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{
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],
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],
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],
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],
[
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],
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],
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],
[
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],
[
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],
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}
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"li‧te‧ra"
],
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"parts": [
"li‧te‧ra"
]
}
],
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"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "39 31 23 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Spanish entries with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "41 28 24 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Spanish entries with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "51 14 33 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
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"bunk bed (piece of furniture made up of two beds stacked on top of each other)"
],
"id": "en-litera-es-noun-1E2TWj55",
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"bunk bed"
],
[
"furniture",
"furniture#English"
],
[
"bed",
"bed#English"
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],
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"bunk"
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],
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"feminine"
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},
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"berth, couchette (on a ship or train)"
],
"id": "en-litera-es-noun-Bd4fMSpK",
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[
"berth",
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],
[
"couchette",
"couchette"
]
],
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"word": "camarote"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
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"litter (vehicle)"
],
"id": "en-litera-es-noun-rJ6Qcott",
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[
"litter",
"litter#English:_Q476850"
]
],
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{
"word": "carruaje"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/liˈteɾa/"
},
{
"ipa": "[liˈt̪e.ɾa]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɾa"
}
],
"word": "litera"
}
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"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymology trees",
"Pages with etymon",
"Rhymes:Spanish/eɾa",
"Rhymes:Spanish/eɾa/3 syllables",
"Spanish 3-syllable words",
"Spanish countable nouns",
"Spanish entries with etymology trees",
"Spanish entries with etymon",
"Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
"Spanish feminine nouns",
"Spanish lemmas",
"Spanish nouns",
"Spanish terms borrowed from Catalan",
"Spanish terms derived from Catalan",
"Spanish terms derived from Late Latin",
"Spanish terms derived from Latin",
"Spanish terms derived from Old Catalan",
"Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Spanish terms derived from Proto-Italic",
"Spanish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *legʰ-",
"Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Spanish terms with audio pronunciation"
],
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/legʰ-"
],
[
"lectus",
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"*-yós",
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],
[
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-āzios#Proto-Italic:_adjective"
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[
"-ārius",
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-h₂#Proto-Indo-European:_collective_nouns"
],
[
"*-eh₂",
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],
[
"*-ā",
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[
"-āria",
"-aria#Latin"
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[
"lectuāria",
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{
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"3": "lectuāria"
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{
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},
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"name": "etydate"
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}
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}
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],
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[
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"ipa": "/liˈteɾa/"
},
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"ipa": "[liˈt̪e.ɾa]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɾa"
}
],
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}
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