See nest egg on Wiktionary
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"neuter"
],
"word": "Nestei"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "fóli",
"sense": "egg placed in a bird's nest",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "φώλι"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "fólos",
"sense": "egg placed in a bird's nest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "φώλος"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apofóli",
"sense": "egg placed in a bird's nest",
"tags": [
"dialectal"
],
"word": "αποφώλι"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "egg placed in a bird's nest",
"word": "uovo per nido"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "egg placed in a bird's nest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nidiandolo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "egg placed in a bird's nest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "endice"
},
{
"code": "lzz",
"lang": "Laz",
"roman": "p̌ifoli",
"sense": "egg placed in a bird's nest",
"word": "პიჶოლი"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "fol",
"sense": "egg placed in a bird's nest",
"word": "فول"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "egg placed in a bird's nest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zbuk"
},
{
"code": "pnt",
"lang": "Pontic Greek",
"roman": "fól’",
"sense": "egg placed in a bird's nest",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "φώλ’"
},
{
"code": "pnt",
"lang": "Pontic Greek",
"roman": "pifóli",
"sense": "egg placed in a bird's nest",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "πιφώλι"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pódkladenʹ",
"sense": "egg placed in a bird's nest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "по́дкладень"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obmánnoje jajcó",
"sense": "egg placed in a bird's nest",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "обма́нное яйцо́"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "egg placed in a bird's nest",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "boägg"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "egg placed in a bird's nest",
"word": "fol"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "spestjavanija",
"sense": "savings",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "спестявания"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "savings",
"word": "coixí"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "savings",
"word": "appeltje voor de dorst"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "savings",
"word": "pesämuna"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "savings",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bas de laine"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "savings",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "peto"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "savings",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "petiño"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "savings",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Notgroschen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "savings",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "finanzielles Polster"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "savings",
"word": "dugipénz"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "savings",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cillín"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "savings",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gruzzolo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "savings",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "risparmio"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "savings",
"word": "pūtea penapena"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "savings",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zaskórniak"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "savings",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "economias"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "savings",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pé-de-meia"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sbereženija",
"sense": "savings",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "сбережения"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "savings",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "ahorros"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "savings",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "peculio"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "savings",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "colchón"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "savings",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hucha"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "savings",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wy addod"
}
],
"word": "nest egg"
}
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