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[
"caille",
"caille#French"
],
[
"-eau",
"-eau#French"
],
[
"caille-eau",
"caille-eau#French"
],
[
"unetymological",
"unetymological"
],
[
"cailler",
"cailler#French"
],
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"eau",
"eau#French"
]
],
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}
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"etymology_text": "Perhaps from caille (“multi-colored”) + -eau (masculine nominal suffix). The alternative spelling caille-eau may reflect a (probably unetymological) re-interpretation from cailler (“to curdle”) + eau (“water”), giving \"water curdler\".",
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{
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
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"wild sage, lantana (Lantana camara)"
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"wild sage",
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],
[
"lantana",
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],
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"Lantana camara",
"Lantana camara#Translingual"
]
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"ipa": "/ka.jo/"
},
{
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]
},
{
"rhymes": "-o"
},
{
"homophone": "Cailhau"
},
{
"homophone": "Caillau"
},
{
"homophone": "Caillaux"
},
{
"homophone": "caille-eau"
},
{
"homophone": "caille-eaux"
},
{
"homophone": "cailleaux"
}
],
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"caille",
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"-eau",
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"caille-eau",
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],
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"unetymological",
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],
[
"cailler",
"cailler#French"
],
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"eau",
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]
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},
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},
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},
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"homophone": "Cailhau"
},
{
"homophone": "Caillau"
},
{
"homophone": "Caillaux"
},
{
"homophone": "caille-eau"
},
{
"homophone": "caille-eaux"
},
{
"homophone": "cailleaux"
}
],
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}
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