See stratagem on Wiktionary
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sūtēla"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "tactic",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "stratēgēma"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "tactic",
"word": "nuka"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "tactic",
"word": "rauhanga"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "tactic",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "list"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "tactic",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "krigslist"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "hile",
"sense": "tactic",
"word": "حیله"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "tactic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fortel"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "tactic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chwyt"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "tactic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zagrywka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "tactic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "estratagema"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "tactic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "maquinação"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ulóvka",
"sense": "tactic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "уло́вка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xítrostʹ",
"sense": "tactic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "хи́трость"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uxiščrénije",
"sense": "tactic",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ухищре́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stratagéma",
"sense": "tactic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "стратаге́ма"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "tactic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "estratagema"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "tactic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"business"
],
"word": "trafique"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "tactic",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "krigslist"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "chán-chəəng",
"sense": "tactic",
"word": "ชั้นเชิง"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "tactic",
"word": "harp hilesi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "tactic",
"word": "savaş hilesi"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "xytristʹ",
"sense": "tactic",
"word": "хитрість"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "trjuk",
"sense": "tactic",
"word": "трюк"
}
],
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}
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"name": "uder"
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"1": "fro",
"2": "grc",
"3": "στρατήγημα"
},
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"name": "uder"
}
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"forms": [
{
"form": "stratagem oblique singular or",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "stratagens",
"tags": [
"oblique",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"nominative",
"plural"
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"pos": "noun",
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"Old French masculine nouns",
"Old French nouns",
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"Old French terms derived from Latin",
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"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
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"strategy; stratagem"
],
"links": [
[
"strategy",
"strategy"
],
[
"stratagem",
"stratagem#English"
]
]
}
],
"word": "stratagem"
}
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