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"ipa": "/əˈsiːtɪl/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "univalent radical",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acetil"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "univalent radical",
"word": "acetilo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "univalent radical",
"word": "asetyyli"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "univalent radical",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acétyl"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"lang_code": "io",
"sense": "univalent radical",
"word": "acetilo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "univalent radical",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acetile"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "univalent radical",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "acetyl"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"sense": "univalent radical",
"word": "استیل"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "univalent radical",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acetyl"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "univalent radical",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acetil"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "univalent radical",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acetilo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "univalent radical",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acetil"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "univalent radical",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "acetyl"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "univalent radical",
"word": "asetil"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"lang_code": "ota",
"roman": "asetil",
"sense": "univalent radical",
"word": "استیل"
}
],
"word": "acetyl"
}
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