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{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "unwholesome"
}
],
"derived": [
{
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"word": "wholesomely"
},
{
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"word": "wholesomeness"
}
],
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"1": "en",
"2": "holesome"
},
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},
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"2": "enm",
"3": "holsom"
},
"expansion": "Middle English holsom",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "holsum"
},
"expansion": "holsum",
"name": "m"
},
{
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"1": "enm",
"2": "helsum"
},
"expansion": "helsum",
"name": "m"
},
{
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"2": "halsum"
},
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{
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"2": "ang",
"3": "*hālsum"
},
"expansion": "Old English *hālsum",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "*hǣlsum"
},
"expansion": "*hǣlsum",
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"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*hailasam"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hailasamaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hailasamaz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "whole",
"3": "some",
"pos": "adjective"
},
"expansion": "whole + -some",
"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "heelsoam"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian heelsoam",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "heilzaam"
},
"expansion": "Dutch heilzaam",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds-de",
"2": "heelsaam"
},
"expansion": "German Low German heelsaam",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "heilsam"
},
"expansion": "German heilsam",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "heilsamur"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic heilsamur",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "helsesam"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk helsesam",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "hälsosam",
"3": "",
"4": "wholesome"
},
"expansion": "Swedish hälsosam (“wholesome”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From earlier holesome, from Middle English holsom, holsum, helsum, halsum, from Old English *hālsum, *hǣlsum, from Proto-West Germanic *hailasam, from Proto-Germanic *hailasamaz, equivalent to whole + -some. Cognate with Saterland Frisian heelsoam, Dutch heilzaam, German Low German heelsaam, German heilsam, Icelandic heilsamur, Norwegian Nynorsk helsesam, Swedish hälsosam (“wholesome”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more wholesome",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "wholesomer",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most wholesome",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "wholesomest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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"2": "er"
},
"expansion": "wholesome (comparative more wholesome or wholesomer, superlative most wholesome or wholesomest)",
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}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
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"glosses": [
"Promoting good physical health and well-being."
],
"id": "en-wholesome-en-adj-hFbQmWUr",
"links": [
[
"Promoting",
"promote"
],
[
"physical",
"physical"
],
[
"health",
"health"
],
[
"well-being",
"well-being"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "53 16 15 13 2",
"sense": "promoting health",
"word": "healthy"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 15 13 2",
"sense": "promoting health",
"word": "healthful"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 15 13 2",
"sense": "promoting health",
"word": "salubrious"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zdravoslóven",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "здравосло́вен"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "sund"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "helsebringende"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "saniga"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "heilsugóður"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "heilsugevandi"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "terveellinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "salubre"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "sain"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ǯanmrteli",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "ჯანმრთელი"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saɣi",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "საღი"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "gesund"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "heilsam"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "gesundheitsfördernd"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "gesundheitsförderlich"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "jótékony"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "egészséges"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "tápláló"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "folláin"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "salubre"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pólezen",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "по́лезен"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "blagótvoren",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "благо́творен"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "whakahauora"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "san"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "salubre"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "zdrowy"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "saudável"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poléznyj",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "поле́зный"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "blagotvórnyj",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "благотво́рный"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "saludable"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"note": "no equivalent term in Swedish",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "but see helylle"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "hälsosam"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "nyttig"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "sund"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "sağlıklı"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 22 16 9 5",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "promoting good health, and well-being",
"word": "sıhhatli"
}
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1750, “Theodora”, Thomas Morell (lyrics), George Frideric Handel (music)",
"text": "Though hard, my friends, yet wholesome are the truths, taught in affliction's school, whence the pure soul rises refined, and soars above the world.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Promoting moral and mental well-being."
],
"id": "en-wholesome-en-adj-kp7YuX1A",
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"Promoting",
"promote"
],
[
"well-being",
"well-being"
]
]
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"glosses": [
"Favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous."
],
"id": "en-wholesome-en-adj-nBmDGVDo",
"links": [
[
"morals",
"morals"
],
[
"religion",
"religion"
],
[
"prosperity",
"prosperity"
],
[
"sensible",
"sensible"
],
[
"salutary",
"salutary"
],
[
"virtue",
"virtue"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 5 83 4 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zdravoslóven",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "здравосло́вен"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 83 4 4",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "retskaffen"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 83 4 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "deugdelijk"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 83 4 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "hyveellinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 83 4 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "tervehenkinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 83 4 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "vertueux"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 83 4 4",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳetiltvisebiani",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "კეთილთვისებიანი"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 83 4 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "tugendhaft"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 83 4 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "rechtschaffen"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 83 4 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "üdvös"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 83 4 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "helyes"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 83 4 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "erényes"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 83 4 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "épületes"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 83 4 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "tanulságos"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 83 4 4",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dobrodételen",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "доброде́телен"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 83 4 4",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "vertuós"
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{
"_dis1": "4 5 83 4 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "íntegro"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 83 4 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dobrodetelʹnyj",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "добродетельный"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 83 4 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "blagonravnyj",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "благонравный"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 83 4 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "blagotvoran"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 83 4 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "íntegro"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 83 4 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"note": "no equivalent term in Swedish",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 83 4 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "but see helylle"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 83 4 4",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "erdemli"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 83 4 4",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "faziletli"
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"glosses": [
"Marked by wholeness; sound and healthy."
],
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"links": [
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"wholeness",
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"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 3 6 87 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zdravoslóven",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "здравосло́вен"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 6 87 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "zdravý"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 6 87 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "sund"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 6 87 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "sana"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 6 87 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "terve"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 6 87 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "sain"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 6 87 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "forte"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 6 87 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "san"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 6 87 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ǯanmrteli",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "ჯანმრთელი"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 6 87 1",
"code": "ka",
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"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "vertuós"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "íntegro"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dobrodetelʹnyj",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "добродетельный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "blagonravnyj",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "благонравный"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "blagotvoran"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "íntegro"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"note": "no equivalent term in Swedish",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "but see helylle"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "erdemli"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous",
"word": "faziletli"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zdravoslóven",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "здравосло́вен"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "zdravý"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "sund"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "sana"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "terve"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "sain"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "forte"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "san"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ǯanmrteli",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "ჯანმრთელი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saɣi",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "საღი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "gesund"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "förderlich"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "בריא"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "üdvös"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "egészséges"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "hasznos"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zdrav",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "здрав"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "hauora"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "san"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "salutar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zdorovyj",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "здоровый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "sano"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "hälsosam"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "nyttig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "sund"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "faydalı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "marked by wholeness; sound and healthy",
"word": "yaralı"
}
],
"word": "wholesome"
}
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