"fauce" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfauθe/, [ˈfau̯.θe], /ˈfause/, [ˈfau̯.se] Forms: fauces [plural]
Rhymes: -auθe (Spain), -ause (Latin America, Philippines) Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fauce (“(in the) throat”), ablative of faux, much more commonly found in the plural faucēs. Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|la|fauce||(in the) throat}} Borrowed from Latin fauce (“(in the) throat”) Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} fauce f (plural fauces)
  1. (usually in the plural) jaw (of animal) Tags: feminine, plural-normally
    Sense id: en-fauce-es-noun-bMLIpnJP
  2. mouth (of volcano) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fauce-es-noun-kLrEq0cY Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: istmo de las fauces

Inflected forms

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    }
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        "4": "",
        "5": "(in the) throat"
      },
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    }
  ],
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      "form": "fauces",
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    }
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      },
      "expansion": "fauce f (plural fauces)",
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "fau‧ce"
  ],
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      "parts": [
        "fau‧ce"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "jaw (of animal)"
      ],
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually in the plural) jaw (of animal)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural-normally"
      ]
    },
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mouth (of volcano)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "mouth",
          "mouth"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfauθe/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfau̯.θe]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfause/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfau̯.se]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-auθe (Spain)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ause (Latin America, Philippines)"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Rhymes:Spanish/auθe/2 syllables",
    "Spanish 2-syllable words",
    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish feminine nouns",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish nouns",
    "Spanish terms borrowed from Latin",
    "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "istmo de las fauces"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fauces",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "f"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
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  ],
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    {
      "parts": [
        "fau‧ce"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "jaw (of animal)"
      ],
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        [
          "jaw",
          "jaw"
        ]
      ],
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        "(usually in the plural) jaw (of animal)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural-normally"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mouth (of volcano)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mouth",
          "mouth"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfauθe/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfau̯.θe]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfause/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfau̯.se]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-auθe (Spain)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ause (Latin America, Philippines)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fauce"
}

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