See biomass on Wiktionary
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"roman": "biomása",
"sense": "total mass of all, or a specified category of, living things within a specific area, habitat, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "біома́са"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "total mass of all, or a specified category of, living things within a specific area, habitat, etc.",
"word": "sinh khối"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "total mass of all, or a specified category of, living things within a specific area, habitat, etc.",
"word": "sinh khối loài"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "total mass of all, or a specified category of, living things within a specific area, habitat, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "biomas"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "organic matter from living things which were recently alive used as a fuel or source of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "biomassa"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "organic matter from living things which were recently alive used as a fuel or source of energy",
"word": "生物質能"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shēngwù zhìnéng",
"sense": "organic matter from living things which were recently alive used as a fuel or source of energy",
"word": "生物质能"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "organic matter from living things which were recently alive used as a fuel or source of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "biomasa"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "organic matter from living things which were recently alive used as a fuel or source of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "biomassa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "organic matter from living things which were recently alive used as a fuel or source of energy",
"word": "biomassa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "organic matter from living things which were recently alive used as a fuel or source of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "biomasse"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "organic matter from living things which were recently alive used as a fuel or source of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Biomasse"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "organic matter from living things which were recently alive used as a fuel or source of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bithmhais"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "organic matter from living things which were recently alive used as a fuel or source of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "biomassa"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "biomassa",
"sense": "organic matter from living things which were recently alive used as a fuel or source of energy",
"word": "биомасса"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ciiwmaah",
"sense": "organic matter from living things which were recently alive used as a fuel or source of energy",
"word": "ជីវម៉ាស"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "biomása",
"sense": "organic matter from living things which were recently alive used as a fuel or source of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "биома́са"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "organic matter from living things which were recently alive used as a fuel or source of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "biomasa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "organic matter from living things which were recently alive used as a fuel or source of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "biomassa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "biomássa",
"sense": "organic matter from living things which were recently alive used as a fuel or source of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "биома́сса"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "organic matter from living things which were recently alive used as a fuel or source of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "biomasa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "organic matter from living things which were recently alive used as a fuel or source of energy",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "biomassa"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "organic matter from living things which were recently alive used as a fuel or source of energy",
"word": "haykimpal"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "organic matter from living things which were recently alive used as a fuel or source of energy",
"word": "biyokütle"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "organic matter from living things which were recently alive used as a fuel or source of energy",
"word": "sinh khối"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "organic matter from living things which were recently alive used as a fuel or source of energy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "biomas"
}
],
"word": "biomass"
}
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