"γλώσσα" meaning in Greek

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɣlo.sa/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa). Cognate with Mariupol Greek гло́са (hlósa) and Tsakonian γρούσσα (groússa). Etymology templates: {{inh|el|grc|γλῶσσα}} Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa), {{cog|grk-mar|гло́са}} Mariupol Greek гло́са (hlósa), {{cog|tsd|γρούσσα}} Tsakonian γρούσσα (groússa) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|γλώσσες|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=}} γλώσσα • (glóssa) f (plural γλώσσες), {{el-noun|f|γλώσσες}} γλώσσα • (glóssa) f (plural γλώσσες) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|γλώσσα|γλώσσες|γλώσσας|γλωσσών|γλώσσα|γλώσσες|γλώσσα|γλώσσες|note=}} Forms: glóssa [romanization], γλώσσες [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], γλώσσα [nominative, singular], γλώσσες [nominative, plural], γλώσσας [genitive, singular], γλωσσών [genitive, plural], γλώσσα [accusative, singular], γλώσσες [accusative, plural], γλώσσα [singular, vocative], γλώσσες [plural, vocative]
  1. (anatomy) tongue (muscular organ in the mouth used to eat and speak) Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-γλώσσα-el-noun-aLytH5y6 Categories (other): Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία' Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία': 20 16 16 16 22 11 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. Figurative senses.
    (figuratively, of a shoe) tongue (the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot)
    Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-γλώσσα-el-noun-B~8ioVa- Categories (other): Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία' Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία': 20 16 16 16 22 11
  3. Figurative senses.
    (figuratively) tongue (an individual point of flame from a fire)
    Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-γλώσσα-el-noun-tqmtZ-es Categories (other): Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία' Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία': 20 16 16 16 22 11
  4. Figurative senses.
    (figuratively) tongue (a long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake)
    Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-γλώσσα-el-noun-WUlLMsRK Categories (other): Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία' Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία': 20 16 16 16 22 11
  5. (linguistics, metonymically, all senses) language, tongue (words and methods of combining them understood by a community and used as a form of communication) Tags: metonymically Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-γλώσσα-el-noun-2T5W3tMz Categories (other): Greek metonyms, Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία' Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 10 4 4 4 49 30 Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία': 20 16 16 16 22 11 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  6. sole (Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae) Categories (lifeform): Fish
    Sense id: en-γλώσσα-el-noun-8DMlEYKY Disambiguation of Fish: 6 4 3 3 35 48 Categories (other): Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία' Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία': 20 16 16 16 22 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (shoe tongue): γλωσσίδι (glossídi) [neuter] Derived forms: αλλογλώσσος (alloglóssos) (english: in a foreign language), βγάζω γλώσσα (vgázo glóssa) (english: to mouth off), γλωσσ. (english: gloss.) [abbreviation], γλώσσα προγραμματισμού (glóssa programmatismoú) (english: programming language) [feminine], γλωσσάκι (glossáki) [diminutive, neuter], γλωσσίτσα (glossítsa) [diminutive, feminine], γλωσσολογία (glossología) (english: linguistics) [feminine], δαγκώνω τη γλώσσα μου (dagkóno ti glóssa mou) (english: to bite one's tongue), ισόγλωσσο (isóglosso) (english: isogloss) [feminine], στην άκρη της γλώσσας (stin ákri tis glóssas) (english: on the tip of one's tongue)
Disambiguation of 'shoe tongue': 20 19 20 18 17 5

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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to mouth off",
      "roman": "vgázo glóssa",
      "word": "βγάζω γλώσσα"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "γλώσσα προγραμματισμού"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to bite one's tongue",
      "roman": "dagkóno ti glóssa mou",
      "word": "δαγκώνω τη γλώσσα μου"
    },
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      "form": "γλώσσα",
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        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
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        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "",
        "25": "",
        "26": "",
        "27": "",
        "28": "",
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        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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            "Medicine",
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            "Fundamental"
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          "_dis": "20 16 16 16 22 11",
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        {
          "english": "Be careful not to accidentally bite your tongue.",
          "roman": "Prósexe mi dagkóseis katá láthos ti glóssa sou.",
          "text": "Πρόσεξε μη δαγκώσεις κατά λάθος τη γλώσσα σου.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Grandad has tongue cancer.",
          "roman": "O Pappoús échei karkíno tis glóssas.",
          "text": "Ο Παππούς έχει καρκίνο της γλώσσας.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        ]
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        "(anatomy) tongue (muscular organ in the mouth used to eat and speak)"
      ],
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        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "name": "Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία'",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "the tongue of the shoe",
          "roman": "i glóssa tou papoutsioú",
          "text": "η γλώσσα του παπουτσιού",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Figurative senses.",
        "tongue (the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot)"
      ],
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          "shoe",
          "shoe"
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          "tongue",
          "tongue"
        ]
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        "(figuratively, of a shoe) tongue (the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot)"
      ],
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        "of a shoe"
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "20 16 16 16 22 11",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "fiery tongues of fire",
          "roman": "pýrines glósses fotiás",
          "text": "πύρινες γλώσσες φωτιάς",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Figurative senses.",
        "tongue (an individual point of flame from a fire)"
      ],
      "id": "en-γλώσσα-el-noun-tqmtZ-es",
      "links": [
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue"
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      ],
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        "Figurative senses.",
        "(figuratively) tongue (an individual point of flame from a fire)"
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          "_dis": "20 16 16 16 22 11",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "a tongue of land which projects into the sea",
          "roman": "glóssa steriás pou prochoreí sti thálassa",
          "text": "γλώσσα στεριάς που προχωρεί στη θάλασσα",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "tongue (a long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake)"
      ],
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        "(figuratively) tongue (a long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake)"
      ],
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      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greek metonyms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "el",
          "name": "Linguistics",
          "orig": "el:Linguistics",
          "parents": [
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 4 4 4 49 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 16 16 16 22 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία'",
          "parents": [],
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "Greek is a rich language.",
          "roman": "I Ellinikí eínai ploúsia glóssa.",
          "text": "Η Ελληνική είναι πλούσια γλώσσα.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What is the official language here?",
          "roman": "Poia eínai i epísimi glóssa edó?",
          "text": "Ποια είναι η επίσημη γλώσσα εδώ;",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "mother tongue",
          "roman": "mitrikí glóssa",
          "text": "μητρική γλώσσα",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "native/natural language",
          "roman": "fysikí glóssa",
          "text": "φυσική γλώσσα",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "artificial language",
          "roman": "technití glóssa",
          "text": "τεχνητή γλώσσα",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "language, tongue (words and methods of combining them understood by a community and used as a form of communication)"
      ],
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          "linguistics",
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        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ],
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue"
        ]
      ],
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    },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία'",
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        },
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          "kind": "lifeform",
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            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "We ate sole yesterday for supper.",
          "roman": "Fágame chthes glóssa gia vradinó.",
          "text": "Φάγαμε χθες γλώσσα για βραδινό.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sole (Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae)"
      ],
      "id": "en-γλώσσα-el-noun-8DMlEYKY",
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          "Solea solea",
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɣlo.sa/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "20 19 20 18 17 5",
      "roman": "glossídi",
      "sense": "shoe tongue",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "γλωσσίδι"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "el:γλώσσα"
  ],
  "word": "γλώσσα"
}
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    {
      "english": "in a foreign language",
      "roman": "alloglóssos",
      "word": "αλλογλώσσος"
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    {
      "english": "to mouth off",
      "roman": "vgázo glóssa",
      "word": "βγάζω γλώσσα"
    },
    {
      "english": "gloss.",
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      "english": "programming language",
      "roman": "glóssa programmatismoú",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "roman": "glossáki",
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      ],
      "word": "γλωσσάκι"
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    {
      "roman": "glossítsa",
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        "diminutive",
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      ],
      "word": "γλωσσίτσα"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "γλωσσολογία"
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    {
      "english": "to bite one's tongue",
      "roman": "dagkóno ti glóssa mou",
      "word": "δαγκώνω τη γλώσσα μου"
    },
    {
      "english": "isogloss",
      "roman": "isóglosso",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ισόγλωσσο"
    },
    {
      "english": "on the tip of one's tongue",
      "roman": "stin ákri tis glóssas",
      "word": "στην άκρη της γλώσσας"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "el",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "γλῶσσα"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grk-mar",
        "2": "гло́са"
      },
      "expansion": "Mariupol Greek гло́са (hlósa)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tsd",
        "2": "γρούσσα"
      },
      "expansion": "Tsakonian γρούσσα (groússa)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa). Cognate with Mariupol Greek гло́са (hlósa) and Tsakonian γρούσσα (groússa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "glóssa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γλώσσες",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "el-nF-α-ες-2b",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γλώσσα",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γλώσσες",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γλώσσας",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γλωσσών",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γλώσσα",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γλώσσες",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γλώσσα",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γλώσσες",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "19": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "",
        "25": "",
        "26": "",
        "27": "",
        "28": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "γλώσσες",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "cat4": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "γλώσσα • (glóssa) f (plural γλώσσες)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "γλώσσες"
      },
      "expansion": "γλώσσα • (glóssa) f (plural γλώσσες)",
      "name": "el-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "γλώσ‧σα"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "γλώσσα",
        "2": "γλώσσες",
        "3": "γλώσσας",
        "4": "γλωσσών",
        "5": "γλώσσα",
        "6": "γλώσσες",
        "7": "γλώσσα",
        "8": "γλώσσες",
        "note": ""
      },
      "name": "el-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Greek",
  "lang_code": "el",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Greek terms with usage examples",
        "el:Anatomy"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Be careful not to accidentally bite your tongue.",
          "roman": "Prósexe mi dagkóseis katá láthos ti glóssa sou.",
          "text": "Πρόσεξε μη δαγκώσεις κατά λάθος τη γλώσσα σου.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Grandad has tongue cancer.",
          "roman": "O Pappoús échei karkíno tis glóssas.",
          "text": "Ο Παππούς έχει καρκίνο της γλώσσας.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tongue (muscular organ in the mouth used to eat and speak)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) tongue (muscular organ in the mouth used to eat and speak)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Greek terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the tongue of the shoe",
          "roman": "i glóssa tou papoutsioú",
          "text": "η γλώσσα του παπουτσιού",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Figurative senses.",
        "tongue (the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shoe",
          "shoe"
        ],
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "Figurative senses.",
        "(figuratively, of a shoe) tongue (the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a shoe"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Greek terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "fiery tongues of fire",
          "roman": "pýrines glósses fotiás",
          "text": "πύρινες γλώσσες φωτιάς",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Figurative senses.",
        "tongue (an individual point of flame from a fire)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "Figurative senses.",
        "(figuratively) tongue (an individual point of flame from a fire)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Greek terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a tongue of land which projects into the sea",
          "roman": "glóssa steriás pou prochoreí sti thálassa",
          "text": "γλώσσα στεριάς που προχωρεί στη θάλασσα",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Figurative senses.",
        "tongue (a long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "Figurative senses.",
        "(figuratively) tongue (a long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Greek metonyms",
        "Greek terms with usage examples",
        "el:Linguistics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Greek is a rich language.",
          "roman": "I Ellinikí eínai ploúsia glóssa.",
          "text": "Η Ελληνική είναι πλούσια γλώσσα.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What is the official language here?",
          "roman": "Poia eínai i epísimi glóssa edó?",
          "text": "Ποια είναι η επίσημη γλώσσα εδώ;",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "mother tongue",
          "roman": "mitrikí glóssa",
          "text": "μητρική γλώσσα",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "native/natural language",
          "roman": "fysikí glóssa",
          "text": "φυσική γλώσσα",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "artificial language",
          "roman": "technití glóssa",
          "text": "τεχνητή γλώσσα",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "language, tongue (words and methods of combining them understood by a community and used as a form of communication)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ],
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "all senses",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics, metonymically, all senses) language, tongue (words and methods of combining them understood by a community and used as a form of communication)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "metonymically"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Greek terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "We ate sole yesterday for supper.",
          "roman": "Fágame chthes glóssa gia vradinó.",
          "text": "Φάγαμε χθες γλώσσα για βραδινό.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sole (Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sole",
          "sole"
        ],
        [
          "Solea solea",
          "Solea solea#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "flatfish",
          "flatfish#English"
        ],
        [
          "Soleidae",
          "Soleidae#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɣlo.sa/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "glossídi",
      "sense": "shoe tongue",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "γλωσσίδι"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "el:γλώσσα"
  ],
  "word": "γλώσσα"
}

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