dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/ond_MW.json

{
  "ondes musicales":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a melodic electrophone capable of producing quarter tones and eighth tones":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u014d\u207fdm\u1d6b\u0305z\u0113k\u0227l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "ondes musicales from French, literally, musical waves; ondes martenot from French, literally, Martenot waves, after Maurice Martenot , born 1898 French musician, its inventor":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-053832"
  },
  "ondine":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": undine":[],
      ": a pale green that is bluer, lighter, and slightly less strong than celadon gray and duller than spray green":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)\u014d\u207f\u00a6-",
      "(\u02c8)\u022fn\u00a6-",
      "(\u02c8)\u00e4n\u00a6d\u0113n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from New Latin undina":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-151752"
  },
  "Ondatra":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of rodents (family Cricetidae) comprising the muskrats":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00e4n\u02c8datr\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from French, muskrat, from Huron":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-155022"
  },
  "onding":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a heavy fall of rain or snow":[
        "the rain was such an onding by now",
        "\u2014 Maristan Chapman"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u00e4n\u02ccdi\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "on entry 2 + ding , verb (to beat) (after the verb phrase ding on )":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-185953"
  },
  "ondium martenot":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": ondes musicales":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6\u00e4nd\u0113\u0259m\u02ccm\u00e4rt\u1d4an\u02c8\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "ondium from ond- (from ondes musicales ) + -ium (as in harmonium )":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-100834"
  },
  "ondograph":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an instrument for autographically recording the wave forms of varying electrical currents and especially rapidly varying alternating currents":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-r\u0227f",
      "\u02c8\u00e4nd\u0259\u02ccgraf"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French ondographe , from onde wave (from Latin unda ) + -o- + -graphe -graph":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-105231"
  },
  "ondule":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a wavy weaving pattern produced by a special reed that alternately spreads and converges a small group of warp threads":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-nj\u0259-",
      "\u00a6\u00e4nd\u0259\u00a6l\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French ondul\u00e9 wavy, from past participle of onduler to wave, ripple, back-formation from ondulation wave, concentric wave-motion in a liquid or gas, probably from (assumed) New Latin undulation-, undulatio concentric wave motion in a liquid or gas":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-143607"
  }
}