See flask in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"descendants": [
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "fleasc"
},
{
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "fflasg"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"word": "flask"
},
{
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "flask"
},
{
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "flas"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"flasce",
"flasce#Old_English"
],
[
"flaxe",
"flaxe#Old_English"
],
[
"flascon",
"flascon#Old_French"
],
[
"*flaskā",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/flaskā"
],
[
"*flaskǭ",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flaskǭ"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "flasce"
},
"expansion": "Old English flasce",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "xno",
"3": "flascon"
},
"expansion": "Anglo-Norman flascon",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*flaskā"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *flaskā",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*flaskǭ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English flasce, flaxe and Anglo-Norman flascon, both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *flaskā, from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "flaskes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "flaske",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": "",
"var": ""
},
"expansion": "flask",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"pl": "flaskes"
},
"expansion": "flask (plural flaskes)",
"name": "enm-noun"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "rare"
},
"expansion": "(rare)",
"name": "tlb"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "flasket"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "99 1",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Beer",
"orig": "enm:Beer",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A small barrel for beer storage."
],
"id": "en-flask-enm-noun-iNRVuSux",
"links": [
[
"barrel",
"barrel"
]
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "33 67",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "21 79",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Containers",
"orig": "enm:Containers",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A container for the storage of garments."
],
"id": "en-flask-enm-noun-J5GjxMaE",
"links": [
[
"container",
"container"
],
[
"garment",
"garment"
]
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈflask(ə)/"
}
],
"word": "flask"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Middle English rare terms",
"Middle English terms borrowed from Anglo-Norman",
"Middle English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"enm:Beer",
"enm:Containers"
],
"descendants": [
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "fleasc"
},
{
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "fflasg"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"word": "flask"
},
{
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "flask"
},
{
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "flas"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"flasce",
"flasce#Old_English"
],
[
"flaxe",
"flaxe#Old_English"
],
[
"flascon",
"flascon#Old_French"
],
[
"*flaskā",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/flaskā"
],
[
"*flaskǭ",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flaskǭ"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "flasce"
},
"expansion": "Old English flasce",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "xno",
"3": "flascon"
},
"expansion": "Anglo-Norman flascon",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*flaskā"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *flaskā",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*flaskǭ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English flasce, flaxe and Anglo-Norman flascon, both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *flaskā, from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "flaskes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "flaske",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": "",
"var": ""
},
"expansion": "flask",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"pl": "flaskes"
},
"expansion": "flask (plural flaskes)",
"name": "enm-noun"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "rare"
},
"expansion": "(rare)",
"name": "tlb"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "flasket"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A small barrel for beer storage."
],
"links": [
[
"barrel",
"barrel"
]
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A container for the storage of garments."
],
"links": [
[
"container",
"container"
],
[
"garment",
"garment"
]
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈflask(ə)/"
}
],
"word": "flask"
}
Download raw JSONL data for flask meaning in Middle English (2.5kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-10-01 using wiktextract (f9fe161 and 6f96ddf). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.