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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "anything intended to conceal something undesirable",
"word": "viikunanlehti"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything intended to conceal something undesirable",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Feigenblatt"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sykí",
"sense": "anything intended to conceal something undesirable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "συκή"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "'alé tēná",
"sense": "anything intended to conceal something undesirable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "עֲלֵה תְאֵנָה"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "anything intended to conceal something undesirable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "seift"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "anything intended to conceal something undesirable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "foglia di fico"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "anything intended to conceal something undesirable",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fikenblad"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "anything intended to conceal something undesirable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "listek figowy"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "fígovyj listók",
"sense": "anything intended to conceal something undesirable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фи́говый листо́к"
}
],
"word": "fig leaf"
}
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