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"2": "frm",
"3": "moins"
},
"expansion": "Inherited from Middle French moins",
"name": "inh+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "fro",
"3": "meins"
},
"expansion": "Old French meins",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "la",
"3": "minus"
},
"expansion": "Latin minus",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle French moins, from Old French meins, from Latin minus.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "moins",
"name": "fr-prep"
}
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "prep",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"French terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Five minus two makes three.",
"text": "Cinq moins deux font trois",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"minus"
],
"links": [
[
"minus",
"minus"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mwɛ̃/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-wɛ̃"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-moins.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/75/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-GrandCelinien-moins.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-GrandCelinien-moins.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/75/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-GrandCelinien-moins.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-GrandCelinien-moins.wav.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"word": "moins"
}
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