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"antonyms": [
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"word": "lourd"
},
{
"word": "massif"
},
{
"word": "pesant"
}
],
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "à la légère"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "aller d’un pied léger"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "avoir la cuisse légère"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "avoir la main légère"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "chevau-léger"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "être légère de la cuisse"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "femme légère"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "hyperléger"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "léger comme une plume"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "léger de main"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "légèrement"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "légèreté"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "métro léger"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "poids léger"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "processus léger"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "superléger"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "train léger"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ULM"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ultraléger"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "véhicule sanitaire léger"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "verbe léger"
}
],
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"2": "léjé"
},
"expansion": "Louisiana Creole: léjé",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Louisiana Creole: léjé"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"1": "io",
"2": "lejera",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Ido: lejera",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Ido: lejera"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "ligeiro",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: ligeiro",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: ligeiro"
},
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"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "lejer",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: lejer",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: lejer"
}
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"name": "glossary"
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"2": "fro",
"3": "legier",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "Old French legier",
"name": "inh"
},
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"2": "fro",
"3": "legier"
},
"expansion": "Inherited from Old French legier",
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{
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"1": "fr",
"2": "VL.",
"3": "*leviārius"
},
"expansion": "Vulgar Latin *leviārius",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "la",
"2": "*levius",
"3": "-ārius",
"nocat": "1"
},
"expansion": "*levius + -ārius",
"name": "af"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "la",
"3": "levis",
"4": "",
"5": "lightweight"
},
"expansion": "Latin levis (“lightweight”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "lleuger"
},
"expansion": "Catalan lleuger",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "leugièr"
},
"expansion": "Occitan leugièr",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Inherited from Old French legier, from Vulgar Latin *leviārius, from *levius + -ārius, the former element representing an alteration of Latin levis (“lightweight”). Compare Catalan lleuger, Occitan leugièr.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "légère",
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "légers",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "légères",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "léger (feminine légère, masculine plural légers, feminine plural légères)",
"name": "fr-adj"
}
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "liège"
}
],
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"glosses": [
"light (not heavy)"
],
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"links": [
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"light",
"light"
]
]
},
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"name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"slight (not much, not a lot)"
],
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"links": [
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"slight",
"slight"
]
]
}
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"ipa": "/le.ʒe/"
},
{
"ipa": "/le.ʒe.ʁ‿/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-e"
},
{
"audio": "Fr-léger.ogg",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Fr-l%C3%A9ger.ogg",
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"word": "léger"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "lourd"
},
{
"word": "massif"
},
{
"word": "pesant"
}
],
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"French 2-syllable words",
"French adjectives",
"French entries with incorrect language header",
"French lemmas",
"French terms derived from Latin",
"French terms derived from Old French",
"French terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
"French terms inherited from Old French",
"French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin",
"French terms with IPA pronunciation",
"French terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:French/e",
"Rhymes:French/e/2 syllables"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "à la légère"
},
{
"word": "aller d’un pied léger"
},
{
"word": "avoir la cuisse légère"
},
{
"word": "avoir la main légère"
},
{
"word": "chevau-léger"
},
{
"word": "être légère de la cuisse"
},
{
"word": "femme légère"
},
{
"word": "hyperléger"
},
{
"word": "léger comme une plume"
},
{
"word": "léger de main"
},
{
"word": "légèrement"
},
{
"word": "légèreté"
},
{
"word": "métro léger"
},
{
"word": "poids léger"
},
{
"word": "processus léger"
},
{
"word": "superléger"
},
{
"word": "train léger"
},
{
"word": "ULM"
},
{
"word": "ultraléger"
},
{
"word": "véhicule sanitaire léger"
},
{
"word": "verbe léger"
}
],
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"1": "lou",
"2": "léjé"
},
"expansion": "Louisiana Creole: léjé",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Louisiana Creole: léjé"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"1": "io",
"2": "lejera",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Ido: lejera",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Ido: lejera"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "ligeiro",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: ligeiro",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: ligeiro"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "lejer",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: lejer",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: lejer"
}
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"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
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"pos": "",
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"tr": "",
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"expansion": "Old French legier",
"name": "inh"
},
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"args": {
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"args": {
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"2": "*levius",
"3": "-ārius",
"nocat": "1"
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"name": "af"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "la",
"3": "levis",
"4": "",
"5": "lightweight"
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"expansion": "Latin levis (“lightweight”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "lleuger"
},
"expansion": "Catalan lleuger",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "leugièr"
},
"expansion": "Occitan leugièr",
"name": "cog"
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],
"etymology_text": "Inherited from Old French legier, from Vulgar Latin *leviārius, from *levius + -ārius, the former element representing an alteration of Latin levis (“lightweight”). Compare Catalan lleuger, Occitan leugièr.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "légère",
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "légers",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "légères",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
]
}
],
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"lang_code": "fr",
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"word": "liège"
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"light (not heavy)"
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},
{
"glosses": [
"slight (not much, not a lot)"
],
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"slight",
"slight"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/le.ʒe/"
},
{
"ipa": "/le.ʒe.ʁ‿/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-e"
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{
"audio": "Fr-léger.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0a/Fr-l%C3%A9ger.ogg/Fr-l%C3%A9ger.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Fr-l%C3%A9ger.ogg",
"text": "audio"
}
],
"word": "léger"
}
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