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"sense": "hormone",
"word": "멜라토닌"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "hormone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "melatonīns"
},
{
"code": "or",
"lang": "Odia",
"roman": "melaṭoninô",
"sense": "hormone",
"word": "ମେଲାଟୋନିନ"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "hormone",
"word": "ملاتونین"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hormone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melatonina"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "melatonín",
"sense": "hormone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мелатони́н"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hormone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melatonina"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "hormone",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "melatonin"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "melaṭṭōṉiṉ",
"sense": "hormone",
"word": "மெலட்டோனின்"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "hormone",
"word": "เมลาโทนิน"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hormone",
"word": "melatonin"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "melatonín",
"sense": "hormone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мелатоні́н"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "hormone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "melatonin"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"melatonin"
],
"word": "melatonin"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (46b31b8 and c7ea76d). 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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