See gnomic on Wiktionary
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"name": "ro-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "ro-decl-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Romanian adjectives",
"Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
"Romanian lemmas",
"Romanian terms borrowed from French",
"Romanian terms derived from French",
"Romanian terms suffixed with -ic"
],
"glosses": [
"gnomic"
],
"links": [
[
"gnomic",
"gnomic#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
]
}
],
"word": "gnomic"
}
Download raw JSONL data for gnomic meaning in All languages combined (8.0kB)
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"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nominative- accusative'",
"path": [
"gnomic"
],
"section": "Romanian",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "gnomic",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nominative- accusative'",
"path": [
"gnomic"
],
"section": "Romanian",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "gnomic",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive- dative'",
"path": [
"gnomic"
],
"section": "Romanian",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "gnomic",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive- dative'",
"path": [
"gnomic"
],
"section": "Romanian",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "gnomic",
"trace": ""
}
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