See imitation on Wiktionary
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"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "herming"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "copy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imitasjon"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "copy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imitasjon"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "copy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "imitacja"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "copy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kopia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "copy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "imitação"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "copy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "imitare"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "copy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "imitație"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "copy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "imitación"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "copy",
"word": "taklit"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "copy",
"word": "öykünme"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "copy",
"word": "öyküntü"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "copy",
"word": "imitasyon"
}
],
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"imitation"
],
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}
{
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{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "imitatie",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Dutch: imitatie\nAfrikaans: imitasie\n→ Indonesian: imitasi",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ Dutch: imitatie\nAfrikaans: imitasie\n→ Indonesian: imitasi"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "frm",
"3": "imitation"
},
"expansion": "Middle French imitation",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "fro",
"3": "imitacion"
},
"expansion": "Old French imitacion",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "la",
"3": "imitātiō",
"4": "imitātiōnem"
},
"expansion": "Latin imitātiōnem",
"name": "der"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "imitations",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "f"
},
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"name": "fr-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"word": "imiter"
}
],
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"categories": [
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"French countable nouns",
"French entries with incorrect language header",
"French feminine nouns",
"French lemmas",
"French nouns",
"French terms derived from Latin",
"French terms derived from Middle French",
"French terms derived from Old French",
"French terms inherited from Middle French",
"French terms inherited from Old French",
"French terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
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"imitation"
],
"links": [
[
"imitation",
"imitation#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/i.mi.ta.sjɔ̃/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-0x010C-imitation.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5b/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-0x010C-imitation.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-0x010C-imitation.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5b/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-0x010C-imitation.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-0x010C-imitation.wav.ogg"
}
],
"word": "imitation"
}
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