See personification on Wiktionary
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prosopopeya"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "literary device",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "personifikation"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "literary device",
"word": "sadiwantao"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "literary device",
"word": "บุคคลวัต"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "literary device",
"word": "tecessüm"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "personifikácija",
"sense": "literary device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "персоніфіка́ція"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "literary device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "personoliad"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human",
"word": "pertsonifikazio"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎplǎštenie",
"sense": "artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "въплъщение"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "personificació"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "personificering"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "personificatie"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human",
"word": "henkilöitymä"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "personificación"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Personifizierung"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human",
"word": "megszemélyesítés"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "personificazione"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "personifikasjon"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "personifisering"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "personifikasjon"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "personifisering"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "uosobienie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "animizacja"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ożywienie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "personificação"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "personifikácija",
"sense": "artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "персонифика́ция"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "personifikacija"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "personificación"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human",
"word": "tecessüm"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"personification"
],
"word": "personification"
}
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