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"word": "дегенерува́ти"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cause to lose good or desirable qualities",
"word": "ontaarden"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to lose good or desirable qualities",
"word": "rappioittaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to lose good or desirable qualities",
"word": "rappeuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to lose good or desirable qualities",
"word": "degeneroida"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause to lose good or desirable qualities",
"word": "dégénérer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause to lose good or desirable qualities",
"word": "dégrader"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to lose good or desirable qualities",
"word": "entarten"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cause to lose good or desirable qualities",
"word": "degenerar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause to lose good or desirable qualities",
"word": "degenerar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to cause to lose good or desirable qualities",
"word": "dejenere etmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to cause to lose good or desirable qualities",
"word": "yozlaştırmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to cause to lose good or desirable qualities",
"word": "bozmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to cause to lose good or desirable qualities",
"word": "soysuzlaştırmak"
}
],
"word": "degenerate"
}
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"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "adj",
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"word": "degenerato"
}
],
"glosses": [
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],
"links": [
[
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"degenerato#Italian"
]
],
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]
}
],
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}
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"word": "degenerato"
}
],
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],
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]
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}
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{
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{
"word": "degenerata"
}
],
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],
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"degenerata",
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]
],
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]
}
],
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}
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{
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],
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"degenerare",
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]
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"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
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"second-person plural imperative"
],
"links": [
[
"degenerare",
"degenerare#Italian"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"imperative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
}
],
"word": "degenerate"
}
{
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{
"form": "dēgenerāte",
"tags": [
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]
}
],
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],
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"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin 5-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin non-lemma forms",
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}
],
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],
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[
"dēgenerō",
"degenero#Latin"
]
],
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}
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"ipa": "/deː.ɡe.neˈraː.te/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[d̪eːɡɛnɛˈräːt̪ɛ]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/de.d͡ʒe.neˈra.te/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[d̪ed͡ʒeneˈräːt̪e]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
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}
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"pos": "verb",
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{
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"Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
"Spanish non-lemma forms",
"Spanish verb forms"
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"word": "degenerar"
}
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],
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[
"degenerar",
"degenerar#Spanish"
],
[
"te",
"te#Spanish"
]
],
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"imperative",
"object-second-person",
"object-singular",
"second-person",
"singular",
"with-voseo"
]
}
],
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}
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