See teddy bear on Wiktionary
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},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lovable man",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nounours (more often \"gros nounours\")"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "lovable man",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kosebamse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lovable man",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "papi chulo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lovable man",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "osito"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lovable man",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "nallebjörn"
}
],
"word": "teddy bear"
}
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