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GET
/
v1
/
lexemes
/
{id}
Get Lexeme
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.example.com/v1/lexemes/{id}
{
  "id": 123,
  "lemma": "<string>",
  "language_id": 123,
  "language": "<string>",
  "pos": "<string>",
  "reading": "<string>",
  "romanization": "<string>",
  "source": "<string>",
  "senses": [
    {}
  ],
  "pronunciations": [
    {}
  ],
  "etymology": {},
  "frequency": {}
}

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Request

GET https://api.langdex.co/v1/lexemes/{id}

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Path Parameters

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id
integer
required
Lexeme ID

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Query Parameters

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include
string
Include related data: senses, pronunciations, etymology, frequency, forms, translations

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Response

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id
integer
Internal LangDex ID
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lemma
string
Dictionary form / headword
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language_id
integer
Language ID
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language
string
ISO 639-3 code
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pos
string
Part of speech
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reading
string
Phonetic reading (for logographic scripts)
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romanization
string
Latin transliteration
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source
string
Data source identifier
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senses
array
Array of sense objects (if included)
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pronunciations
array
Array of pronunciation objects (if included)
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etymology
object
Etymology information (if included)
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frequency
object
Frequency data (if included)

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Examples

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Get lexeme with all details

curl "https://api.langdex.co/v1/lexemes/56789?include=senses,pronunciations,etymology,frequency" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

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Response

{
  "id": 56789,
  "lemma": "水",
  "language_id": 1234,
  "language": "jpn",
  "pos": "noun",
  "reading": "みず",
  "romanization": "mizu",
  "source": "kaikki",
  "senses": [
    {
      "id": 111,
      "sense_order": 1,
      "gloss": "water",
      "meaning_id": 98765,
      "pos": "noun",
      "definitions": [
        {
          "language": "eng",
          "text": "The liquid form of H2O, essential for life"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "水を飲む",
          "translation": "to drink water"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 112,
      "sense_order": 2,
      "gloss": "Wednesday",
      "meaning_id": 98766,
      "pos": "noun",
      "register": "abbreviation",
      "definitions": [
        {
          "language": "eng",
          "text": "Short for 水曜日 (Wednesday)"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "pronunciations": [
    {
      "ipa": "mizɯ",
      "audio_url": "https://cdn.langdex.co/audio/jpn/mizu.mp3"
    }
  ],
  "etymology": {
    "text": "From Old Japanese 水 (mi₁du), from Proto-Japonic *mentu"
  },
  "frequency": {
    "rank": 342,
    "count": 1847293,
    "per_million": 3421.5,
    "corpus": "opensubtitles-ja"
  }
}

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Get word forms

curl "https://api.langdex.co/v1/lexemes/12345?include=forms" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

{
  "id": 12345,
  "lemma": "walk",
  "language": "eng",
  "pos": "verb",
  "forms": [
    {"form": "walk", "features": ["verb", "infinitive"]},
    {"form": "walks", "features": ["verb", "present", "3sg"]},
    {"form": "walked", "features": ["verb", "past"]},
    {"form": "walked", "features": ["verb", "past-participle"]},
    {"form": "walking", "features": ["verb", "present-participle"]}
  ]
}

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Error Responses

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404 Not Found

{
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "message": "Lexeme not found: 99999999"
  }
}