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{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
"word": "fri programvare"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
"word": "نرمافزار آزاد"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "wolne oprogramowanie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "software livre"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "software liber"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svobódnoje prográmmnoje obespečénije",
"sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "свобо́дное програ́ммное обеспече́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svobódnyj soft",
"sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свобо́дный софт"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "SPO",
"sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "СПО"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svobodnyje programmy",
"sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
"word": "свободные программы"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
"word": "software liberu"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
"word": "bathar-bog saor"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "slobodni softver"
},
{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "nidahas mr̥dukāṁga",
"sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
"word": "නිදහස් මෘදුකාංග"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
"word": "slobodný softvér"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "svobodna programska oprema"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
"word": "prosto programje"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "software libre"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fri programvara"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "kaṭṭaṟu meṉporuḷ",
"sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
"word": "கட்டறு மென்பொருள்"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
"word": "hür yazılım"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
"word": "özgür yazılım"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"free software"
],
"word": "free software"
}
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