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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "type of sound",
"word": "-phone"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "type of sound",
"word": "-fón"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "type of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-fono"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "type of sound",
"word": "-fon"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "type of sound",
"word": "-fon"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "type of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-fon"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "type of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-fone"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "device that makes a sound",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "-fon"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "device that makes a sound",
"word": "-foon"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "device that makes a sound",
"word": "-phone"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "device that makes a sound",
"word": "-fon"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "device that makes a sound",
"word": "-fon"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "device that makes a sound",
"word": "-fon"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "device that makes a sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-fon"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "device that makes a sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-fone"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "speaker of a certain language",
"word": "-foon"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "speaker of a certain language",
"word": "-phone"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "speaker of a certain language",
"word": "-fón"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "speaker of a certain language",
"word": "-ul/-ül beszélő"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "speaker of a certain language",
"word": "ajkú"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "washa",
"sense": "speaker of a certain language",
"word": "話者"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "speaker of a certain language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-fono"
}
],
"word": "-phone"
}
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