See fleck on Wiktionary
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "petno",
"sense": "small spot",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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{
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"feminine"
],
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"sense": "small spot",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "flek"
},
{
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "small spot",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "flíček"
},
{
"code": "cs",
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"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "small spot",
"word": "spikkel"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "small spot",
"word": "täplä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "small spot",
"word": "pilkku"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "small spot",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tache"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "small spot",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Fleck"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "small spot",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "puntino"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "small spot",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "flekk"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "small spot",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mancha"
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{
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"lang": "Portuguese",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"sense": "small spot",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кра́пинка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pjatnó",
"sense": "small spot",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "пятно́"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mota"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
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"common-gender"
],
"word": "fläck"
}
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{
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},
{
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izpǎstrjam",
"sense": "to mark with small spots",
"word": "изпъстрям"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to mark with small spots",
"word": "bespikkelen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to mark with small spots",
"word": "besprenkeln"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to mark with small spots",
"word": "täplittää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to mark with small spots",
"word": "moucheter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to mark with small spots",
"word": "tacheter"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to mark with small spots",
"word": "manchar"
}
],
"word": "fleck"
}
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