"jiffy" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

IPA: \ˈdʒɪf.i\ Audio: En-au-jiffy.ogg Forms: jiffies [plural]
  1. Instant , moment , seconde.
    Sense id: fr-jiffy-en-noun-rcIVvaGX Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Noms communs en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(1785) Origine inconnue, probablement de l’argot des voleurs pour lightning."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jiffies",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈdʒɪf.iz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Carlo Collodi, The Adventures of Pinocchio, 1883",
          "text": "Suddenly, he saw, among the sweepings in a corner, something round and white that looked very much like a hen's egg. In a jiffy he pounced upon it. It was an egg.",
          "translation": "Soudain, il vit, au milieu des balayures dans un coin, quelque chose de rond et blanc qui ressemblait fortement à un œuf de poule. Il se jeta dessus en un instant. C'était un œuf."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Instant , moment , seconde."
      ],
      "id": "fr-jiffy-en-noun-rcIVvaGX"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈdʒɪf.i\\"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-jiffy.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/En-au-jiffy.ogg/En-au-jiffy.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-au-jiffy.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Australie"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "jiffy"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Lemmes en anglais",
    "Noms communs en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(1785) Origine inconnue, probablement de l’argot des voleurs pour lightning."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jiffies",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈdʒɪf.iz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en anglais"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Carlo Collodi, The Adventures of Pinocchio, 1883",
          "text": "Suddenly, he saw, among the sweepings in a corner, something round and white that looked very much like a hen's egg. In a jiffy he pounced upon it. It was an egg.",
          "translation": "Soudain, il vit, au milieu des balayures dans un coin, quelque chose de rond et blanc qui ressemblait fortement à un œuf de poule. Il se jeta dessus en un instant. C'était un œuf."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Instant , moment , seconde."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈdʒɪf.i\\"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-jiffy.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/En-au-jiffy.ogg/En-au-jiffy.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-au-jiffy.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Australie"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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