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"word": "stâlp de felinar"
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"sense": "pole that holds up a light",
"word": "เสาโคม"
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"sense": "pole that holds up a light",
"word": "cột đèn"
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"word": "lyhtypylväs"
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"word": "საფანრე ბოძი"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "fonárʹ",
"sense": "pole that holds up a light",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фона́рь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "fonárnyj stolb",
"sense": "pole that holds up a light",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фона́рный столб"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "pole that holds up a light",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kandeláber"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "pole that holds up a light",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stĺp pouličného osvetlenia"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "pole that holds up a light",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kandelaber"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pole that holds up a light",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "farola"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pole that holds up a light",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "farol"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pole that holds up a light",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poste de luz"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "pole that holds up a light",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "lyktstolpe"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sǎo-koom",
"sense": "pole that holds up a light",
"word": "เสาโคม"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "lixtár",
"sense": "pole that holds up a light",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ліхта́р"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "lixtárnyj stovp",
"sense": "pole that holds up a light",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ліхта́рний стовп"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "pole that holds up a light",
"word": "cột đèn"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "pole that holds up a light",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "polyn lamp"
}
],
"word": "lamppost"
}
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