langue de bois in French

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "wooden language",
            "cal": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: wooden language (calque)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: wooden language (calque)"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "langues de bois",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "langue de bois f (plural langues de bois)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wooden language, waffle (speech that is vague, pretentious or evasive)"
      ],
      "id": "en-langue_de_bois-fr-noun-ugpAgz9s",
      "links": [
        [
          "wooden language",
          "wooden language"
        ],
        [
          "waffle",
          "waffle"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "61 39",
          "word": "novlangue"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "xyloglossie"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cant (empty hypocritical talk)"
      ],
      "id": "en-langue_de_bois-fr-noun-nEv1qhNh",
      "links": [
        [
          "cant",
          "cant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑ̃ɡ də bwa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "langue de bois"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French feminine nouns",
    "French lemmas",
    "French multiword terms",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "wooden language",
            "cal": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: wooden language (calque)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: wooden language (calque)"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "langues de bois",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "langue de bois f (plural langues de bois)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "novlangue"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wooden language, waffle (speech that is vague, pretentious or evasive)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wooden language",
          "wooden language"
        ],
        [
          "waffle",
          "waffle"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "xyloglossie"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cant (empty hypocritical talk)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cant",
          "cant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑ̃ɡ də bwa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "langue de bois"
}

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"langue de bois" meaning in French

Noun

Inflected forms