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{
"forms": [
{
"form": "fairy",
"tags": [
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fairies",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fairy",
"2": "fairies"
},
"expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
"name": "noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "A fairy granted then each a wish."
},
{
"text": "Some people say fairies live beneath the hills in Ireland."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A type of human-like being with magical powers. In modern stories fairies are small with insect-like wings. In older stories they were human-size and very powerful, and sometimes dangerous."
],
"id": "simple-fairy-en-noun-hj~XEHki",
"raw_tags": [
"fiction) (folklore) (mythology"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Slang",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm not sure that fairy even knows he's male."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A homosexual man, usually one who is very feminine."
],
"id": "simple-fairy-en-noun-FWhkbed2",
"raw_tags": [
"slang",
"offensive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "fâʹrĭ",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɛəri/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"enpr": "fĕʹrē",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɛri/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfeːri/",
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-fairy.ogg",
"raw_tags": [
"Audio"
],
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"homophones": [
"ferry"
]
}
],
"word": "fairy"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "fairy",
"tags": [
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fairies",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fairy",
"2": "fairies"
},
"expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
"name": "noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "A fairy granted then each a wish."
},
{
"text": "Some people say fairies live beneath the hills in Ireland."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A type of human-like being with magical powers. In modern stories fairies are small with insect-like wings. In older stories they were human-size and very powerful, and sometimes dangerous."
],
"raw_tags": [
"fiction) (folklore) (mythology"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Slang"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm not sure that fairy even knows he's male."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A homosexual man, usually one who is very feminine."
],
"raw_tags": [
"slang",
"offensive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "fâʹrĭ",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɛəri/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"enpr": "fĕʹrē",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɛri/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfeːri/",
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-fairy.ogg",
"raw_tags": [
"Audio"
],
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"homophones": [
"ferry"
]
}
],
"word": "fairy"
}
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