See lieve in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "lievemente"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "lievità"
}
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[
"levem",
"levis#Latin"
],
[
"*leɣʷis",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/leɣʷis"
],
[
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁léngʰus"
],
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{
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lievissimo",
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"superlative"
]
},
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]
}
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},
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}
],
"hyphenation": [
"liè‧ve, lié‧ve"
],
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"liè",
"ve"
]
},
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"ve"
]
}
],
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"pos": "adj",
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],
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"light"
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"word": "leggero"
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"word": "leggero"
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"ipa": "/ˈljɛ.ve/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlje.ve/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛve"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eve"
}
],
"word": "lieve"
}
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"Italian epicene adjectives",
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"Italian terms derived from Latin",
"Italian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Italian terms derived from Proto-Italic",
"Italian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁lengʷʰ-",
"Italian terms inherited from Latin",
"Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 7 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Italian/eve",
"Rhymes:Italian/eve/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:Italian/ɛve",
"Rhymes:Italian/ɛve/2 syllables"
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"word": "lievemente"
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"word": "lievità"
}
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"levem",
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[
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁léngʰus"
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lievissimo",
"tags": [
"superlative"
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},
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"form": "levissimo",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
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}
],
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"liè‧ve, lié‧ve"
],
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"ve"
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"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "adj",
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"light"
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"word": "leggero"
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"gentle",
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"word": "leggero"
},
{
"word": "delicato"
}
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"masculine"
]
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"slight, minor"
],
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"minor",
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{
"word": "leggero"
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"word": "minore"
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"feminine",
"masculine"
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"ipa": "/ˈljɛ.ve/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlje.ve/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛve"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eve"
}
],
"word": "lieve"
}
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