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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "the highest point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hápunktur"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the highest point",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "acme"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the highest point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "climax"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the highest point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apice"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the highest point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "culmine"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pik",
"sense": "the highest point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пик"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kulʹminacija",
"sense": "the highest point",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кульминация"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "śíras",
"sense": "the highest point",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "शिरस्"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the highest point",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "acmé"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the highest point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apogeo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the highest point",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cúspide"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the highest point",
"word": "höjdpunkt"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the highest point",
"word": "kulmen"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kulʹminacija",
"sense": "the highest point",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кульмінація"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pik",
"sense": "the highest point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пік"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "apohéj",
"sense": "the highest point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "апоге́й"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razcvet",
"sense": "full bloom",
"word": "разцвет"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "full bloom",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "force de l’âge"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "full bloom",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Blüte des Lebens"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "full bloom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "colmo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "full bloom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apogeo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rascvet",
"sense": "full bloom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "расцвет"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "full bloom",
"word": "kulm"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the crisis or height of a disease",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "acmé"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "peak of a disease",
"word": "huippu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "peak of a disease",
"word": "akme"
}
],
"word": "acme"
}
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