See Dorn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"de:Poetry"
],
"glosses": [
"clipping of Dornbusch (“thornbush”)"
],
"links": [
[
"botany",
"botany"
],
[
"poetry",
"poetry"
],
[
"Dorne",
"Dorne#German"
],
[
"Dornbusch",
"Dornbusch#German"
]
],
"qualifier": "plural Dorne",
"raw_glosses": [
"(botany, poetry, plural Dorne) clipping of Dornbusch (“thornbush”)"
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"clipping",
"masculine",
"mixed",
"strong"
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"botany",
"communications",
"journalism",
"literature",
"media",
"natural-sciences",
"poetry",
"publishing",
"writing"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"de:Engineering"
],
"glosses": [
"bolt"
],
"links": [
[
"engineering",
"engineering#Noun"
],
[
"Dorne",
"Dorne#German"
],
[
"bolt",
"bolt"
]
],
"qualifier": "plural Dorne",
"raw_glosses": [
"(engineering, plural Dorne) bolt"
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"mixed",
"strong"
],
"topics": [
"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dɔʁn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[dɔʁn]"
},
{
"ipa": "[dɔɐ̯n]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔʁn"
},
{
"audio": "De-Dorn.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6b/De-Dorn.ogg/De-Dorn.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/De-Dorn.ogg",
"tags": [
"Germany",
"Berlin"
]
}
],
"word": "Dorn"
}
Download raw JSONL data for Dorn meaning in German (7.3kB)
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: botany, also figuratively, plural Dornen or Dörner",
"path": [
"Dorn"
],
"section": "German",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "Dorn",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: botany, also figuratively, plural Dornen or Dörner",
"path": [
"Dorn"
],
"section": "German",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "Dorn",
"trace": ""
}
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