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"sense": "a stuffed toy bear",
"word": "peluş ayı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a stuffed toy bear",
"word": "peluş ayıcık"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pljúševyj vedmédyk",
"sense": "a stuffed toy bear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "плю́шевий ведме́дик"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a stuffed toy bear",
"word": "gấu bông"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "ber",
"sense": "a stuffed toy bear",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "בער"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "plyushn berele",
"sense": "a stuffed toy bear",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "פּליושן בערעלע"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lovable man",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nounours (more often \"gros nounours\")"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "lovable man",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kosebamse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lovable man",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "papi chulo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lovable man",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "osito"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lovable man",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "nallebjörn"
}
],
"word": "teddy bear"
}
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