See penitentiary on Wiktionary
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "penitenciáren",
"sense": "of or relating to prison",
"word": "пенитенциа́рен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izpravítelen",
"sense": "of or relating to prison",
"word": "изправи́телен"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of or relating to prison",
"word": "vězeňský"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "of or relating to prison",
"word": "pønitentiær"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "of or relating to prison",
"word": "straffe-"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of or relating to prison",
"word": "vankila-"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of or relating to prison",
"word": "pénitentiaire"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of or relating to prison",
"word": "Gefängnis-"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sofronistikós",
"sense": "of or relating to prison",
"word": "σωφρονιστικός"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "of or relating to prison",
"word": "fengsels-"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of or relating to prison",
"word": "więzienny"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "penitɛnciárnyj",
"sense": "of or relating to prison",
"word": "пенитенциа́рный тюре́мный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ispravítelʹnyj",
"sense": "of or relating to prison",
"word": "исправи́тельный"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "of or relating to prison",
"word": "väzenský"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vʺjaznýčnyj",
"sense": "of or relating to prison",
"word": "в'язни́чний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tjurémnyj",
"sense": "of or relating to prison",
"word": "тюре́мний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "penitenciárnyj",
"sense": "of or relating to prison",
"word": "пенітенціа́рний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vypravnýj",
"sense": "of or relating to prison",
"word": "виправни́й"
}
],
"word": "penitentiary"
}
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