See puella in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
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"word": "puer"
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "puellam pario"
}
],
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"lang_code": "fro",
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},
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],
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},
{
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"borrowed",
"reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
],
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},
{
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"lang_code": "en",
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"reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
],
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},
{
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"reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
],
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},
{
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"reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
],
"word": "puelline"
},
{
"lang": "Venetan",
"lang_code": "vec",
"word": "putèła"
}
],
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{
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"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
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"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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"table-tags"
]
},
{
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]
},
{
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]
},
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"genitive",
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]
},
{
"form": "puellārum",
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[
"puellārum",
"puellarum#Latin"
]
],
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"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
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]
},
{
"form": "puellīs",
"links": [
[
"puellīs",
"puellis#Latin"
]
],
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"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "puellam",
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"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "puellās",
"links": [
[
"puellās",
"puellas#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "puellā",
"links": [
[
"puellā",
"puella#Latin"
]
],
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"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "puellīs",
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[
"puellīs",
"puellis#Latin"
]
],
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"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
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"plural",
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]
}
],
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},
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}
],
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},
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],
"lang": "Latin",
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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},
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},
{
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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},
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}
],
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{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "54 15 15 15",
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}
],
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8,
14
]
],
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8,
12
]
],
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19,
24
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0,
5
]
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18,
25
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19,
26
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"lass",
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],
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],
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]
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},
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"_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
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},
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}
],
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},
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],
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15
]
],
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11,
15
]
],
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4,
10
]
],
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3,
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],
"english": "my girlfriend",
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}
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],
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[
"mistress",
"mistress"
],
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"beloved",
"beloved"
]
],
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],
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]
},
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{
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}
],
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"young woman, young wife"
],
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[
"woman",
"woman"
],
[
"wife",
"wife"
]
],
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"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
},
{
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{
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},
{
"_dis": "32 1 14 54",
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}
],
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],
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[
"slave",
"slave"
]
],
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"(rare) female slave"
],
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"feminine",
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]
}
],
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"Classical-Latin"
]
},
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"ipa": "[puˈɛl.la]",
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}
],
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}
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"sense": "girl",
"word": "puer"
}
],
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"Latin endearing terms",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin feminine nouns",
"Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
"Latin first declension nouns",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin noun forms",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"la:Age",
"la:Children",
"la:Female people"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "puellam pario"
}
],
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{
"lang": "Old French",
"lang_code": "fro",
"word": "polle"
},
{
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"lang_code": "en",
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},
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],
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},
{
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"reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
],
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"word": "putèła"
}
],
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"genitive"
]
},
{
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"masculine"
]
},
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]
},
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"nominative",
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},
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]
},
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"form": "puellārum",
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"puellārum",
"puellarum#Latin"
]
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"genitive",
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},
{
"form": "puellīs",
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[
"puellīs",
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]
],
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"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "puellam",
"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "puellās",
"links": [
[
"puellās",
"puellas#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "puellā",
"links": [
[
"puellā",
"puella#Latin"
]
],
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"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "puellīs",
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[
"puellīs",
"puellis#Latin"
]
],
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"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "puella",
"source": "declension",
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"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "puellae",
"source": "declension",
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"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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},
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},
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],
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{
"word": "puellāris"
},
{
"word": "puellula"
},
{
"word": "puer"
},
{
"word": "puera"
},
{
"word": "puerīlis"
},
{
"word": "puerīliter"
}
],
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{
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"Latin terms with quotations",
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],
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8,
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],
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8,
12
]
],
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19,
24
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0,
5
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],
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18,
25
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19,
26
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],
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},
{
"english": "chaste girls and boys",
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],
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"girl, lass, maiden (female child)"
],
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[
"girl",
"girl"
],
[
"lass",
"lass"
],
[
"maiden",
"maiden"
],
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"female",
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]
],
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]
},
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9,
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15
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10
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13
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}
],
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],
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],
[
"mistress",
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],
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"beloved",
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"young woman, young wife"
],
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"woman",
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"wife",
"wife"
]
],
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"declension-1",
"feminine"
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"Latin terms with rare senses"
],
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"female slave"
],
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[
"slave",
"slave"
]
],
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"(rare) female slave"
],
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"feminine",
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}
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"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[puˈɛl.la]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
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{
"sense": "girl",
"word": "fēmella"
},
{
"sense": "girl",
"word": "puera"
},
{
"sense": "girl",
"word": "pura"
}
],
"word": "puella"
}
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