"pestilence" meaning in Inglés

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɛstələns/ [US], /ˈpɛstɪləns/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pestilence.wav [UK] Forms: pestilence [singular], pestilences [plural]
Etymology: Del inglés medio pestilence y este del francés antiguo pestilence y este del latín pestilentia.
  1. Plaga, pestilencia, peste.
    Sense id: es-pestilence-en-noun-myH~ZIIu
  2. Cáncer.
    Sense id: es-pestilence-en-noun-BVjRO6hg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "EN:Palabras provenientes del inglés medio",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "EN:Sustantivos",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Inglés",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Del inglés medio pestilence y este del francés antiguo pestilence y este del latín pestilentia.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pestilence",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pestilences",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Inglés",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Sustantivo",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Bible Psalm 91:3. Versión: New King James.\nTraducción: Biblia Salmos 91:3. Versión: Reina-Valera 1995.",
          "text": "Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence",
          "translation": "Él te librará del lazo del cazador, de la peste destructora"
        }
      ],
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        "Plaga, pestilencia, peste."
      ],
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      "sense_index": "1"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Cáncer."
      ],
      "id": "es-pestilence-en-noun-BVjRO6hg",
      "sense_index": "2"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɛstələns/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɛstɪləns/",
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    "EN:Sustantivos",
    "Inglés"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Del inglés medio pestilence y este del francés antiguo pestilence y este del latín pestilentia.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pestilence",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pestilences",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Inglés",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Sustantivo",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Bible Psalm 91:3. Versión: New King James.\nTraducción: Biblia Salmos 91:3. Versión: Reina-Valera 1995.",
          "text": "Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence",
          "translation": "Él te librará del lazo del cazador, de la peste destructora"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Plaga, pestilencia, peste."
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Cáncer."
      ],
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    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "pestilence"
}

Download raw JSONL data for pestilence meaning in Inglés (1.4kB)

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