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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the act of staying or remaining in expectation",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "czekanie"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ožidánije",
"sense": "the act of staying or remaining in expectation",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ожида́ние"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čekánnja",
"sense": "the act of staying or remaining in expectation",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "чека́ння"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "servirane",
"sense": "attendance, service",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "сервиране"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obslužvane",
"sense": "attendance, service",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "обслужване"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "attendance, service",
"word": "bedienen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "attendance, service",
"word": "palvelu"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"waiting"
],
"word": "waiting"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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