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},
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"word": "vendre la mèche"
}
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"1": "it",
"2": "mèche",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: mèche",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: mèche"
},
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"1": "pt",
"2": "mecha",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: mecha",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: mecha"
},
{
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{
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"1": "scn",
"2": "mecciu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Sicilian: mecciu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Sicilian: mecciu"
},
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"1": "tr",
"2": "meç",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Turkish: meç",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Turkish: meç"
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"g3": "",
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"tr": "",
"ts": ""
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"2": "LL.",
"3": "",
"4": "*micca"
},
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"name": "inh"
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"3": "",
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"2": "la",
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"4": "",
"5": "sebesten tree"
},
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"tags": [
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}
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},
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"lang_code": "fr",
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"wick (of candle)"
],
"id": "en-mèche-fr-noun-ulI8vqdq",
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"wick",
"wick"
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]
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"fuse (of a bomb)"
],
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[
"fuse",
"fuse"
]
],
"tags": [
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"english": "My hair, cut at random, fell in clumps on to my shoulders, and the man in the tricorn hat brushed them away softly with his fat hand.",
"ref": "1829, Victor Hugo, Le Dernier Jour d'un Condamné, section XLVIII",
"text": "Mes cheveux, coupés au hasard, tombaient par mèches sur mes épaules, et l’homme en chapeua à trois cornes les époussetait doucement avec sa grosse main.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"lock, tuft (of hair); streak (of colour, etc., in hair)"
],
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],
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"tuft",
"tuft"
],
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"streak",
"streak"
]
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]
},
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"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
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"medicine",
"medicine"
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"packing",
"packing"
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"(medicine) packing"
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"feminine"
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"medicine",
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"drill bit"
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"drill bit",
"drill bit"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"Crafts",
"Music",
"Society",
"Art",
"Sound",
"All topics",
"Culture",
"Energy",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
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{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "fr",
"name": "Musical instruments",
"orig": "fr:Musical instruments",
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"Music",
"Tools",
"Art",
"Sound",
"Technology",
"Culture",
"Energy",
"All topics",
"Society",
"Nature",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
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],
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"music"
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[
"lutherie",
"lutherie"
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"hair",
"hair"
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"(music, lutherie, bowmaking) hair"
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"bowmaking",
"crafts",
"entertainment",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"lutherie",
"music"
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"cracker, popper, snapper (string tied to the end of a whip)"
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"cracker",
"cracker"
],
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"popper",
"popper"
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"snapper",
"snapper"
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"feminine"
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"orig": "fr:Nautical",
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"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
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"kind": "other",
"name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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}
],
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"rudderpost, (rudder) post"
],
"id": "en-mèche-fr-noun-tEEJchcI",
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[
"nautical",
"nautical"
],
[
"rudderpost",
"rudderpost"
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[
"rudder",
"rudder"
],
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"post",
"post"
]
],
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"(nautical) rudderpost, (rudder) post"
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"feminine"
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"nautical",
"transport"
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}
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"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/mɛʃ/"
}
],
"word": "mèche"
}
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"form": "mèches",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"marsh"
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"marsh",
"marsh"
]
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"(Louisiana, Cajun) marsh"
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"Louisiana",
"feminine"
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],
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}
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"French countable nouns",
"French entries with incorrect language header",
"French feminine nouns",
"French lemmas",
"French nouns",
"French terms derived from Late Latin",
"French terms derived from Latin",
"French terms derived from Old French",
"French terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
"French terms inherited from Late Latin",
"French terms inherited from Latin",
"French terms inherited from Old French",
"French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin",
"French terms with IPA pronunciation",
"French terms with audio links"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "être de mèche"
},
{
"word": "vendre la mèche"
}
],
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"1": "it",
"2": "mèche",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: mèche",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: mèche"
},
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"depth": 1,
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"1": "pt",
"2": "mecha",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: mecha",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: mecha"
},
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{
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"1": "scn",
"2": "mecciu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Sicilian: mecciu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Sicilian: mecciu"
},
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"depth": 1,
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"1": "tr",
"2": "meç",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
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"text": "→ Turkish: meç"
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"name": "inh"
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"1": "fr",
"2": "LL.",
"3": "",
"4": "*micca"
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"name": "inh"
},
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"2": "VL.",
"3": "",
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "fr",
"2": "la",
"3": "myxa",
"4": "",
"5": "sebesten tree"
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"name": "inh"
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"forms": [
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"tags": [
"plural"
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}
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"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "noun",
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"wick (of candle)"
],
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],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
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"glosses": [
"fuse (of a bomb)"
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"english": "My hair, cut at random, fell in clumps on to my shoulders, and the man in the tricorn hat brushed them away softly with his fat hand.",
"ref": "1829, Victor Hugo, Le Dernier Jour d'un Condamné, section XLVIII",
"text": "Mes cheveux, coupés au hasard, tombaient par mèches sur mes épaules, et l’homme en chapeua à trois cornes les époussetait doucement avec sa grosse main.",
"type": "quotation"
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],
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],
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"tuft",
"tuft"
],
[
"streak",
"streak"
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"feminine"
]
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"fr:Medicine"
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"medicine",
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"(medicine) packing"
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"feminine"
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"medicine",
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"drill bit"
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"drill bit",
"drill bit"
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],
"tags": [
"feminine"
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},
{
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"fr:Musical instruments"
],
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"hair"
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"music",
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"lutherie",
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"hair",
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],
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],
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"feminine"
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"lifestyle",
"lutherie",
"music"
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"popper",
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"(nautical) rudderpost, (rudder) post"
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