See waveguide in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "wave",
"3": "guide"
},
"expansion": "wave + guide",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From wave + guide.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "waveguides",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "waveguide (plural waveguides)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "95 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "85 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "94 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "95 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "86 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "86 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "79 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "86 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "78 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "86 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "86 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "86 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Macedonian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "86 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "79 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "86 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "100 0",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Physics",
"orig": "en:Physics",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A structure which guides waves, such as electromagnetic waves, light, or sound waves."
],
"id": "en-waveguide-en-noun-RoQ1dSI1",
"links": [
[
"structure",
"structure"
],
[
"electromagnetic",
"electromagnetic"
],
[
"light",
"light"
],
[
"sound",
"sound"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"lang_code": "az",
"sense": "a structure which guides waves",
"word": "dalğaötürən"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "vǎlnovod",
"sense": "a structure which guides waves",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вълновод"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "bōdǎo",
"sense": "a structure which guides waves",
"word": "波導 /波导"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "a structure which guides waves",
"word": "golfgeleider"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "a structure which guides waves",
"word": "golfpijp"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "a structure which guides waves",
"word": "aaltojohto"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "a structure which guides waves",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "guide d'onde"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "a structure which guides waves",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wellenleiter"
},
{
"alt": "どうはろ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "dōharo",
"sense": "a structure which guides waves",
"word": "導波路"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "branovod",
"sense": "a structure which guides waves",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "брановод"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "a structure which guides waves",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "falowód"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "volnovód",
"sense": "a structure which guides waves",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "волново́д"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-us-waveguide.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/En-us-waveguide.ogg/En-us-waveguide.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/En-us-waveguide.ogg"
}
],
"word": "waveguide"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "wave",
"3": "guide"
},
"expansion": "wave + guide",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From wave + guide.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "waveguides",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "waveguiding",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "waveguided",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "waveguided",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "waveguide (third-person singular simple present waveguides, present participle waveguiding, simple past and past participle waveguided)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
114,
125
]
],
"ref": "2009 January 8, Y. Chassagneux, R. Colombelli, W. Maineult, S. Barbieri, H. E. Beere, D. A. Ritchie, S. P. Khanna, E. H. Linfield, A. G. Davies, “Electrically pumped photonic-crystal terahertz lasers controlled by boundary conditions”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7226, →DOI:",
"text": "The advantage of transverse magnetic polarization, however, is the possibility of exploiting surface plasmons for waveguiding.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To act as a waveguide for"
],
"id": "en-waveguide-en-verb-L~o20QPl",
"links": [
[
"waveguide",
"#Noun"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-us-waveguide.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/En-us-waveguide.ogg/En-us-waveguide.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/En-us-waveguide.ogg"
}
],
"word": "waveguide"
}
{
"categories": [
"English compound terms",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English verbs",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Macedonian translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"en:Physics"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "wave",
"3": "guide"
},
"expansion": "wave + guide",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From wave + guide.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "waveguides",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "waveguide (plural waveguides)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A structure which guides waves, such as electromagnetic waves, light, or sound waves."
],
"links": [
[
"structure",
"structure"
],
[
"electromagnetic",
"electromagnetic"
],
[
"light",
"light"
],
[
"sound",
"sound"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-us-waveguide.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/En-us-waveguide.ogg/En-us-waveguide.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/En-us-waveguide.ogg"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"lang_code": "az",
"sense": "a structure which guides waves",
"word": "dalğaötürən"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "vǎlnovod",
"sense": "a structure which guides waves",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вълновод"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "bōdǎo",
"sense": "a structure which guides waves",
"word": "波導 /波导"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "a structure which guides waves",
"word": "golfgeleider"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "a structure which guides waves",
"word": "golfpijp"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "a structure which guides waves",
"word": "aaltojohto"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "a structure which guides waves",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "guide d'onde"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "a structure which guides waves",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wellenleiter"
},
{
"alt": "どうはろ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "dōharo",
"sense": "a structure which guides waves",
"word": "導波路"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "branovod",
"sense": "a structure which guides waves",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "брановод"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "a structure which guides waves",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "falowód"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "volnovód",
"sense": "a structure which guides waves",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "волново́д"
}
],
"word": "waveguide"
}
{
"categories": [
"English compound terms",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English verbs",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Macedonian translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"en:Physics"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "wave",
"3": "guide"
},
"expansion": "wave + guide",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From wave + guide.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "waveguides",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "waveguiding",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "waveguided",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "waveguided",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "waveguide (third-person singular simple present waveguides, present participle waveguiding, simple past and past participle waveguided)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
114,
125
]
],
"ref": "2009 January 8, Y. Chassagneux, R. Colombelli, W. Maineult, S. Barbieri, H. E. Beere, D. A. Ritchie, S. P. Khanna, E. H. Linfield, A. G. Davies, “Electrically pumped photonic-crystal terahertz lasers controlled by boundary conditions”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7226, →DOI:",
"text": "The advantage of transverse magnetic polarization, however, is the possibility of exploiting surface plasmons for waveguiding.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To act as a waveguide for"
],
"links": [
[
"waveguide",
"#Noun"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-us-waveguide.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/En-us-waveguide.ogg/En-us-waveguide.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/En-us-waveguide.ogg"
}
],
"word": "waveguide"
}
Download raw JSONL data for waveguide meaning in English (5.4kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (96027d6 and 9905b1f). 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.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.