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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person who comforts",
"word": "täkki"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person who comforts",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Bettdecke"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person who comforts",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Plumeau"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person who comforts",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Plümo"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "páploma",
"sense": "person who comforts",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "πάπλωμα"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "person who comforts",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sæng"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "lêfe",
"sense": "person who comforts",
"word": "لێفە"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "person who comforts",
"word": "lihêf"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "person who comforts",
"word": "yurẍan"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "jorgan",
"sense": "person who comforts",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "јорган"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "person who comforts",
"word": "golchóón"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person who comforts",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kołdra"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "person who comforts",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "colcha"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stjóganoje vátnoje odejálo",
"sense": "person who comforts",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "стёганое ва́тное одея́ло"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person who comforts",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "јорган"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person who comforts",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "jorgan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "person who comforts",
"word": "yorgan"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "person who comforts",
"word": "nước xả quần áo"
}
],
"word": "comforter"
}
{
"called_from": "page/2517",
"msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: 'padded cover', 2: 'duvet', 3: 'quilt', 4: 'continental quilt'}",
"path": [
"comforter",
"trans-top-see"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "comforter",
"trace": ""
}
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