See knee-high on Wiktionary
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"word": "mi-bas"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kniestrumpf"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
"word": "térdzokni"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gambaletto"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "nī hai sokkusu",
"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
"word": "ニーハイソックス"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "hai sokkusu",
"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
"word": "ハイソックス"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "nī sokkusu",
"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
"word": "ニーソックス"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "ni sakseu",
"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
"word": "니 삭스"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "hai sakseu",
"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
"word": "하이 삭스"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "ni hai sakseu",
"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
"word": "니 하이 삭스"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "mureupyangmal",
"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
"word": "무릎양말"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "banseutaking",
"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
"word": "반스타킹"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zakolanówka"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "podkolanówka"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "golʹf",
"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гольф"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "knästrumpa"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "holʹf",
"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гольф"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
"word": "tất nhỡ"
}
],
"word": "knee-high"
}
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