See pleyere in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-eh₂"
],
[
"*-os",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-os#Proto-Indo-European:_athematic"
],
[
"*-yós",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-yós#Proto-Indo-European:_suffix"
],
[
"*-āsios",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-āsios#Proto-Italic:_adjective"
],
[
"-ārius",
"-arius#Latin:_adjective"
],
[
"-ārius",
"-arius#Latin:_agent_noun"
],
[
"*-ārijaz",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-ārijaz#Proto-Germanic:_noun"
],
[
"*-ārī",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-ārī#Proto-West_Germanic:_agent_suffix"
],
[
"-ere",
"-ere#Old_English"
],
[
"pleġere",
"plegere#Old_English"
],
[
"pleġere",
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],
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"pleyen",
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],
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"-ere",
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},
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"name": "ety"
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"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-West Germanic *plegō\nProto-Indo-European *-h₂\nProto-Indo-European *-éh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-yéti\nProto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti\nProto-Indo-European *-h₂ti\nProto-Germanic *-ōną\nProto-West Germanic *-ōn\nProto-West Germanic *plegōn\nOld English plegian\nProto-Indo-European *-eh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-os?\nProto-Indo-European *-o-\nProto-Indo-European *-so-\nProto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-\nProto-Indo-European *-yós\nProto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós\nProto-Italic *-āsijos\nProto-Italic *-āsios\nLatin -āriusnom.\nLatin -āriusbor.\nProto-Germanic *-ārijaz\nProto-West Germanic *-ārī\nOld English -ere\nOld English pleġere\nMiddle English pleyere\nFrom Old English pleġere; equivalent to pleyen (“to play”) + -ere (suffix forming agent nouns).",
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{
"form": "pleyeres",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "plaier",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "player",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "playere",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "pleyer",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "pleyar",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "pleyare",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "plaer",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern"
]
},
{
"form": "playare",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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"args": {
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"2": "noun",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": "",
"var": ""
},
"expansion": "pleyere",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "pleyere (plural pleyeres)",
"name": "enm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"One who makes entertainment for themself:",
"One who participates in a game or sport; a player."
],
"links": [
[
"entertainment",
"entertainment"
],
[
"themself",
"themself"
],
[
"participate",
"participate"
],
[
"game",
"game"
],
[
"sport",
"sport"
],
[
"player",
"player"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"One who makes entertainment for themself:",
"One who gambles or bets on a game."
],
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[
"entertainment",
"entertainment"
],
[
"themself",
"themself"
],
[
"gamble",
"gamble"
],
[
"bet",
"bet"
],
[
"game",
"game"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"One who makes entertainment for themself:",
"A participant in festivities or revelry."
],
"links": [
[
"entertainment",
"entertainment"
],
[
"themself",
"themself"
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[
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]
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],
"links": [
[
"entertainment",
"entertainment"
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],
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"One who provides entertainment (e.g. songs, dance, music):"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"One who provides entertainment (e.g. songs, dance, music):",
"An actor; a performer in a play (stage show)."
],
"links": [
[
"entertainment",
"entertainment"
],
[
"actor",
"actor"
],
[
"performer",
"performer"
],
[
"play",
"play"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈplæi̯ər(ə)/"
}
],
"word": "pleyere"
}
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