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"sense": "weather condition",
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "weather condition",
"word": "whiteout"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "weather condition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "blanc dehors"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "weather condition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jour blanc"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "weather condition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "temps laiteux"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "weather condition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voile blanc"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bélaja mgla",
"sense": "weather condition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "бе́лая мгла"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "weather condition",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "snörök"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "weather condition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "flatljus"
}
],
"word": "whiteout"
}
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