See footfall on Wiktionary
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "sound made by a footstep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tupot"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tópot",
"sense": "sound made by a footstep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "то́пот"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sound made by a footstep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "topot"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sound made by a footstep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bat"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sound made by a footstep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zvuk koraka"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "sound made by a footstep",
"word": "yabag"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "sound made by a footstep",
"word": "yapak"
},
{
"code": "zu",
"lang": "Zulu",
"sense": "sound made by a footstep",
"word": "isígqi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "number of pedestrians going into or passing through a place during a specified time period; pedestrians in a particular place regarded collectively",
"word": "jalankulkijamäärä"
}
],
"word": "footfall"
}
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