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},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act of seducing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sedução"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obolʹščénije",
"sense": "act of seducing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "обольще́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sovraščénije",
"sense": "act of seducing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "совраще́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "temptation",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "soblázn",
"sense": "act of seducing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "собла́зн"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "act of seducing",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "zvádzanie"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "act of seducing",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "zapeljevanje"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of seducing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "seducción"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "pralōbhamu",
"sense": "act of seducing",
"word": "ప్రలోభము"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "act of seducing",
"word": "sự quyến rũ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "act of seducing",
"word": "sự dụ dỗ"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "act of seducing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "llithio"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "act of seducing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "llithiad"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"seduction"
],
"word": "seduction"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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