See Uncle Sam in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"rhymes": "-æm"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "al-ʕamm sām",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "اَلْعَمّ سَام"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "Kʻeṙi Sem",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"word": "Քեռի Սեմ"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tíu Sam"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"word": "Sem dayı"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"word": "Osaba Sam"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "Dzjadzʹka Sem",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Дзядзька Сэм"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "Čičo Sam",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Чичо Сам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Oncle Sam"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Shānmǔ dàshū",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"word": "山姆大叔"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Strýček Sam"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"word": "Onu Sam"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"word": "Setä Samuli"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Oncle Sam"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tío Sam"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Uncle Sam"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "bármpa-Sam",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "μπάρμπα-Σαμ"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "Theíos Sam",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Θείος Σαμ"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Sámur frændi"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"word": "Paman Sam"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Zio Sam"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Ankuru-Samu",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"word": "アンクル・サム"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "Eongkeul Saem",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"word": "엉클 샘"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tēvocis Sems"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dėdė Semas"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "čičko Sem",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "чичко Сем"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"word": "Pakcik Sam"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "aṅkiḷ sāṁ",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"word": "അങ്കിൾ സാം"
},
{
"code": "mwl",
"lang": "Mirandese",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"word": "Tiu Sam"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"word": "Nihidáʼí Sam"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Oncle Sam"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "'amu sâm",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"word": "عمو سام"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wuj Sam"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tio Sam"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "djádja Sɛm",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дя́дя Сэм"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ујка Сем"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ujka Sem"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tío Sam"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "Onkel Sam"
},
{
"code": "th",
"english": "lung saem",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"word": "ลุงแซม"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"word": "Sam Amca"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "Djadʹko Sem",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Дядько Сем"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"word": "Chú Sam"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wncl Sam"
}
],
"word": "Uncle Sam"
}
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