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"masculine"
],
"word": "zócalo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "base for column, pedestal or statue",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sockel"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "base for column, pedestal or statue",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "piedestal"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "base for column, pedestal or statue",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "plint"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "postamént",
"sense": "base for column, pedestal or statue",
"word": "постаме́нт"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pʺjedestal",
"sense": "base for column, pedestal or statue",
"word": "п'єдестал"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "bottom course of stones supporting a wall",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sòcol"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "bottom course of stones supporting a wall",
"word": "kivijalka"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "bottom course of stones supporting a wall",
"word": "sokkeli"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bottom course of stones supporting a wall",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zoccolo"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "bottom course of stones supporting a wall",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plint"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "bottom course of stones supporting a wall",
"word": "sòcle"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bottom course of stones supporting a wall",
"word": "fundato"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "cókolʹ",
"sense": "bottom course of stones supporting a wall",
"word": "цо́коль"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidnížok",
"sense": "bottom course of stones supporting a wall",
"word": "підні́жок"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidmúrok",
"sense": "bottom course of stones supporting a wall",
"word": "підму́рок"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "base for a cabinet",
"word": "jalusta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "base for a cabinet",
"word": "sokkeli"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "base for a cabinet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "soco"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "cókolʹna panélʹ",
"sense": "base for a cabinet",
"word": "цо́кольна пане́ль"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"plinth"
],
"word": "plinth"
}
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