See conundrum on Wiktionary
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],
"word": "δίλημμα"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "difficult choice or decision",
"word": "dilemma"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "difficult choice or decision",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dilemma"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "difficult choice or decision",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "enigma"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nedoúmica",
"sense": "difficult choice or decision",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "недоу́мица"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "diléma",
"sense": "difficult choice or decision",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "диле́ма"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "difficult choice or decision",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dylemat"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "difficult choice or decision",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dilema"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "difficult choice or decision",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dilemă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dilémma",
"sense": "difficult choice or decision",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "диле́мма"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "difficult choice or decision",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dilimma"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "difficult choice or decision",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nimma"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "difficult choice or decision",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dubbiu"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "difficult choice or decision",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "interrogante"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "difficult choice or decision",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dilema"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "difficult choice or decision",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "enigma"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "difficult choice or decision",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "dilemma"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Conimbricenses"
],
"word": "conundrum"
}
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