See universal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"rare"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/iu̯ˌnivɛrˈsal/"
},
{
"ipa": "/iu̯ˈnivɛrsal/"
},
{
"ipa": "/iu̯niˈvɛrsal/",
"note": "by analogy to universe"
}
],
"word": "universal"
}
{
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"Late Middle English",
"Middle English adjectives",
"Middle English determiners",
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Middle English terms borrowed from Middle French",
"Middle English terms derived from Latin",
"Middle English terms derived from Middle French",
"Middle English terms suffixed with -al",
"Pages with 14 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "frm",
"3": "universel"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Middle French universel",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "etymon"
},
"expansion": "etymon",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "la",
"3": "ūniversālis"
},
"expansion": "Latin ūniversālis",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "universe",
"3": "-al"
},
"expansion": "universe + -al",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle French universel, and its etymon Latin ūniversālis; equivalent to universe + -al.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "universall",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "universalle",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "universel",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "universele",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "uniyversale",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "universell",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "unyversal",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "determiner"
},
"expansion": "universal",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "det",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Late Middle English"
],
"glosses": [
"The whole, all of, every portion of, all parts of."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Late Middle English) The whole, all of, every portion of, all parts of."
],
"tags": [
"Late-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Late Middle English",
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Every kind of; all sorts of"
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Late Middle English, rare) Every kind of; all sorts of"
],
"tags": [
"Late-Middle-English",
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/iu̯ˌnivɛrˈsal/"
},
{
"ipa": "/iu̯ˈnivɛrsal/"
},
{
"ipa": "/iu̯niˈvɛrsal/",
"note": "by analogy to universe"
}
],
"word": "universal"
}
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