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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "computing term",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "metalingua"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "meta gengo",
"sense": "computing term",
"word": "メタ言語"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "computing term",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "metajęzyk"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "computing term",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "metalinguagem"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "metajazýk",
"sense": "computing term",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "метаязы́к"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "computing term",
"word": "อภิภาษา"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "computing term",
"word": "üstdil"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "metamóva",
"sense": "computing term",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "метамо́ва"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"metalanguage"
],
"word": "metalanguage"
}
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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