"musk" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /mʌsk/ [UK] Audio: en-au-musk.ogg [Australia] Forms: musks [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌsk Etymology: From Middle English muske, borrowed from Old French musc, from Late Latin muscus, from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian [script needed] (mwšk' /⁠mušk⁠/) whence Persian مشک (mošk). Ultimately from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”), the shape of the gland of animals secreting the substance being compared to human testicles, a diminutive of मूष् (mūṣ, “mouse”), the shape of human testicles being compared to mice, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s (“mouse”). Cognate with mouse. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|muske}} Middle English muske, {{der|en|fro|musc}} Old French musc, {{der|en|LL.|muscus}} Late Latin muscus, {{der|en|grc|μόσχος}} Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), {{der|en|pal|tr=mwšk'|ts=mušk}} Middle Persian [script needed] (mwšk' /⁠mušk⁠/), {{cog|fa|مشک|tr=mošk}} Persian مشک (mošk), {{der|en|sa|मुष्क|t=testicle}} Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”), {{m|sa|मूष्|gloss=mouse}} मूष् (mūṣ, “mouse”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*muh₂s|t=mouse}} Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s (“mouse”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} musk (countable and uncountable, plural musks)
  1. A greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Bodily fluids Translations (greasy secretion with powerful odour): مِسْك (misk) [masculine] (Arabic), մուշկ (mušk) (Armenian), কস্তুরী (kosturi) (Bengali), мускус (muskus) [masculine] (Bulgarian), almesc [masculine] (Catalan), 麝香 (siā-hiuⁿ) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 麝香 (se⁶ hoeng¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 麝香 (shèxiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), pižmo [neuter] (Czech), musk (Danish), moskus (Danish), muskus [feminine] (Dutch), mosko (Esperanto), muskus (Estonian), myski (Finnish), musc [masculine] (French), Moschus [masculine] (German), Bisam [masculine] (German), מושק (mushk) [masculine] (Hebrew), कस्तूरी (kastūrī) [feminine] (Hindi), मुश्क (muśk) [masculine] (Hindi), pézsma (Hungarian), mosko (Ido), kesturi (Indonesian), musc [masculine] (Irish), muschio [masculine] (Italian), 麝香 (jakō) (alt: じゃこう) (Japanese), dhèdhès (Javanese), kasturi (Javanese), 사향 (sahyang) (alt: 麝香) (Korean), muscus [masculine] (Latin), мошус (mošus) (Macedonian), миск (misk) [masculine] (Macedonian), kasturi (Malay), കസ്തൂരി (kastūri) (Malayalam), ဂဒဵု (Mon), заарь (zaarʹ) (Mongolian), katthūrikā [feminine] (Pali), مشک (mošk) (Persian), piżmo [neuter] (Polish), almíscar [masculine] (Portuguese), 𑀓𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀽𑀭𑀺𑀬𑀸 (katthūriyā) [feminine] (Prakrit), 𑀓𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀽𑀭𑀻 (katthūrī) (Prakrit), ਕਸਤੂਰੀ (kastūrī) [feminine] (Punjabi), mosc [neuter] (Romanian), му́скус (múskus) (Russian), कस्तूरी (kastūrī) [feminine] (Sanskrit), कस्तूरिका (kastūrikā) [feminine] (Sanskrit), see also कस्तूरी (Sanskrit), мо̀шус [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mošus [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), almizcle (Spanish), zabadi (Swahili), mysk [common-gender] (Swedish), almiskle (Tagalog), కస్తూరి (kastūri) (Telugu), གླ་རྩི་ (gla rtsi) (Tibetan), misk (Turkish), му́скус (múskus) [masculine] (Ukrainian), مشک (muśk) [masculine] (Urdu), xạ hương (alt: 麝香) (Vietnamese), mwsg [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-musk-en-noun-snoYrQj9 Disambiguation of Bodily fluids: 12 17 12 5 11 4 13 14 8 3 Disambiguation of 'greasy secretion with powerful odour': 38 12 11 11 4 2 8 9 6
  2. A similar secretion produced by the otter and the civet. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Bodily fluids
    Sense id: en-musk-en-noun-pTSzxI30 Disambiguation of Bodily fluids: 12 17 12 5 11 4 13 14 8 3
  3. A synthetic organic compound used as a substitute for the above. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Bodily fluids Categories (lifeform): Asparagus family plants, Cervids, Lamiales order plants
    Sense id: en-musk-en-noun-hqEUBQGm Disambiguation of Bodily fluids: 12 17 12 5 11 4 13 14 8 3 Disambiguation of Asparagus family plants: 7 5 11 5 13 4 21 25 5 4 Disambiguation of Cervids: 10 10 20 6 15 7 12 15 4 2 Disambiguation of Lamiales order plants: 8 6 18 5 12 7 18 19 4 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 6 25 6 9 9 15 18 2 1
  4. The odour of musk. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-musk-en-noun-0FMsJLZ8
  5. A musk deer (genus Moschus). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Bodily fluids Categories (lifeform): Asparagus family plants, Lamiales order plants
    Sense id: en-musk-en-noun-cK85N8lb Disambiguation of Bodily fluids: 12 17 12 5 11 4 13 14 8 3 Disambiguation of Asparagus family plants: 7 5 11 5 13 4 21 25 5 4 Disambiguation of Lamiales order plants: 8 6 18 5 12 7 18 19 4 4
  6. A muskflower (Erythranthe moschata). Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-musk-en-noun-3LU8ktSa
  7. A plant of the genus Erodium (Erodium moschatum); the musky heronsbill. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Bodily fluids Categories (lifeform): Asparagus family plants, Geraniales order plants, Lamiales order plants
    Sense id: en-musk-en-noun-N-IBtO9f Disambiguation of Bodily fluids: 12 17 12 5 11 4 13 14 8 3 Disambiguation of Asparagus family plants: 7 5 11 5 13 4 21 25 5 4 Disambiguation of Geraniales order plants: 6 4 16 3 11 5 26 21 5 3 Disambiguation of Lamiales order plants: 8 6 18 5 12 7 18 19 4 4
  8. A plant of the genus Muscari; grape hyacinth. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Bodily fluids Categories (lifeform): Asparagus family plants, Lamiales order plants
    Sense id: en-musk-en-noun-ROKUuz5c Disambiguation of Bodily fluids: 12 17 12 5 11 4 13 14 8 3 Disambiguation of Asparagus family plants: 7 5 11 5 13 4 21 25 5 4 Disambiguation of Lamiales order plants: 8 6 18 5 12 7 18 19 4 4
  9. (slang, colloquial, vulgar) The scent of human genitalia when aroused or unwashed. Tags: colloquial, countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar Categories (topical): Scents
    Sense id: en-musk-en-noun-N6ceInHv Disambiguation of Scents: 20 6 3 18 3 1 3 3 26 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mouse, muscat, muscle, nutmeg

Verb [English]

IPA: /mʌsk/ [UK] Audio: en-au-musk.ogg [Australia] Forms: musks [present, singular, third-person], musking [participle, present], musked [participle, past], musked [past]
Rhymes: -ʌsk Etymology: From Middle English muske, borrowed from Old French musc, from Late Latin muscus, from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian [script needed] (mwšk' /⁠mušk⁠/) whence Persian مشک (mošk). Ultimately from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”), the shape of the gland of animals secreting the substance being compared to human testicles, a diminutive of मूष् (mūṣ, “mouse”), the shape of human testicles being compared to mice, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s (“mouse”). Cognate with mouse. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|muske}} Middle English muske, {{der|en|fro|musc}} Old French musc, {{der|en|LL.|muscus}} Late Latin muscus, {{der|en|grc|μόσχος}} Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), {{der|en|pal|tr=mwšk'|ts=mušk}} Middle Persian [script needed] (mwšk' /⁠mušk⁠/), {{cog|fa|مشک|tr=mošk}} Persian مشک (mošk), {{der|en|sa|मुष्क|t=testicle}} Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”), {{m|sa|मूष्|gloss=mouse}} मूष् (mūṣ, “mouse”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*muh₂s|t=mouse}} Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s (“mouse”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} musk (third-person singular simple present musks, present participle musking, simple past and past participle musked)
  1. (transitive) To perfume with musk. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-musk-en-verb-o9sJobJI

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} musk
  1. Alternative form of muske Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: muske
    Sense id: en-musk-enm-noun-1sctH-Yn Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "word": "cyclic musk"
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      "word": "musk rose"
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          "ref": "1607, [attributed to Thomas Tomkis], Lingva: Or The Combat of the Tongue, and the Five Senses for Superiority. A Pleasant Comœdie., London: Printed by G[eorge] Eld, for Simon Waterson, →OCLC, act IV, scene iii",
          "text": "Your onely way to make a good pomander, is this. Take an ownce of the pureſt garden mould, clenſed and ſteeped ſeauen daies in change of motherleſſe roſe water, then take the beſt Labdanum, Benioine, both Storaxes, amber greece, and Ciuet, and muſke, incorporate them together, and work them into what form you pleaſe; this, if your breath bee not to valiant, will make you ſmell as ſweete as my Ladies dogge.",
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          "code": "ar",
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          "tags": [
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          "roman": "mušk",
          "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
          "word": "մուշկ"
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          "code": "bn",
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          "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
          "word": "কস্তুরী"
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          "roman": "muskus",
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          "tags": [
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          "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "almesc"
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          "_dis1": "38 12 11 11 4 2 8 9 6",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "se⁶ hoeng¹",
          "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
          "word": "麝香"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 12 11 11 4 2 8 9 6",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "siā-hiuⁿ",
          "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "麝香"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shèxiāng",
          "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
          "word": "麝香"
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        {
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pižmo"
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        {
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
          "word": "musk"
        },
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          "_dis1": "38 12 11 11 4 2 8 9 6",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
          "word": "moskus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 12 11 11 4 2 8 9 6",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "muskus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 12 11 11 4 2 8 9 6",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
          "word": "mosko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 12 11 11 4 2 8 9 6",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
          "word": "muskus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 12 11 11 4 2 8 9 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
          "word": "myski"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 12 11 11 4 2 8 9 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "musc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 12 11 11 4 2 8 9 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Moschus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 12 11 11 4 2 8 9 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Bisam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 12 11 11 4 2 8 9 6",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "mushk",
          "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "מושק"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hi",
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          "code": "hu",
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          "code": "io",
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          "code": "id",
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          "_dis1": "38 12 11 11 4 2 8 9 6",
          "code": "ga",
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          "_dis1": "38 12 11 11 4 2 8 9 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
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        {
          "_dis1": "38 12 11 11 4 2 8 9 6",
          "alt": "じゃこう",
          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "jakō",
          "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
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        {
          "_dis1": "38 12 11 11 4 2 8 9 6",
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
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          "_dis1": "38 12 11 11 4 2 8 9 6",
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
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          "_dis1": "38 12 11 11 4 2 8 9 6",
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sahyang",
          "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
          "word": "사향"
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          "_dis1": "38 12 11 11 4 2 8 9 6",
          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
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          "code": "ms",
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          "code": "mnw",
          "lang": "Mon",
          "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
          "word": "ဂဒဵု"
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          "_dis1": "38 12 11 11 4 2 8 9 6",
          "code": "pi",
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          "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
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          "_dis1": "38 12 11 11 4 2 8 9 6",
          "code": "fa",
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          "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
          "word": "مشک"
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          "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "𑀓𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀽𑀭𑀺𑀬𑀸"
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          "code": "pa",
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          "code": "es",
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          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
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          "_dis1": "38 12 11 11 4 2 8 9 6",
          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
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          "code": "te",
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          "_dis1": "38 12 11 11 4 2 8 9 6",
          "code": "bo",
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          "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
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    {
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      "word": "muscone"
    },
    {
      "word": "musk cat"
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      "word": "musk cavy"
    },
    {
      "word": "musk duck"
    },
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      "taxonomic": "Abelmoschus moschatus",
      "word": "musk mallow"
    },
    {
      "word": "musk melon"
    },
    {
      "word": "musk oil"
    },
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      "taxonomic": "Abelmoschus moschatus",
      "word": "musk okra"
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    {
      "word": "musk ox"
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      "word": "musk pear"
    },
    {
      "word": "musk plum"
    },
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      "word": "musk rose"
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    {
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      "word": "musk shrew"
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      "word": "musk stick"
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    {
      "word": "musk thistle"
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      "word": "musk turtle"
    },
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      "word": "musk xylene"
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      "word": "nitro musk"
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          "text": "Your onely way to make a good pomander, is this. Take an ownce of the pureſt garden mould, clenſed and ſteeped ſeauen daies in change of motherleſſe roſe water, then take the beſt Labdanum, Benioine, both Storaxes, amber greece, and Ciuet, and muſke, incorporate them together, and work them into what form you pleaſe; this, if your breath bee not to valiant, will make you ſmell as ſweete as my Ladies dogge.",
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    {
      "glosses": [
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      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "մուշկ"
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      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "kosturi",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "কস্তুরী"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "muskus",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "мускус"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "almesc"
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    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "se⁶ hoeng¹",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "麝香"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
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      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "麝香"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shèxiāng",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "麝香"
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      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pižmo"
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    {
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "musk"
    },
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "moskus"
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      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "muskus"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "mosko"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "muskus"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "myski"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "musc"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Moschus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Bisam"
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "מושק"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "kastūrī",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "कस्तूरी"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "muśk",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "मुश्क"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "pézsma"
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    {
      "code": "io",
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    {
      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "kesturi"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "musc"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "muschio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じゃこう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jakō",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "麝香"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "dhèdhès"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "kasturi"
    },
    {
      "alt": "麝香",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sahyang",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "사향"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "muscus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mošus",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "мошус"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "misk",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "миск"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "kasturi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kastūri",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "കസ്തൂരി"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnw",
      "lang": "Mon",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "ဂဒဵု"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "zaarʹ",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "заарь"
    },
    {
      "code": "pi",
      "lang": "Pali",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "katthūrikā"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mošk",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "مشک"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "piżmo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "almíscar"
    },
    {
      "code": "inc-pra",
      "lang": "Prakrit",
      "roman": "katthūriyā",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𑀓𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀽𑀭𑀺𑀬𑀸"
    },
    {
      "code": "inc-pra",
      "lang": "Prakrit",
      "roman": "katthūrī",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "𑀓𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀽𑀭𑀻"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "kastūrī",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ਕਸਤੂਰੀ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mosc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "múskus",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "му́скус"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "kastūrī",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "कस्तूरी"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "kastūrikā",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "कस्तूरिका"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "see also कस्तूरी"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мо̀шус"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mošus"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "almizcle"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "zabadi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "mysk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "almiskle"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "kastūri",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "కస్తూరి"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "gla rtsi",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "གླ་རྩི་"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "misk"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "múskus",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "му́скус"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "muśk",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مشک"
    },
    {
      "alt": "麝香",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "word": "xạ hương"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "greasy secretion with powerful odour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mwsg"
    }
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  ],
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}

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