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[
"belief",
"belief"
],
[
"rule",
"rule"
],
[
"rallying cry",
"rallying cry"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "catchword"
},
{
"word": "byword"
},
{
"word": "maxim"
},
{
"word": "mantra"
},
{
"word": "motto"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Military"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1625, George Sandys, Sacrae heptades:",
"text": "a Watchword sufficient for him that is wiſe",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard; a password or signal by which friends can be known from enemies."
],
"links": [
[
"military",
"military"
],
[
"prearranged",
"prearranged"
],
[
"reply",
"reply"
],
[
"challenge",
"challenge"
],
[
"sentry",
"sentry"
],
[
"guard",
"guard"
],
[
"password",
"password"
],
[
"signal",
"signal"
]
],
"qualifier": "security",
"raw_glosses": [
"(military, security) A prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard; a password or signal by which friends can be known from enemies."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "passphrase"
},
{
"word": "password"
},
{
"word": "underword"
}
],
"topics": [
"government",
"military",
"politics",
"war"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɒt͡ʃwɜː(ɹ)d/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-watchword.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/60/En-us-watchword.ogg/En-us-watchword.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/En-us-watchword.ogg"
},
{
"audio": "en-au-watchword.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a2/En-au-watchword.ogg/En-au-watchword.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/En-au-watchword.ogg"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "lózung",
"sense": "word used as expressive of a principle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ло́зунг"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "word used as expressive of a principle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "heslo"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "word used as expressive of a principle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "motto"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "word used as expressive of a principle",
"word": "hlavní zásada"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "word used as expressive of a principle",
"word": "motto"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "word used as expressive of a principle",
"word": "tunnus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "word used as expressive of a principle",
"word": "iskulause"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "word used as expressive of a principle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mot d’ordre"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "word used as expressive of a principle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Motto"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "word used as expressive of a principle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schlagwort"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "word used as expressive of a principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Parole"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sýnthima",
"sense": "word used as expressive of a principle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "σύνθημα"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "imrát kanáf",
"sense": "word used as expressive of a principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "אִמְרַת כָּנָף"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "word used as expressive of a principle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hasło"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "word used as expressive of a principle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"topics": [
"heraldry",
"hobbies",
"nobility",
"monarchy",
"politics",
"government",
"lifestyle",
"history",
"human-sciences",
"sciences"
],
"word": "zawołanie"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lózung",
"sense": "word used as expressive of a principle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ло́зунг"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "klič",
"sense": "word used as expressive of a principle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "клич"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "word used as expressive of a principle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lema"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "word used as expressive of a principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "consigna"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "word used as expressive of a principle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ledord"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "word used as expressive of a principle",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "lösen"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "word used as expressive of a principle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "motto"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "word used as expressive of a principle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "slagord"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "word used as expressive of a principle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "valspråk"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "word used as expressive of a principle",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "slogan"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "word used as expressive of a principle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "stridsrop"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "nšanaban",
"sense": "a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard",
"word": "նշանաբան"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "nšanabaṙ",
"sense": "a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard",
"word": "նշանաբառ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "paróla",
"sense": "a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "паро́ла"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sant i senya"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "heslo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard",
"word": "tunnussana"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mot d’ordre"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Losung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Parole"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Kennwort"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sýnthima",
"sense": "a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "σύνθημα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "súnthēma",
"sense": "a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "σύνθημα"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard",
"word": "wacche word"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "odzew"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "parólʹ",
"sense": "a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "паро́ль"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ótzyv",
"sense": "a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "о́тзыв"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ótklik",
"sense": "a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "о́тклик"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "contraseña"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard",
"word": "santo y seña"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lösenord"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "lösen"
}
],
"word": "watchword"
}
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