lady in All languages combined

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lady",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ladies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lady",
        "2": "ladies"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "la‧dy",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Please direct this lady to the soft furnishings department."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A polite way of saying \"woman\"."
      ],
      "id": "simple-lady-en-noun-mZmK46ey"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Lady Diana was very popular with the British people."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The wife of a lord or a woman who holds the office in her own right."
      ],
      "id": "simple-lady-en-noun-WrA43~un"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Mary, please try to act more like a lady in public."
        },
        {
          "text": "If you are not ladylike, you will not be seen as a lady."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A polite woman who is respected."
      ],
      "id": "simple-lady-en-noun-4ouh4XYS"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈleɪdi/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/\"leIdi/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-lady.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lady"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lady",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ladies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lady",
        "2": "ladies"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "la‧dy",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Please direct this lady to the soft furnishings department."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A polite way of saying \"woman\"."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Lady Diana was very popular with the British people."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The wife of a lord or a woman who holds the office in her own right."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Mary, please try to act more like a lady in public."
        },
        {
          "text": "If you are not ladylike, you will not be seen as a lady."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A polite woman who is respected."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈleɪdi/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/\"leIdi/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-lady.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lady"
}

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"lady" meaning in All languages combined

Noun [English]