See fruition on Wiktionary
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]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fruition.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-fruition.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-fruition.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-fruition.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-fruition.wav.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/fɹuˈɪʃ.ən/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪʃən"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "condition of bearing fruit",
"word": "结果实"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "condition of bearing fruit",
"word": "vrucht dragen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "condition of bearing fruit",
"word": "fructification"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "condition of bearing fruit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fruttificazione"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "plodonošenije",
"sense": "condition of bearing fruit",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "плодоношение"
}
],
"word": "fruition"
}
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