See agitator in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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],
"word": "бърка́чка"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "jiǎobànjī",
"sense": "implement for shaking or mixing",
"word": "攪拌機 /搅拌机"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "implement for shaking or mixing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "míchadlo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "implement for shaking or mixing",
"word": "sekoitin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "implement for shaking or mixing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "agitateur"
},
{
"alt": "かくはん, kakuhan, こうはん, kōhan",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"sense": "implement for shaking or mixing",
"word": "攪拌"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "implement for shaking or mixing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "mieszadło"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "implement for shaking or mixing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "agitator"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "mešálka",
"sense": "implement for shaking or mixing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "меша́лка"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "mišálka",
"sense": "implement for shaking or mixing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "міша́лка"
}
],
"word": "agitator"
}
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