See significant other on Wiktionary
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "romantic partner, regardless of marital status",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cara-metade"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "spútnik žízni",
"sense": "romantic partner, regardless of marital status",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "спу́тник жи́зни"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "spútnica žízni",
"sense": "romantic partner, regardless of marital status",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "спу́тница жи́зни"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vtorája polovína",
"sense": "romantic partner, regardless of marital status",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "втора́я полови́на"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozljúblennyj",
"sense": "romantic partner, regardless of marital status",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "возлю́бленный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozljúblennaja",
"sense": "romantic partner, regardless of marital status",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "возлю́бленная"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "romantic partner, regardless of marital status",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "novio"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "romantic partner, regardless of marital status",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "novia"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "romantic partner, regardless of marital status",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "media naranja"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"note": "not used in Swedish (See boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife or Swedish terms sambo and särbo instead.)",
"sense": "romantic partner, regardless of marital status"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "romantic partner, regardless of marital status",
"word": "eş"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "romantic partner, regardless of marital status",
"word": "partner"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "drúha polovýnka",
"sense": "romantic partner, regardless of marital status",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дру́га полови́нка"
}
],
"word": "significant other"
}
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