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"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin -atorium (neuter of -atorius). By surface analysis, -ate + -ory.",
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"word": "-ational"
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"glosses": [
"Forms nouns that represent things or places where a specified activity takes place"
],
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "-atoire"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"code": "it",
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}
],
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}
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