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"sense": "false statement",
"word": "hāwatewate"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xudal",
"sense": "false statement",
"word": "худал"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "false statement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "løgn"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "false statement",
"word": "falsetat"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "false statement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "falsièra"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "false statement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Lieej"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "false statement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fałsz"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ložʹ",
"sense": "false statement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ложь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "falʹšʹ",
"sense": "false statement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "фальшь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neprávda",
"sense": "false statement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "непра́вда"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "mithyā",
"sense": "false statement",
"word": "मिथ्या"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "asatya",
"sense": "false statement",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "असत्य"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "false statement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "falsedad"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "false statement",
"word": "waike"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "false statement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "minte"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "false statement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mintreye"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "lǎžlívost",
"sense": "trait of a person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лъжли́вост"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "trait of a person",
"word": "epärehellisyys"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "trait of a person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Falschheit"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "trait of a person",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Falschsein"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "trait of a person",
"word": "menzognero"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "trait of a person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "perfidia"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "trait of a person",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "falskhet"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "trait of a person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "falsetat"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "trait of a person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "falsièra"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lžívostʹ",
"sense": "trait of a person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лжи́вость"
}
],
"word": "falsehood"
}
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