"licurici" meaning in Romanian

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Noun

IPA: /ˌlikuˈrit͡ʃʲ/
Etymology: Probably from licuri, a variant of licări (“to gleam, shimmer, shine, sparkle”), itself of uncertain origin: possibly from lucoare or from a Vulgar Latin root liculire, or tied to lucere. Head templates: {{ro-noun|m|licurici}} licurici m (plural licurici) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|g=m|gpd=licuricilor|gpi=licurici|gsd=licuriciului|gsi=licurici|n=|npd=licuricii|npi=licurici|nsd=licuriciul|nsi=licurici|vp=licuricilor|vs=licuriciule|vs2=}} Forms: licurici [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], licurici [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], licuriciul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], licuricii [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], licurici [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, singular], licuriciului [definite, error-unrecognized-form, singular], licuricilor [definite, error-unrecognized-form, plural], licuriciule [singular, vocative], licuricilor [vocative]
  1. firefly Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-licurici-ro-noun-r6wyfnNp
  2. glowworm Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-licurici-ro-noun-Ss-nkQlU
  3. (slang) a power behind the scene; specifically the United States or its secret services Tags: masculine, slang Categories (topical): Light sources Categories (lifeform): Elateroid beetles
    Sense id: en-licurici-ro-noun-Ba7q4OHz Disambiguation of Light sources: 2 32 66 Disambiguation of Elateroid beetles: 2 3 95 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Romanian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 52 1 1 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 1 1 48 Disambiguation of Romanian entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 98

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_text": "Probably from licuri, a variant of licări (“to gleam, shimmer, shine, sparkle”), itself of uncertain origin: possibly from lucoare or from a Vulgar Latin root liculire, or tied to lucere.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "licurici",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ro-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "licurici",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "licuriciul",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "licuricii",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "licurici",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "licuriciului",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "licuricilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "licuriciule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "licuricilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "licurici"
      },
      "expansion": "licurici m (plural licurici)",
      "name": "ro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "li‧cu‧rici"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gpd": "licuricilor",
        "gpi": "licurici",
        "gsd": "licuriciului",
        "gsi": "licurici",
        "n": "",
        "npd": "licuricii",
        "npi": "licurici",
        "nsd": "licuriciul",
        "nsi": "licurici",
        "vp": "licuricilor",
        "vs": "licuriciule",
        "vs2": ""
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "firefly"
      ],
      "id": "en-licurici-ro-noun-r6wyfnNp",
      "links": [
        [
          "firefly",
          "firefly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "glowworm"
      ],
      "id": "en-licurici-ro-noun-Ss-nkQlU",
      "links": [
        [
          "glowworm",
          "glowworm"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 1 1 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 1 1 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 98",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 3 95",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "ro",
          "name": "Elateroid beetles",
          "orig": "ro:Elateroid beetles",
          "parents": [
            "Beetles",
            "Insects",
            "Arthropods",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 32 66",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ro",
          "name": "Light sources",
          "orig": "ro:Light sources",
          "parents": [
            "Light",
            "Energy",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a power behind the scene; specifically the United States or its secret services"
      ],
      "id": "en-licurici-ro-noun-Ba7q4OHz",
      "links": [
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "United States",
          "United States"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) a power behind the scene; specifically the United States or its secret services"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌlikuˈrit͡ʃʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "licurici"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Romanian countable nouns",
    "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Romanian lemmas",
    "Romanian masculine nouns",
    "Romanian nouns",
    "ro:Elateroid beetles",
    "ro:Light sources"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from licuri, a variant of licări (“to gleam, shimmer, shine, sparkle”), itself of uncertain origin: possibly from lucoare or from a Vulgar Latin root liculire, or tied to lucere.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "licurici",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ro-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "licurici",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "licuriciul",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "licuricii",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "licurici",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "licuriciului",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "licuricilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "licuriciule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "licuricilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "licurici"
      },
      "expansion": "licurici m (plural licurici)",
      "name": "ro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "li‧cu‧rici"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gpd": "licuricilor",
        "gpi": "licurici",
        "gsd": "licuriciului",
        "gsi": "licurici",
        "n": "",
        "npd": "licuricii",
        "npi": "licurici",
        "nsd": "licuriciul",
        "nsi": "licurici",
        "vp": "licuricilor",
        "vs": "licuriciule",
        "vs2": ""
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "firefly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "firefly",
          "firefly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "glowworm"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "glowworm",
          "glowworm"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Romanian slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a power behind the scene; specifically the United States or its secret services"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "United States",
          "United States"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) a power behind the scene; specifically the United States or its secret services"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌlikuˈrit͡ʃʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "licurici"
}

Download raw JSONL data for licurici meaning in Romanian (2.5kB)

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive-dative'",
  "path": [
    "licurici"
  ],
  "section": "Romanian",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "licurici",
  "trace": ""
}

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