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"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "French pragmatique",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "fr",
"3": "pragmatique"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from French pragmatique",
"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from French pragmatique.",
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{
"form": "pragmatică",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "pragmatici",
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"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"feminine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "pragmatic",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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"indefinite",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "pragmatică",
"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "pragmatici",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "pragmatice",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "pragmaticul",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "pragmatica",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"feminine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "pragmaticii",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "pragmaticele",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"feminine",
"neuter",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "pragmatic",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "pragmatice",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "pragmatici",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "pragmatice",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "pragmaticului",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"genitive",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "pragmaticei",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "pragmaticilor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "pragmaticelor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"feminine",
"genitive",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "pragmatic m or n (feminine singular pragmatică, masculine plural pragmatici, feminine and neuter plural pragmatice)",
"name": "ro-adj"
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"name": "ro-decl-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Romanian adjectives",
"Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
"Romanian lemmas",
"Romanian terms borrowed from French",
"Romanian terms derived from French"
],
"glosses": [
"pragmatic"
],
"links": [
[
"pragmatic",
"pragmatic#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
]
}
],
"word": "pragmatic"
}
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