See bamse on Wiktionary
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38
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],
"english": "The children got to feed the kind bear",
"text": "Barnen fick mata den snälla bamsen",
"translation": "The children got to feed the kind bear",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a bear"
],
"links": [
[
"endearing",
"endearing"
],
[
"bear",
"bear"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial, often endearing) a bear"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "nalle"
},
{
"word": "björn"
}
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"common-gender",
"endearing",
"often"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Swedish colloquialisms",
"Swedish terms with usage examples"
],
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17
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],
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20
]
],
"english": "Wow! That's a biggun.",
"text": "Wow! Vilken bamse.",
"translation": "Wow! That's a biggun.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"something large, a biggun"
],
"links": [
[
"large",
"large"
],
[
"biggun",
"biggun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) something large, a biggun"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "bamsing"
}
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"common-gender"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Bamse (a cartoon character and cartoon)"
],
"links": [
[
"capitalized",
"capitalisation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(capitalized) Bamse (a cartoon character and cartoon)"
],
"tags": [
"capitalized",
"common-gender"
]
}
],
"word": "bamse"
}
Download raw JSONL data for bamse meaning in All languages combined (7.3kB)
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