See Precambrian on Wiktionary
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],
"word": "precambrià"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "eon before the Phanerozoic",
"word": "前寒武紀"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Qiánhánwǔ Jì",
"sense": "eon before the Phanerozoic",
"word": "前寒武纪"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "eon before the Phanerozoic",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "prækambrium"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "eon before the Phanerozoic",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "precambrium"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "eon before the Phanerozoic",
"word": "prekambri"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "eon before the Phanerozoic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "précambrien"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "eon before the Phanerozoic",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Präkambrium"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "eon before the Phanerozoic",
"word": "prekambrium"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "eon before the Phanerozoic",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German",
"neuter"
],
"word": "Präkambrium"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "eon before the Phanerozoic",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "prekambrium"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "eon before the Phanerozoic",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "prekambrium"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Dokémbrij",
"sense": "eon before the Phanerozoic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Доке́мбрий"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "eon before the Phanerozoic",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "prekambrium"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "eon before the Phanerozoic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Cyn-Gambriaidd"
}
],
"word": "Precambrian"
}
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