See du in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b1/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Mecanautes-du.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Mecanautes-du.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b1/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Mecanautes-du.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Mecanautes-du.wav.ogg"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-du.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-du.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-du.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-du.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-du.wav.ogg"
},
{
"homophone": "dû"
},
{
"homophone": "due"
},
{
"homophone": "dues"
},
{
"homophone": "dus"
},
{
"homophone": "dût"
}
],
"word": "du"
}
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