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],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pʻoxarinoġ",
"sense": "performer who understudies",
"word": "փոխարինող"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "krknordičʻ",
"sense": "performer who understudies",
"word": "կրկնորդիչ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dubljor",
"sense": "performer who understudies",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дубльор"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "performer who understudies",
"word": "varanäyttelijä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "performer who understudies",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "doublure"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "performer who understudies",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Einspringer"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "performer who understudies",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aisteoir ionaid"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "performer who understudies",
"word": "doppio"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "performer who understudies",
"word": "piki"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "performer who understudies",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "substituto"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "performer who understudies",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "substituta"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "performer who understudies",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dublură"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dubljór",
"sense": "performer who understudies",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дублёр"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "performer who understudies",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "suplente"
}
],
"word": "understudy"
}
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