See halfling on Wiktionary
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"sense": "a hobbit",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"neologism"
],
"word": "metadílio"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "a hobbit",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"neologism"
],
"word": "metadília"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "poluróslik",
"sense": "a hobbit",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "полуро́слик"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "xáfling",
"sense": "a hobbit",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ха́флинг"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"roman": "polušan",
"sense": "a hobbit",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "полушан"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "a hobbit",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mediano"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "a hobbit",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "halvkarl"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "a hobbit",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "halvlängdsman"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "a hobbit",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "halvman"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "a hobbit",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "halvmänning"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "a hobbit",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "halvmänniska"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "a hobbit",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bastard"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "a hobbit",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "dvärg"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "a hobbit",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "krympling"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Dungeons and Dragons",
"J.R.R. Tolkien",
"The Lord of the Rings"
],
"word": "halfling"
}
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