Especially in the Eden Valley, trees create what is almost a green tunnel (particularly in summer).",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Anything that resembles a tunnel."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) Anything that resembles a tunnel."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈtʌn(ə)l/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌnəl"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-tunnel.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b0/En-us-tunnel.ogg/En-us-tunnel.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/En-us-tunnel.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
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"text": "Audio (US)"
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"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "tonnel"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tunel"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "nafaq",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "نَفَق"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "nafag",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "نَفَق"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tʿunel",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "թունել"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "xuroṅgo",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "সুড়ঙ্গ"
},
{
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "ḥullānā",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ܚܘܼܠܵܢܵܐ"
},
{
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "ḥlālā",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ܚܠܵܠܵܐ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "tunel"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "tunélʹ",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тунэ́ль"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "śuṛoṅgo",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "সুড়ঙ্গ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tunél",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "туне́л"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "u.mang",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "ဥမင်"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "luinhkaung:",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "လိုဏ်ခေါင်း"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "suìdào",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "隧道"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dìxiàdào",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "地下道"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kēngdào",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "坑道"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kowfordh"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tunel"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tunnel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tunnel"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "tunelo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "tunnel"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "tunneli"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tunnel"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "túnel"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gvirabi",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "გვირაბი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tunnel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Stollen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "síranga",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σήραγγα"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "ṭanal",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "ટનલ"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "tinèl"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "minharah",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "מִנהָרָה"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "suraṅg",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "सुरंग"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"word": "alagút"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "göng"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "undirgöng"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
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"code": "mi",
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"word": "อุโมงค์"
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"alt": "唐𡌢",
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"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
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"sense": "an underground or underwater passage",
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