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"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "a paragraph mark",
"word": "paragrafo zeinu"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "a paragraph mark",
"word": "afsnitstegn"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a paragraph mark",
"word": "alineateken"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a paragraph mark",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "pied-de-mouche"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a paragraph mark",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "antígrafo"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a paragraph mark",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Absatzzeichen"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a paragraph mark",
"word": "bekezdésjel"
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{
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"sense": "a paragraph mark",
"tags": [
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"word": "piede di mosca"
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"alt": "だんらくきごう",
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"roman": "danraku kigō",
"sense": "a paragraph mark",
"word": "段落記号"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dallak giho",
"sense": "a paragraph mark",
"word": "단락 기호"
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"sense": "a paragraph mark",
"word": "paraf"
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{
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"sense": "a paragraph mark",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "avsnittstegn"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a paragraph mark",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pé de mosca"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "punkt znak",
"sense": "a paragraph mark",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "пункт знак"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a paragraph mark",
"tags": [
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"word": "signo de antígrafo"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a paragraph mark",
"tags": [
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"word": "calderón"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a paragraph mark",
"word": "alinea"
}
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