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{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "përçór"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck",
"word": "ballëtór"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ballëtár"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rrúgës"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kallaúz"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "esqueller"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "belhamel"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck",
"word": "kellokas"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "menon"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Leithammel"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck",
"word": "משכוכית"
},
{
"alt": "すずつきひつじ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "suzu tsuki hitsuji",
"sense": "the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck",
"word": "鈴つき羊"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bjellesau"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ovan predvodnik"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "crastu campanaru"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "manso"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck",
"word": "skällgumse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck",
"word": "ledargestalt"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck",
"word": "rättesnöre"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "anything that indicates future trends",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "indikátor"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "anything that indicates future trends",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ukazovatel"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "anything that indicates future trends",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "barometr"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "anything that indicates future trends",
"word": "trendsetter"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "anything that indicates future trends",
"word": "ennusmerkki"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything that indicates future trends",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Trendsetter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything that indicates future trends",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Trendbarometer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything that indicates future trends",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Indikator"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything that indicates future trends",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Vorbote"
},
{
"alt": "まえぶれ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "maebure",
"sense": "anything that indicates future trends",
"word": "前触れ"
},
{
"alt": "きざし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kizashi",
"sense": "anything that indicates future trends",
"word": "兆し"
},
{
"alt": "ちょうこう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chōkō",
"sense": "anything that indicates future trends",
"word": "兆候"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shirushi",
"sense": "anything that indicates future trends",
"word": "しるし"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "anything that indicates future trends",
"word": "indicador"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "anything that indicates future trends",
"word": "barômetro"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "anything that indicates future trends",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "indikátor"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "anything that indicates future trends",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ukazovateľ"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "anything that indicates future trends",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "barometer"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything that indicates future trends",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "barómetro"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a stock or bond that is widely believed to be an indicator of the overall market's condition",
"word": "trendsetter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a stock or bond that is widely believed to be an indicator of the overall market's condition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "führender Wert"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a stock or bond that is widely believed to be an indicator of the overall market's condition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Indikator"
},
{
"alt": "しひょう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shihyō",
"sense": "a stock or bond that is widely believed to be an indicator of the overall market's condition",
"word": "指標"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a stock or bond that is widely believed to be an indicator of the overall market's condition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "barómetro"
}
],
"word": "bellwether"
}
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