See velleity on Wiktionary
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wēiruò de yùwàng",
"sense": "slight wish with no effort to obtain",
"word": "微弱的欲望"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "slight wish with no effort to obtain",
"word": "haave"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "slight wish with no effort to obtain",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "velléité"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "slight wish with no effort to obtain",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sehnsucht"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "slight wish with no effort to obtain",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wunschtraum"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "slight wish with no effort to obtain",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "velleità"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "slight wish with no effort to obtain",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "veleidade"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poželánije",
"sense": "slight wish with no effort to obtain",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пожела́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "blagoje namérenije",
"sense": "slight wish with no effort to obtain",
"word": "благое наме́рение"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pómysel",
"sense": "slight wish with no effort to obtain",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "по́мысел"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "somewhat",
"roman": "mečtá",
"sense": "slight wish with no effort to obtain",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мечта́"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "slight wish with no effort to obtain",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "veleidad"
}
],
"word": "velleity"
}
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