See dexter on Wiktionary
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},
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"error-unrecognized-form",
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"masculine",
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]
},
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"feminine",
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"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
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]
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"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dexterele",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"feminine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
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"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dexterei",
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"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dexterilor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dexterelor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"feminine",
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}
],
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"name": "ro-adj"
}
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}
],
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
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"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Romanian adjectives",
"Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
"Romanian learned borrowings from Latin",
"Romanian lemmas",
"Romanian terms borrowed from Latin",
"Romanian terms derived from Latin"
],
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"dexterous"
],
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[
"dexterous",
"dexterous"
]
],
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"neuter"
]
}
],
"word": "dexter"
}
Download raw JSONL data for dexter meaning in All languages combined (23.9kB)
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"title": "dexter",
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}
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}
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],
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}
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"called_from": "inflection/735",
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}
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