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"German terms derived from Byzantine Greek",
"German terms derived from Latin",
"German terms derived from Sanskrit",
"German terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:German/aːl",
"Rhymes:German/aːl/2 syllables",
"de:Gems"
],
"glosses": [
"opal"
],
"links": [
[
"opal",
"opal"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"strong"
],
"wikipedia": [
"de:Opal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"rhymes": "-aːl"
},
{
"audio": "De-Opal.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/89/De-Opal.ogg/De-Opal.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/De-Opal.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"word": "Opal"
}
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