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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "transparent; allowing light to pass through",
"word": "durchsichtig"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "diafanís",
"sense": "transparent; allowing light to pass through",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "διαφανής"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "diaphanḗs",
"sense": "transparent; allowing light to pass through",
"word": "διαφανής"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "transparent; allowing light to pass through",
"word": "átlátszó"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "transparent; allowing light to pass through",
"word": "diafana"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "transparent; allowing light to pass through",
"word": "trasparente"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "transparent; allowing light to pass through",
"word": "ialino"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "transparent; allowing light to pass through",
"word": "ażurowy"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "transparent; allowing light to pass through",
"word": "proziran"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "transparent; allowing light to pass through",
"word": "providan"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "transparent; allowing light to pass through",
"word": "dijafan"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "transparent; allowing light to pass through",
"word": "diáfano"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "transparent; allowing light to pass through",
"word": "genomskinlig"
}
],
"word": "diaphanous"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": diafanís vs. diafanís",
"path": [
"diaphanous"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "diaphanous",
"trace": ""
}
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