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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "reḳruiṭeri",
"sense": "recruiter",
"word": "რეკრუიტერი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳadrebis aq̇vanis agenṭi",
"sense": "recruiter",
"word": "კადრების აყვანის აგენტი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳadrebis šemrčevi",
"sense": "recruiter",
"word": "კადრების შემრჩევი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "recruiter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Headhunter"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kynigós kefalón",
"sense": "recruiter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κυνηγός κεφαλών"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "recruiter",
"word": "fejvadász"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "recruiter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "łowca głów"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "recruiter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "caçador de talentos"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "recruiter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "recrutador"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "recruiter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "recruiter"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "recruiter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "recrutor"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oxótnik za golovámi",
"sense": "recruiter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "охо́тник за голова́ми"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oxótnik za umámi",
"sense": "recruiter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "охо́тник за ума́ми"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "recruiter",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "huvudjägare"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "recruiter",
"word": "personel avcısı"
}
],
"word": "headhunter"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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