See baluster on Wiktionary
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "banister",
"word": "mellvédbáb"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "banister",
"word": "baluszter"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "banister",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rimill"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "banister",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pílári í handriði"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "banister",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "brjóstriðssúla"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "banister",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "speli"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "banister",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spæll"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"lang_code": "io",
"sense": "banister",
"word": "balustrado"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "banister",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "balastar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "banister",
"word": "balaustra"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"sense": "banister",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "balustrs"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"lang_code": "lt",
"sense": "banister",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "balustras"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "banister",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "baluster"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"sense": "banister",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "baluster"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "banister",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tralka"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "banister",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "balas"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "banister",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "balaska"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "banister",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "balasek"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "banister",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "balaústre"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "banister",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "balustru"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "baljásina",
"sense": "banister",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "баля́сина"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "banister",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "балустер"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "banister",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"masculine"
],
"word": "baluster"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"lang_code": "sl",
"sense": "banister",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "baluster"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "banister",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "balaustre"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "banister",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "baluster"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "baljásyna",
"sense": "banister",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "баля́сина"
}
],
"word": "baluster"
}
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "la",
"3": "balaustium"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
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"1": "sv",
"2": "grc",
"3": "βαλαύστιον"
},
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}
],
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"form": "no-table-tags",
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"table-tags"
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},
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},
{
"form": "baluster",
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"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "balusters",
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"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "balustern",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "balusterns",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "balustrar",
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"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "balustrars",
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"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "balustrarna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
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"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
}
],
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"4": "",
"5": "",
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"g3": "",
"g4": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
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"name": "head"
},
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},
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{
"args": {
"3": "balustra"
},
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"word": "balustrad"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
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"Pages with entries",
"Swedish common-gender nouns",
"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish lemmas",
"Swedish nouns",
"Swedish terms borrowed from French",
"Swedish terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"Swedish terms derived from French",
"Swedish terms derived from Latin",
"sv:Architectural elements"
],
"glosses": [
"a baluster (a short column used in a group to support a rail)"
],
"links": [
[
"architecture",
"architecture"
],
[
"baluster",
"baluster#English"
]
],
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"(architecture) a baluster (a short column used in a group to support a rail)"
],
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],
"topics": [
"architecture"
]
}
],
"word": "baluster"
}
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