See scale on Wiktionary
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"word": "Raglan's scale"
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"2": "スケール",
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"text": "→ Japanese: スケール (sukēru)"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English scale, from Latin scāla, usually in plural scālae (“a flight of steps, stairs, staircase, ladder”), for *skand-slā, from scandō (“I climb”); see scan, ascend, descend, etc. Doublet of scala.",
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"word": "Byzantine Music scale"
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"word": "chromatic scale"
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"word": "diatonic scale"
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"word": "gapped scale"
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"word": "modal scale"
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"word": "musical scale"
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"word": "octatonic scale"
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"word": "pentatonic scale"
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"word": "Persian scale"
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"word": "Phrygian dominant scale"
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"word": "whole-tone scale"
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"word": "Celsius scale"
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"word": "Delisle scale"
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"word": "Fahrenheit scale"
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"word": "Kelvin scale"
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"word": "length scale"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Newton scale"
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"word": "Planck scale"
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"word": "Rankine scale"
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"word": "Réaumur scale"
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"word": "Rømer scale"
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"word": "Antoniadi scale"
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"word": "Baumé scale"
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"word": "Beaufort scale"
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"word": "Beck's scale"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Bortle scale"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Bristol stool scale"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "check scale"
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"word": "communicable scale"
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"word": "cosmological scale"
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"word": "diagonal scale"
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"word": "dynamic scale"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "engineer's scale"
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"word": "ensign scale"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "felt scale"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Fitzpatrick scale"
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{
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"word": "F-scale"
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"word": "Fujita scale"
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{
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"word": "Garn scale"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Hamilton-Norwood scale"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Holmes-Rahe scale"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "HO scale"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Indian wax scale"
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{
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"word": "Kardashev scale"
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"word": "Ludwig scale"
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"word": "megascale"
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"word": "Mohs' scale"
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"word": "Norwood scale"
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"word": "N scale"
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"word": "Pauling scale"
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"word": "pay scale"
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"word": "pernicious scale"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Pomeroy scale"
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{
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"word": "Prader scale"
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"word": "Quigley scale"
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{
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"word": "ratio scale"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Ravel scale"
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{
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"word": "reducing scale"
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"word": "Saffir-Simpson scale"
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"word": "scale-down"
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"word": "scale-up"
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"word": "Scoville scale"
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"word": "Shepard scale"
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{
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"word": "short scale"
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"word": "sliding scale"
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"word": "Tanner scale"
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"word": "tone scale"
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"word": "Torino scale"
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{
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"word": "Wentworth scale"
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"(obsolete) A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending."
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"text": "Please rate your experience on a scale from 1 to 10.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "The magnitude of an earthquake is measured on the open-ended Richter scale.",
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"An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement; means of assigning a magnitude."
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[
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"roman": "miqyās",
"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"word": "սանդղակ"
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"word": "miqyas"
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "škalá",
"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "шкала́"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "skála",
"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "ска́ла"
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{
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "escala"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chǐdù",
"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"word": "尺度"
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{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"word": "標度"
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{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "biāodù",
"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"word": "标度"
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"code": "crh",
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"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"word": "şkala"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "stupnice"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"word": "skala"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "schaal"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"word": "asteikko"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "échelle"
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"_dis1": "1 56 4 0 23 1 2 6 7",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escala"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Skala"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "klímaka",
"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "κλίμακα"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sulam",
"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"tags": [
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"word": "סולם"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"word": "scala"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "memori",
"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"word": "目盛り"
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "kyōdo",
"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"word": "強度"
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{
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tōkyū",
"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"word": "等級"
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "nun'geum",
"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"word": "눈금"
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "cheokdo",
"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"word": "척도"
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"code": "lt",
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"sense": "sequence for measurement",
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"word": "skaalata"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to change size of",
"word": "muuttaa mittakaavaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to change size of",
"word": "suurentaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"english": "scale down",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to change size of",
"word": "pienentää"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to change size of",
"word": "muuttaa kokoa"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"english": "scale up",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to change size of",
"word": "agrandir"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"english": "scale down",
"lang": "French",
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"word": "réduire"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to change size of",
"word": "skalieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to change size of",
"word": "whakatauine"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to change size of",
"word": "escalar"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "masštabírovatʹ",
"sense": "to change size of",
"word": "масштаби́ровать"
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"_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to change size of",
"word": "škálovať"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
"code": "es",
"english": "scale up",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to change size of",
"word": "agrandar"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
"code": "es",
"english": "scale down",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to change size of",
"word": "reducir"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to change size of",
"word": "skala"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to change size of",
"word": "ölçeklemek"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to change size of",
"word": "ölçeklendirmek"
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{
"text": "Hilary and Norgay were the first known to have scaled Everest.",
"type": "example"
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{
"ref": "1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter IX, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:",
"text": "At last I came to the great barrier-cliffs; and after three days of mad effort—of maniacal effort—I scaled them. I built crude ladders; I wedged sticks in narrow fissures; I chopped toe-holds and finger-holds with my long knife; but at last I scaled them. Near the summit I came upon a huge cavern.",
"type": "quote"
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{
"ref": "1932, Dorothy L Sayers, chapter 1, in Have his Carcase:",
"text": "A solitary rock is always attractive. All right-minded people feel an overwhelming desire to scale and sit upon it.",
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{
"ref": "1941, Theodore Roethke, “Feud”, in Open House; republished in The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke, 1975, →ISBN, page 4:",
"text": "The dead leap at the throat, destroy\nThe meaning of the day; dark forms\nHave scaled your walls, and spies betray\nOld secrets to amorphous swarms.",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"word": "катеря се"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to climb",
"word": "kiivetä"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 83 9 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to climb",
"word": "kivuta"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 83 9 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to climb",
"word": "escalader"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 83 9 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to climb",
"word": "besteigen"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 83 9 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to climb",
"word": "erklimmen"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 83 9 4",
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"word": "klimar"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 83 9 4",
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"sense": "to climb",
"word": "登る"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 83 9 4",
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"word": "scandō"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 83 9 4",
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},
{
"_dis1": "4 83 9 4",
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"sense": "to climb",
"word": "kake"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 83 9 4",
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"sense": "to climb",
"word": "piki"
},
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"_dis1": "4 83 9 4",
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"sense": "to climb",
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{
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"word": "escalar"
},
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"sense": "to climb",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
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},
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"word": "escalar"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 83 9 4",
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"lang": "Swedish",
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"word": "bestiga"
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{
"_dis1": "4 83 9 4",
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"word": "tırmanmak"
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"text": "That architecture won't scale to real-world environments.",
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"_dis1": "5 3 90 2",
"code": "fi",
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"word": "skaalautua"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 90 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to tolerate increases in throughput",
"word": "mukautua"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 90 2",
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "to tolerate increases in throughput",
"word": "見合う"
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{
"_dis1": "5 3 90 2",
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"sense": "to tolerate increases in throughput",
"word": "škálovať"
}
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"ref": "c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:",
"text": "Scaling his present bearing with his past.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1962 July, G. Freeman Allen, “The New \"Rheingold\"”, in Modern Railways, page 25:",
"text": "The kitchen-dining-buffet car scales 49.2 tons.",
"type": "quote"
}
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[
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[
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],
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{
"_dis1": "3 3 3 91",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to weigh",
"word": "punnita"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 3 3 91",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to weigh",
"word": "vážiť"
}
]
}
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"UK"
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"tags": [
"General-American",
"UK"
]
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "citricola scale"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "cotton scale"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "iron scale"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lac scale"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lateral scale"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "leaf-scale"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "mill scale"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "paraffin scale"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "San Jose scale"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "scale armor"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "scale leaf"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "scales fall from someone's eyes"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "scale tree"
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},
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{
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"name": "cog"
}
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"ref": "1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:",
"text": "Fish that, with their fins and shining scales, / Glide under the green wave.",
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[
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"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "ain",
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"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "ラㇺラㇺ"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "luspë"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "ar",
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"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "ar",
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"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
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"word": "թեփ"
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{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
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"word": "թեփուկ"
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{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "az",
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"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "axça"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
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"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "тәңкә"
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{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
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{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
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"word": "sisik"
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"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
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"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
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{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
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"word": "အကြေး"
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{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
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{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "mel",
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"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "sisiek"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "mel",
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"word": "nap"
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{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "ccc",
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"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "ijtaka"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "ny",
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"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "mamba"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "鱗"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "cmn",
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"word": "鳞"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "šupina"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "da",
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"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "skæl"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
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],
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{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
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"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "S:n:f-t:N33C"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "skvamo"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "soomus"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "suomu"
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{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "écaille"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "kercli",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "ქერცლი"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "kerkli",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "ქერქლი"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "kicvi",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "ქიცვი"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schuppe"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "lépi",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "λέπι"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "lepís",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "λεπίς"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "tattak"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "unahi"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kaskas",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "קשקש"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "papṛī",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "पपड़ी"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "pikkely"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "hrx",
"lang": "Hunsrik",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schullep"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "hrx",
"lang": "Hunsrik",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schupp"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "sisik"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "soomus"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scaglia"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "squama"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "uroko",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "鱗"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qabyrşaq",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "қабыршақ"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "srɑɑkaa",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "ស្រកា"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "kqr",
"lang": "Kimaragang",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "sisi"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bineul",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "비늘"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"alt": "いりちー",
"code": "xug",
"lang": "Kunigami",
"roman": "irichī",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "鱗"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kabırcık",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "кабырчык"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kabık",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "кабык"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "ket",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "ເກັດ"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "khǭt",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "ຂອດ"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "squāma"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "zvīņas"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "lnj",
"lang": "Linngithigh",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "iwin"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "žvynai"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "krluška",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "крлушка"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "sisik"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "unahi"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xajrs",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "хайрс"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "êcrède"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "skjell"
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{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "skjel"
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{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escata"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escauma"
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{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "placa"
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"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"alt": "いりち",
"code": "ryu",
"lang": "Okinawan",
"roman": "irichi",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "鱗"
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"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sċiell"
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"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "fals",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "فلس"
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"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "haršaf",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "حرشف"
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"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "łuska"
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"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escama"
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"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "solz"
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{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scuamă"
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"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "чешуя́"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "кр̏љӯшт"
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{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "љу̏ска"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "kȑljūšt"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ljȕska"
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{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scagghia"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "šupina"
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{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "luska"
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"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escama"
},
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"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "fjäll"
},
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"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "mvv",
"lang": "Tagal Murut",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "sisi'"
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{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "kaliskis"
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{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "pulakča",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "пулакча"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "polusu",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "పొలుసు"
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{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "glèt",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "เกล็ด"
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{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "pul"
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{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "lúska",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лу́ска"
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{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "tangacha"
},
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"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "vảy"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
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"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "bdr",
"lang": "West Coast Bajau",
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"word": "sisik"
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"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
"code": "yi",
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"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
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"neuter"
],
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"_dis1": "27 5 9 1 13 13 9 14 1 9",
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"word": "pul"
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"word": "suomu"
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"feminine"
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"word": "鱗片"
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"feminine"
],
"word": "чешу́йка"
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"feminine"
],
"word": "squame"
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"_dis1": "6 2 72 2 6 3 2 2 1 4",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "flake of skin",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "Schuppe"
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"feminine"
],
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"feminine"
],
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}
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"feminine"
],
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"feminine",
"plural"
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},
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},
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"source": "w+disamb"
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[
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},
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"Entry maintenance"
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},
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},
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},
{
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},
{
"_dis": "1 3 2 1 13 15 13 18 1 9 2 3 1 3 4 7 6",
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},
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},
{
"_dis": "1 3 3 2 12 13 10 15 1 11 1 3 1 2 5 10 7",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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[
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"masculine"
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"_dis": "1 3 2 1 13 15 13 18 1 9 2 3 1 3 4 7 6",
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}
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"Entry maintenance"
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},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 1 2 5 3 6 1 2 1 1 7 7 12 19 0 6 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 6 4",
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},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 1 3 7 3 3 1 2 1 1 8 9 7 10 1 6 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 3 5 5 3 2 0 1",
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
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},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 1 3 7 3 3 1 2 1 1 9 9 7 10 0 6 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 5 10 1 0 1",
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"name": "Pages with 3 entries",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 2 0 2 1 3 8 3 4 0 2 0 0 10 11 8 12 0 6 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 5 8 1 0 0",
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"name": "Pages with entries",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 3 3 2 3 3 5 6 3 1 2 2 1 6 8 5 8 1 6 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 1 2 4 7 3",
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"name": "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 2 1 2 2 3 6 3 4 1 2 1 1 9 9 8 12 1 7 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 6 4",
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"name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 2 4 5 4 5 1 2 2 1 9 9 7 12 1 6 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 6 4",
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"name": "Terms with Armenian translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 2 4 5 4 5 1 2 2 1 9 9 8 12 1 7 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 6 4",
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"name": "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 2 4 5 4 4 1 2 2 1 9 9 10 13 1 6 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 4 4",
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"name": "Terms with Belarusian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 2 4 5 4 4 1 2 2 1 9 9 7 12 1 6 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 6 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 2 2 2 2 3 6 4 5 1 2 3 1 8 8 7 11 1 6 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 6 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Burmese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 1 2 2 1 9 9 8 12 1 7 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 7 4",
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"name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
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},
{
"_dis": "1 2 2 2 2 4 6 5 5 1 2 2 2 8 8 7 11 1 6 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 6 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Czech translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 1 3 5 3 4 1 2 1 1 8 8 15 16 0 7 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 6 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Danish translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 2 3 5 3 4 1 2 1 1 9 8 9 15 0 5 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 1 3 6 3 4 1 2 1 1 9 10 8 14 0 8 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 6 5",
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"name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 2 4 5 4 5 1 2 2 1 9 9 8 12 1 6 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 6 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Estonian translations",
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},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 2 3 5 4 5 1 2 2 1 9 9 9 12 1 6 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 4",
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},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 2 3 5 3 4 1 2 1 2 9 8 9 12 0 5 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 5 4",
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"name": "Terms with French translations",
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},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 2 4 5 4 4 1 2 2 1 9 9 8 12 1 6 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 6 4",
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"name": "Terms with Galician translations",
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},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 1 3 5 3 4 1 2 1 1 9 9 10 16 1 6 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 4",
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"name": "Terms with German translations",
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},
{
"_dis": "2 3 4 2 2 3 6 4 3 1 2 2 1 8 7 7 11 0 5 2 2 4 1 1 2 1 2 4 5 4",
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"name": "Terms with Greek translations",
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},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 3 4 5 4 5 1 2 1 1 9 9 8 12 1 6 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 5 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hebrew translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 2 3 2 2 3 6 5 4 1 2 3 1 7 7 8 12 1 5 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 6 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 2 4 5 4 5 1 2 2 1 9 9 8 12 1 6 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 6 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Indonesian translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 1 3 6 3 4 1 2 1 1 10 10 11 14 0 6 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 5",
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"name": "Terms with Italian translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 1 3 6 3 4 1 2 1 1 10 10 9 14 0 6 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 4",
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"name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 1 2 2 1 9 9 8 12 1 7 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 6 4",
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"name": "Terms with Khmer translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 2 4 5 4 4 1 2 2 1 9 9 8 12 1 7 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 6 4",
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"name": "Terms with Korean translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 1 3 6 3 4 1 2 1 1 10 10 9 15 0 6 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 5",
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"name": "Terms with Latin translations",
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},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 2 4 5 4 5 1 2 2 1 9 9 8 12 1 6 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 6 4",
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"name": "Terms with Latvian translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 2 4 5 4 5 1 2 2 1 9 9 8 12 1 6 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 6 4",
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"name": "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
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},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 2 4 5 4 5 1 2 2 1 9 9 8 12 1 7 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 6 4",
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"name": "Terms with Malay translations",
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},
{
"_dis": "2 2 3 2 2 3 6 4 3 1 2 2 1 8 8 8 11 1 6 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 7 4",
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"name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 1 2 2 1 9 9 7 15 1 7 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 6 4",
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},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 2 4 5 4 4 1 2 2 1 9 9 7 12 1 6 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 7 4",
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},
{
"_dis": "1 2 0 2 1 3 8 3 4 0 2 1 1 10 12 9 14 0 7 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 6",
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},
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"_dis": "1 2 1 2 3 4 5 4 5 1 2 2 1 8 9 7 12 1 6 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 6 4",
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},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 2 4 5 4 5 1 2 2 1 9 9 7 12 1 6 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 6 4",
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},
{
"_dis": "1 2 2 2 2 3 5 4 4 1 2 2 2 8 8 7 13 1 6 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 5 3",
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},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 3 2 3 7 4 5 1 2 2 1 9 9 7 12 1 6 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 6 4",
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},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 2 4 5 4 4 1 2 2 1 9 9 8 12 1 7 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 6 4",
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},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 1 3 6 3 4 1 2 1 1 9 9 11 14 0 6 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 4",
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},
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"_dis": "1 2 1 2 2 3 5 4 5 1 2 2 1 9 9 8 12 1 7 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 6 4",
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},
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"_dis": "1 2 1 2 2 4 5 4 5 1 2 2 1 9 9 8 12 1 6 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 6 4",
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{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 2 4 5 4 5 1 2 2 1 9 9 8 12 1 7 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 6 4",
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{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 1 3 6 3 4 1 2 1 1 10 11 9 13 0 6 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4",
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{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 1 2 2 1 9 9 9 12 0 7 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 6 4",
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},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 2 4 5 4 4 1 2 2 1 9 9 8 12 1 7 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 6 4",
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},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 1 2 2 1 9 10 8 13 0 7 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 6 4",
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},
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"_dis": "1 2 1 2 2 4 5 4 4 1 2 2 1 9 9 8 13 1 7 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 6 4",
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},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 1 2 2 1 9 9 9 12 1 7 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 6 4",
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},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 2 2 4 5 4 5 1 2 2 1 9 9 8 12 1 7 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 6 4",
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},
{
"_dis": "1 3 2 2 13 14 11 18 1 10 1 2 1 2 4 9 6",
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"name": "Terms with Ainu translations",
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},
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},
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"_dis": "1 3 2 1 13 13 14 18 1 10 1 2 1 2 4 9 6",
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"name": "Terms with Bashkir translations",
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},
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"_dis": "1 3 2 2 13 14 11 18 1 10 1 2 1 2 4 9 6",
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},
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"_dis": "1 3 1 1 14 15 13 20 1 9 1 1 1 2 4 7 7",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "1 3 1 1 13 14 12 19 1 10 1 2 1 2 4 9 6",
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},
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"_dis": "1 3 1 1 13 14 12 19 1 10 1 1 1 2 3 9 6",
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},
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"_dis": "1 2 1 1 11 11 16 29 0 8 1 1 1 1 3 8 6",
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},
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"_dis": "1 3 4 2 13 13 11 18 1 10 1 2 1 2 5 9 6",
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},
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"_dis": "1 2 3 2 13 13 11 17 1 9 1 3 1 2 5 10 6",
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"name": "Terms with Georgian translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "1 3 1 1 13 14 12 19 1 10 1 2 1 2 4 9 6",
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},
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"_dis": "1 3 2 2 13 14 11 18 1 10 1 2 1 2 4 9 6",
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},
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"_dis": "1 3 2 1 13 14 11 18 1 10 1 2 1 2 4 9 7",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 1 12 12 16 27 0 8 1 1 1 1 3 7 6",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "1 3 1 1 14 14 13 20 1 9 1 2 1 2 4 7 7",
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"name": "Terms with Ingrian translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 3 1 1 15 15 13 21 0 9 1 1 1 1 3 7 8",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "1 3 3 2 13 14 11 18 1 10 1 2 1 2 4 9 6",
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{
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{
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"sense": "sequence for measurement",
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"roman": "chǐdù",
"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"word": "尺度"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "sequence for measurement",
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{
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"roman": "biāodù",
"sense": "sequence for measurement",
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"sense": "sequence for measurement",
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"sense": "sequence for measurement",
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"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"tags": [
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],
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"sense": "sequence for measurement",
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],
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"sense": "sequence for measurement",
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{
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "sequence for measurement",
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{
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"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"word": "等級"
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"sense": "sequence for measurement",
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{
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"roman": "cheokdo",
"sense": "sequence for measurement",
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"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
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"sense": "sequence for measurement",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"sense": "sequence for measurement",
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{
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"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"word": "ప్రమాణము"
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"roman": "škalá",
"sense": "sequence for measurement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "masštab",
"sense": "size or scope",
"word": "մասշտաբ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "size or scope",
"word": "miqyas"
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{
"code": "be",
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"roman": "maštáb",
"sense": "size or scope",
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razmer",
"sense": "size or scope",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "size or scope",
"word": "規模"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "guīmó",
"sense": "size or scope",
"word": "规模"
},
{
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "size or scope",
"word": "şkala"
},
{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "size or scope",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"sense": "size or scope",
"tags": [
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],
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"sense": "size or scope",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "size or scope",
"word": "skaala"
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "échelle"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "size or scope",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mégethos",
"sense": "size or scope",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "size or scope",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "ja",
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{
"code": "ja",
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{
"code": "ko",
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"masculine"
],
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{
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"code": "fa",
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"text": "At last I came to the great barrier-cliffs; and after three days of mad effort—of maniacal effort—I scaled them. I built crude ladders; I wedged sticks in narrow fissures; I chopped toe-holds and finger-holds with my long knife; but at last I scaled them. Near the summit I came upon a huge cavern.",
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"ref": "1941, Theodore Roethke, “Feud”, in Open House; republished in The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke, 1975, →ISBN, page 4:",
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{
"code": "ain",
"lang": "Ainu",
"roman": "ramram",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "ラㇺラㇺ"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "luspë"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "fals",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "فَلْس"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥaršaf",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "حَرْشَف"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tʻepʻ",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "թեփ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tʻepʻuk",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "թեփուկ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "axça"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"note": "in fish",
"roman": "təñkə",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "тәңкә"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "ezkata"
},
{
"code": "sne",
"lang": "Bau Bidayuh",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "sisik"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "lúska",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лу́ска"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ljúspi",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "лю́спи"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "a.kre:",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "အကြေး"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escata"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "kalis"
},
{
"code": "mel",
"lang": "Central Melanau",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "sisiek"
},
{
"code": "mel",
"lang": "Central Melanau",
"note": "of fishes",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "nap"
},
{
"code": "ccc",
"lang": "Chamicuro",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "ijtaka"
},
{
"code": "ny",
"lang": "Chichewa",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "mamba"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "鱗"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lín",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "鳞"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "šupina"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "skæl"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "schub"
},
{
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"note": "of a fish",
"roman": "šnft",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "S:n:f-t:N33C"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "skvamo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "soomus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "suomu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "écaille"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "kercli",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "ქერცლი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "kerkli",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "ქერქლი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "kicvi",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "ქიცვი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schuppe"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "lépi",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "λέπι"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "lepís",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "λεπίς"
},
{
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "tattak"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "unahi"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kaskas",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "קשקש"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "papṛī",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "पपड़ी"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "pikkely"
},
{
"code": "hrx",
"lang": "Hunsrik",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schullep"
},
{
"code": "hrx",
"lang": "Hunsrik",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schupp"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "sisik"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "soomus"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scaglia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "squama"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "uroko",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "鱗"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qabyrşaq",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "қабыршақ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "srɑɑkaa",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "ស្រកា"
},
{
"code": "kqr",
"lang": "Kimaragang",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "sisi"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bineul",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "비늘"
},
{
"alt": "いりちー",
"code": "xug",
"lang": "Kunigami",
"roman": "irichī",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "鱗"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kabırcık",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "кабырчык"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kabık",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "кабык"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "ket",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "ເກັດ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "khǭt",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "ຂອດ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "squāma"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "zvīņas"
},
{
"code": "lnj",
"lang": "Linngithigh",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "iwin"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "žvynai"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "krluška",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "крлушка"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "sisik"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "unahi"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xajrs",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "хайрс"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "êcrède"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "skjell"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "skjel"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escata"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escauma"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "placa"
},
{
"alt": "いりち",
"code": "ryu",
"lang": "Okinawan",
"roman": "irichi",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "鱗"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sċiell"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "fals",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "فلس"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "haršaf",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "حرشف"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "łuska"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escama"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "solz"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scuamă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "češujá",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "чешуя́"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "кр̏љӯшт"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "љу̏ска"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "kȑljūšt"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ljȕska"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scagghia"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "šupina"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "luska"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escama"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "fjäll"
},
{
"code": "mvv",
"lang": "Tagal Murut",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "sisi'"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "kaliskis"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "pulakča",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "пулакча"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "polusu",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "పొలుసు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "glèt",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "เกล็ด"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "pul"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "lúska",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лу́ска"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "tangacha"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "vảy"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "tegül"
},
{
"code": "bdr",
"lang": "West Coast Bajau",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "sisik"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "shup",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "שופּ"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals",
"word": "pul"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "coloured chitin",
"word": "suomu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "coloured chitin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "écaille"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "rinpen",
"sense": "coloured chitin",
"word": "鱗片"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "češújka",
"sense": "coloured chitin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "чешу́йка"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "flake of skin",
"word": "hilse"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "flake of skin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "squame"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "flake of skin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schuppe"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "flake of skin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "łuska"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "češújka",
"sense": "flake of skin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "чешу́йка"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "flake of skin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "luska"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pine nut",
"word": "suomu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "pine nut",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "écaille"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "rinpen",
"sense": "pine nut",
"word": "鱗片"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "pine nut",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "zvīņas"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "pine nut",
"word": "kalisdahon"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "flaky material sloughed off heated metal",
"word": "ərp"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nakip",
"sense": "flaky material sloughed off heated metal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "накип"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "flaky material sloughed off heated metal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "okuj"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "flaky material sloughed off heated metal",
"word": "pajahilse"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "flaky material sloughed off heated metal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "barbure"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nákipʹ",
"sense": "flaky material sloughed off heated metal",
"word": "на́кипь"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "flaky material sloughed off heated metal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scagghia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "scale mail",
"word": "suomupanssari"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "scale mail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schuppenpanzer"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bargostvân",
"sense": "scale mail",
"word": "برگستوان"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "scale mail",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "fjällpansar"
}
],
"word": "scale"
}
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