See stepping stone on Wiktionary
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"synonyms": [
{
"word": "means"
},
{
"word": "way"
},
{
"word": "stepping-stone"
},
{
"word": "steppingstone"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "osnovopolágašt kámǎk",
"sense": "stone used to cross something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "основопола́гащ ка́мък"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "diànjiǎoshí",
"sense": "stone used to cross something",
"word": "墊腳石 /垫脚石"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "stone used to cross something",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "trædesten"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "stone used to cross something",
"word": "travadoŝtono"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "stone used to cross something",
"word": "askelkivi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "stone used to cross something",
"word": "see pas japonais and gué"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "stone used to cross something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Trittstein"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "stone used to cross something",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "stiklur"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "stone used to cross something",
"word": "batu loncatan"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "stone used to cross something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sasseto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "stone used to cross something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "selciaia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "stone used to cross something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acciottolato"
},
{
"alt": "とびいし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tobiishi",
"sense": "stone used to cross something",
"word": "飛び石"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "stone used to cross something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kamień do przechodzenia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "stone used to cross something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poldra"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "stone used to cross something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pondra"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "stone used to cross something",
"word": "alpondra"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "no exact term exists",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kámenʹ, polóžennyj dlja perexóda",
"sense": "stone used to cross something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ка́мень, поло́женный для перехо́да"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kámenʹ-pristúpka",
"sense": "stone used to cross something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ка́мень-присту́пка"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "stone used to cross something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "clacharan"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "stone used to cross something",
"word": "batong tuntungan"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "diànjiǎoshí",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"word": "墊腳石 /垫脚石"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "springbræt"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "trædesten"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"word": "travadoŝtono"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"word": "ponnahduslauta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"word": "astinlauta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "marchepied"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tremplin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "palier"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Sprungbrett"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "maqpetzá",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מַקְפֵּצָה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"word": "ugródeszka"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stökkpallur"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"word": "batu loncatan"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "viatico"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolino di lancio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolino"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kamień milowy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolim"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stupénʹka",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ступе́нька"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tramplín",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "трампли́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stártovaja ploščádka",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ста́ртовая площа́дка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "placdárm",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "плацда́рм"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolín"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"word": "batong tuntungan"
}
],
"word": "stepping stone"
}
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