See mermaid on Wiktionary
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"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "руса́лка"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "siréna",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сірэ́на"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "najáda",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ная́да"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "motsśokonna",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "মৎস্যকন্যা"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "morská siréna",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "морска́ сире́на"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rusalka",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "русалка"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "resuma.",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "ရေသူမ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirena"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "jan⁴ jyu⁴",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "人魚 /人鱼"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "mei⁵ jan⁴ jyu⁴",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "美人魚 /美人鱼"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "rényú",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "人魚 /人鱼"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "měirényú",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "美人魚 /美人鱼"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "morvoren"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mořská panna"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "havfrue"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zeemeermin"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "meermin"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "sireno"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "marvirino"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "merineitsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "havfrúgv"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sævarmoy"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "merenneito"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirène"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "serea"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "kaltevza",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "ქალთევზა"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ali",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "ალი"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sirinozi",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "სირინოზი"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Nixe"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Wassernixe"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Seejungfrau"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Meerjungfrau"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "gorgóna",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "γοργόνα"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "seirína",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σειρήνα"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "wahine hiʻu iʻa"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "he",
"english": "bat yam",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "בַּת יָם"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jalparī",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "जलपरी"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "matsyāṅgnā",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "मत्स्यांगना"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "hableány"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "sellő"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hafmey"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "sireno"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "putri duyung"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "maighdean mhara"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "murúch"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirena"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"alt": "にんぎょ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ningyo",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "人魚"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "su perısı",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "су перісі"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "macchaanuʼ",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "មច្ឆានុ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "rĕəʼksaʼsəy",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "រក្សសី"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"alt": "人魚",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ineo",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "인어"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "kum",
"lang": "Kumyk",
"roman": "suwanası",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "суванасы"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "suu perisi",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "суу периси"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "nāng ngư̄ak",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "ນາງເງືອກ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "ngư̄ak",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "ເງືອກ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sirena"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "femina marina"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "puella marina"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "semipuella marina"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oceanide"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Nereis"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nāra"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "undinė"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "siréna",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сире́на"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "morska samovila",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "морска самовила"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "morska vila",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "морска вила"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "ikan duyung"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirena"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "chʼikę́ę́h łóóʼ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "havfrue"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "havfru"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "havfrue"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "pari-ye daryâyi",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "پری دریایی"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "syrena"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rusałka"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "panna wodna"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "boginka"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sereia"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirenă"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rusálka",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "руса́лка"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "siréna",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сире́на"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "najáda",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ная́да"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "morskája déva",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "морска́я де́ва"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "maighdeann-mhara"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "сирена"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "sirena"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "morská panna"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "morska deklica"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirena"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nereida"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bicha"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bestión"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sjöjungfru"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "havsfru"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "sirena"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "pari-yi obi",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "парии обӣ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "su anası",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "су анасы"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "matsyakanya",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "మత్స్యకన్య"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "naang-ngʉ̂ʉak",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "นางเงือก"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "ngʉ̂ʉak",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "เงือก"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "deniz kızı"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "denizkızı"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "susulu"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "susuna"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "meermin"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "sireno"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "marvirino"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "merineitsi"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "havfrúgv"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sævarmoy"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "merenneito"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirène"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "serea"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "kaltevza",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "ქალთევზა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ali",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "ალი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sirinozi",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "სირინოზი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Nixe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Wassernixe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Seejungfrau"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Meerjungfrau"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "gorgóna",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "γοργόνα"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "seirína",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σειρήνα"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "wahine hiʻu iʻa"
},
{
"code": "he",
"english": "bat yam",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "בַּת יָם"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jalparī",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "जलपरी"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "matsyāṅgnā",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "मत्स्यांगना"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "hableány"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "sellő"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hafmey"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "sireno"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "putri duyung"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "maighdean mhara"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "murúch"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirena"
},
{
"alt": "にんぎょ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ningyo",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "人魚"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "su perısı",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "су перісі"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "macchaanuʼ",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "មច្ឆានុ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "rĕəʼksaʼsəy",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "រក្សសី"
},
{
"alt": "人魚",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ineo",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "인어"
},
{
"code": "kum",
"lang": "Kumyk",
"roman": "suwanası",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "суванасы"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "suu perisi",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "суу периси"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "nāng ngư̄ak",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "ນາງເງືອກ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "ngư̄ak",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "ເງືອກ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sirena"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "femina marina"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "puella marina"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "semipuella marina"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oceanide"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Nereis"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nāra"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "undinė"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "siréna",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сире́на"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "morska samovila",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "морска самовила"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "morska vila",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "морска вила"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "ikan duyung"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirena"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "chʼikę́ę́h łóóʼ"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "havfrue"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "havfru"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "havfrue"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "pari-ye daryâyi",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "پری دریایی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "syrena"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rusałka"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "panna wodna"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "boginka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sereia"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirenă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rusálka",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "руса́лка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "siréna",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сире́на"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "najáda",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ная́да"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "morskája déva",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "морска́я де́ва"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "maighdeann-mhara"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "сирена"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "sirena"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "morská panna"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "morska deklica"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirena"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nereida"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bicha"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bestión"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sjöjungfru"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "havsfru"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "sirena"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "pari-yi obi",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "парии обӣ"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "su anası",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "су анасы"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "matsyakanya",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "మత్స్యకన్య"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "naang-ngʉ̂ʉak",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "นางเงือก"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "ngʉ̂ʉak",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "เงือก"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "deniz kızı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "denizkızı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "susulu"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "susuna"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "suw perisi"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rusálka",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "руса́лка"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "syréna",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сире́на"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "najáda",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ная́да"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "morsʹká díva",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "морська́ ді́ва"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "morsʹká pánna",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "морська́ па́нна"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "su perisi",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "سۇ پەرىسى"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "rusalka"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "suv parisi"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "nhân ngư"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "người cá"
},
{
"alt": "美人魚",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "mỹ nhân ngư"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "tiên cá"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"word": "nàng tiên cá"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "môr-forwyn"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "yam-meydl",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ים־מיידל"
},
{
"code": "zea",
"lang": "Zealandic",
"sense": "mythological woman with a fish’s tail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "merreminne"
}
],
"word": "mermaid"
}
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