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{
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{
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{
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},
{
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"word": "fecund"
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{
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"word": "potent"
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"5": "barren, futile"
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"Unable to reproduce (or procreate)."
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"(not comparable) Unable to reproduce (or procreate)."
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}
],
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"code": "akl",
"lang": "Aklanon",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "baog"
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "ʕaqīm",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
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"word": "عَقِيم"
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"roman": "ʕaqīma",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"tags": [
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"roman": "ʕɐqiːm",
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"roman": "ʕɐqiːmɐ",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
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"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "amul",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "ամուլ"
},
{
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"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "չբեր"
},
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"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "ստերջ"
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"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "bawas"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bezploden",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "безплоден"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "estèril"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bùyùn-de",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "不孕的"
},
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "貧瘠的"
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"roman": "pínjí-de",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "贫瘠的"
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"roman": "wújūn-de",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "无菌的"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bù shēngyù-de",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "不生育的"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "neplodný"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "onvruchtbaar"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "steriel"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "malfekunda"
},
{
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "sterila"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "steriili"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "stérile"
},
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "maniña"
},
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"tags": [
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"word": "maniño"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "unfruchtbar"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "steíros",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "στείρος"
},
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "steîros",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "στεῖρος"
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{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "עקר"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ikar",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "עָקָר"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "steril"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "meddő"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "terméketlen"
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "steril"
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"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "sterile"
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{
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "aimrid"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "sterile"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "infertile"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"alt": "ふもう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fumō",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "不毛"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"alt": "ふにん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "funin",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "不妊"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "sterilis"
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{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "horomata"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "bareyne"
},
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"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "steril"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "steril"
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{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "unberende"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kısır",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "قیصیر"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "setarvan",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "سترون"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "bezpłodny"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "estéril"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "besplódnyj",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "беспло́дный"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "xsb",
"lang": "Sambali",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "baog"
},
{
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "estéril"
},
{
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "steril"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "ofruktbar"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "baog"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bezplídnyj",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "безплі́дний"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "jakýj ne móže máty ditéj",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "яки́й не мо́же ма́ти діте́й"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sterýlʹnyj",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "стери́льний"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "vô sinh"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "war",
"lang": "Waray-Waray",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "baog"
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{
"_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "anffrwythlon"
}
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"Terse; lacking sentiment or emotional stimulation, as in a manner of speaking."
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"(figurative) Terse; lacking sentiment or emotional stimulation, as in a manner of speaking."
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"Fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive."
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"(figurative) Fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive."
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bezrezultaten",
"sense": "fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive",
"word": "безрезултатен"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive",
"word": "meddő"
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{
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive",
"word": "terméketlen"
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"sense": "fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive",
"word": "haszontalan"
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{
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive",
"word": "céltalan"
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"sense": "fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive",
"word": "bezpłodny"
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"Germless; free from all living or viable microorganisms."
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"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "steril",
"sense": "germless",
"word": "ստերիլ"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "manrēazerc",
"sense": "germless",
"word": "մանրէազերծ"
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"_dis1": "1 8 7 68 9 8",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sterilen",
"sense": "germless",
"word": "стерилен"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 7 68 9 8",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "germless",
"word": "estèril"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 7 68 9 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "germless",
"word": "無菌的"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "germless",
"word": "无菌的"
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{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "germless",
"word": "sterilní"
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{
"_dis1": "1 8 7 68 9 8",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "germless",
"word": "steril"
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{
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "germless",
"word": "sterila"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "germless",
"word": "stérile"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 7 68 9 8",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "germless",
"word": "estéril"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 7 68 9 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "germless",
"word": "steril"
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{
"_dis1": "1 8 7 68 9 8",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aposteiroménos",
"sense": "germless",
"word": "αποστειρωμένος"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 7 68 9 8",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "steíros",
"sense": "germless",
"word": "στείρος"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 7 68 9 8",
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "germless",
"word": "bakteriaqanngitsoq"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 7 68 9 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "germless",
"word": "steril"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 7 68 9 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "germless",
"word": "tiszta"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 7 68 9 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "germless",
"word": "csíramentes"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 7 68 9 8",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "germless",
"word": "steril"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 7 68 9 8",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "germless",
"word": "sterile"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 7 68 9 8",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "germless",
"word": "steiriúil"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 7 68 9 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "germless",
"word": "sterile"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 7 68 9 8",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "germless",
"word": "steril"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 7 68 9 8",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
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"code": "ar",
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{
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{
"code": "hy",
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"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "չբեր"
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{
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"word": "ստերջ"
},
{
"code": "bcl",
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"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "bawas"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"word": "безплоден"
},
{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "estèril"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bùyùn-de",
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"word": "不孕的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"word": "貧瘠的"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"code": "cmn",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"word": "不生育的"
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"code": "cs",
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],
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
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"word": "onvruchtbaar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "unable to reproduce",
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{
"code": "eo",
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"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "malfekunda"
},
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"word": "sterila"
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},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "stérile"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "maniño"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "unfruchtbar"
},
{
"code": "el",
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},
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"code": "grc",
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"code": "he",
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},
{
"code": "he",
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "unable to reproduce",
"word": "meddő"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "unable to reproduce",
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"code": "ga",
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"code": "it",
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"code": "uk",
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"code": "vi",
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "el",
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"glosses": [
"vain, pointless"
],
"links": [
[
"vain",
"vain"
],
[
"pointless",
"pointless"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"unproductive"
],
"links": [
[
"unproductive",
"unproductive"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈstɛ.ri.le/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛrile"
}
],
"word": "sterile"
}
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "adjective form"
},
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"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin adjective forms",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin non-lemma forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "sterilis"
}
],
"glosses": [
"nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of sterilis"
],
"links": [
[
"sterilis",
"sterilis#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"accusative",
"form-of",
"neuter",
"nominative",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"word": "sterile"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "adjective form"
},
"expansion": "sterile",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Bokmål adjective forms",
"Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
"Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "steril"
}
],
"glosses": [
"definite singular/plural of steril"
],
"links": [
[
"steril",
"steril#Norwegian Bokmål"
]
],
"tags": [
"definite",
"form-of",
"plural",
"singular"
]
}
],
"word": "sterile"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "adjective form"
},
"expansion": "sterile",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Nynorsk adjective forms",
"Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header",
"Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms"
],
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{
"word": "steril"
}
],
"glosses": [
"definite singular/plural of steril"
],
"links": [
[
"steril",
"steril#Norwegian Nynorsk"
]
],
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"definite",
"form-of",
"plural",
"singular"
]
}
],
"word": "sterile"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "adjective form"
},
"expansion": "sterile",
"name": "head"
}
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"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Swedish adjective forms",
"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish non-lemma forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "steril"
}
],
"glosses": [
"definite natural masculine singular of steril"
],
"links": [
[
"steril",
"steril#Swedish"
]
],
"tags": [
"definite",
"form-of",
"masculine",
"natural",
"singular"
]
}
],
"word": "sterile"
}
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