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"word": "si ma tante en avait, on l’appellerait mon oncle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "tantouze"
}
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"2": "ttantta",
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},
"expansion": "→ Basque: ttantta",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "→ Basque: ttantta"
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"2": "tånte",
"bor": "1"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Cimbrian: tånte"
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"text": "→ Danish: tante\n→ Icelandic: tanta"
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"text": "→ German: Tante\n→ Hungarian: tanti\n→ Latvian: tante\n→ Norwegian Bokmål: tante\n→ Yiddish: טאַנטע (tante)\n→ English: tante"
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"2": "tante",
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"text": "→ North Frisian: tante"
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"expansion": "→ Occitan: tanta",
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"text": "→ Occitan: tanta"
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"1": "ro",
"2": "tanti",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: tanti",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: tanti"
},
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"depth": 1,
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"1": "sv",
"2": "tant",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swedish: tant",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swedish: tant"
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"2": "tant",
"bor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ Vilamovian: tant",
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"text": "→ Vilamovian: tant"
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"5": "",
"g": "",
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"expansion": "Middle French tante",
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"expansion": "Old French ante",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "la",
"3": "amita"
},
"expansion": "Latin amita",
"name": "inh"
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{
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"title": "childish"
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"2": "",
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"word": "cousin"
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"All topics",
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"text": "Ma mère et ma tante sont jumelles.",
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],
[
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"poof"
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"(derogatory) homosexual (man); faggot, fag (US); poof (UK)"
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"feminine"
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}
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"ipa": "/tɑ̃t/"
},
{
"homophone": "tantes"
},
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"homophone": "tente"
},
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"homophone": "tentent"
},
{
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "tata"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
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"word": "matante"
}
],
"word": "tante"
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"French countable nouns",
"French entries with incorrect language header",
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"French onomatopoeias",
"French terms derived from Latin",
"French terms derived from Middle French",
"French terms derived from Old French",
"French terms inherited from Latin",
"French terms inherited from Middle French",
"French terms inherited from Old French",
"French terms with IPA pronunciation",
"French terms with audio links",
"French terms with homophones",
"fr:Family",
"fr:Female",
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"word": "si ma tante en avait, on l’appellerait mon oncle"
},
{
"word": "tantouze"
}
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"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
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],
"text": "→ Cimbrian: tånte"
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"2": "tante",
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"bor": "1"
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"name": "desctree"
}
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"text": "→ German: Tante\n→ Hungarian: tanti\n→ Latvian: tante\n→ Norwegian Bokmål: tante\n→ Yiddish: טאַנטע (tante)\n→ English: tante"
},
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"2": "tante",
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"name": "desc"
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"text": "→ North Frisian: tante"
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"2": "tanta",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
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"text": "→ Occitan: tanta"
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"1": "ro",
"2": "tanti",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
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"text": "→ Romanian: tanti"
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"2": "tant",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
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"english": "My mother and my aunt are twins.",
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