"alga" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæl.ɡə/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-alga.wav [US] Forms: algae [plural]
Etymology: From Latin alga. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|alga|notext=1}} Latin alga Head templates: {{en-noun|algae}} alga (plural algae)
  1. (biology) Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic. Categories (topical): Biology Categories (lifeform): Algae Hyponyms: microalga, golden alga, ice alga, snow alga Hyponyms (photosynthetic aquatic organism): seaweed, green alga and red alga in Plantae) (english: Chlorophyta and Charophyta; Rhodophyta and Glaucophyta), brown alga and yellow-green alga (english: Phaeophyceae; Xanthophyceae), Haptophyta, and Cryptomonada in Chromista), and blue-green alga (english: Cyanobacteria) Derived forms: algacidal, algaculture, algin, algist, algoid, macroalga, picoalga Translations (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms): algë [feminine] (Albanian), طُحْلُب (ṭuḥlub) [masculine] (Arabic), ջրիմուռ (ǰrimuṙ) (Armenian), শেলাই (xelai) (Assamese), শেলুৱৈ (xeluoi) (Assamese), yosun (Azerbaijani), во́дарасць (vódarascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), водора́сло (vodoráslo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), မှော် (hmau) (Burmese), alga [feminine] (Catalan), 水藻 (shuǐzǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 藻類 (Chinese Mandarin), 藻类 (zǎolèi) (Chinese Mandarin), řasa [feminine] (Czech), alge [common-gender] (Danish), alg [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), algo (Esperanto), vetikas (Estonian), alga [feminine] (Faroese), levä (Finnish), algue (French), alga [feminine] (Galician), წყალმცენარე (c̣q̇almcenare) (Georgian), Alge [feminine] (German), φύκος (fýkos) [neuter] (Greek), quajaatit (Greenlandic), אַצָּה (atsá) [feminine] (Hebrew), शैवाल (śaivāl) [masculine] (Hindi), सिवार (sivār) [feminine, masculine] (Hindi), सेवार (sevār) [feminine] (Hindi), moszat (Hungarian), þörungur [masculine] (Icelandic), algo (Ido), alga [masculine] (Irish), feamainn [feminine] (Irish), alga [feminine] (Italian), 藻類 (sōrui) (alt: そうるい) (Japanese), балдыр (baldyr) (Kazakh), សារាយ (saaraay) (Khmer), ព្រាំ (proam) (Khmer), 조류 (joryu) (Korean), балыр (balır) (Kyrgyz), ສາຫລ່າຍ (sā lāi) (Lao), aļģe [feminine] (Latvian), dumbliai (Lithuanian), Alg [feminine] (Luxembourgish), а́лга (álga) [feminine] (Macedonian), alga (Malay), algey (Manx), pūkohu wai (Maori), tátłʼid (Navajo), kevz (Northern Kurdish), alge [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), alge [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), آلگ (âlg) (Persian), جلبک (jolbak) (Persian), چغزلاوه (čağazlâve) (Persian), glon [masculine] (Polish), alga [feminine] (Polish), alga [feminine] (Portuguese), ਜਿਲਬ (jilab) [feminine] (Punjabi), algă [feminine] (Romanian), во́доросль (vódoroslʹ) [feminine] (Russian), feamainn [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), alga [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), алга [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), alga [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), riasa [feminine] (Slovak), álga [feminine] (Slovene), alga [feminine] (Spanish), mwani (Swahili), alg [common-gender] (Swedish), lumot (Tagalog), обсабза (obsabza) (Tajik), обгиёҳ (obgiyoh) (Tajik), శైవలము (śaivalamu) (Telugu), สาหร่าย (sǎa-ràai) (Thai), alg (Turkish), su yosunu (Turkish), во́дорость (vódorostʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), suvoʻt (Uzbek), tảo (Vietnamese), ale [feminine] (Walloon), alga [masculine] (Welsh)

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          "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
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          "tags": [
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          "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
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          "word": "þörungur"
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          "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
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          "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
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        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "feamainn"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "alga"
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        {
          "alt": "そうるい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sōrui",
          "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
          "word": "藻類"
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "baldyr",
          "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
          "word": "балдыр"
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "saaraay",
          "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
          "word": "សារាយ"
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        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "proam",
          "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
          "word": "ព្រាំ"
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        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "joryu",
          "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
          "word": "조류"
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        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
          "word": "kevz"
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          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "balır",
          "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
          "word": "балыр"
        },
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          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "sā lāi",
          "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
          "word": "ສາຫລ່າຍ"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "aļģe"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
          "word": "dumbliai"
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          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "álga",
          "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pūkohu wai"
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          "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
          "word": "tátłʼid"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "alge"
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          "word": "آلگ"
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          "roman": "čağazlâve",
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          "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vódoroslʹ",
          "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "во́доросль"
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "feamainn"
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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          "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
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          "word": "алга"
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        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "riasa"
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        {
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          "code": "te",
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          "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
          "word": "శైవలము"
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          "code": "th",
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          "code": "uz",
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
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          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
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      "code": "sq",
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      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "طُحْلُب"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
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      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "ջրիմուռ"
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      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "xelai",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "শেলাই"
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    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "xeluoi",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "শেলুৱৈ"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "yosun"
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vódarascʹ",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "во́дарасць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "водора́сло"
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    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "hmau",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "မှော်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alga"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shuǐzǎo",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "水藻"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "藻類"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zǎolèi",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "藻类"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "řasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "alge"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alg"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "algo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "vetikas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alga"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "levä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "algue"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣q̇almcenare",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "წყალმცენარე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Alge"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fýkos",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "φύκος"
    },
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      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "quajaatit"
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "atsá",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אַצָּה"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "śaivāl",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "शैवाल"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sivār",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "सिवार"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sevār",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "सेवार"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "moszat"
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    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "þörungur"
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    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "algo"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "feamainn"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alga"
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      "alt": "そうるい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sōrui",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "藻類"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "baldyr",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "балдыр"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "saaraay",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "សារាយ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "proam",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "ព្រាំ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "joryu",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "조류"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "kevz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "balır",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "балыр"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sā lāi",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "ສາຫລ່າຍ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aļģe"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "dumbliai"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Alg"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "álga",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "а́лга"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "alga"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "algey"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "pūkohu wai"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "tátłʼid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "alge"
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    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alge"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âlg",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "آلگ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "jolbak",
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      "word": "جلبک"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "čağazlâve",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "چغزلاوه"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alga"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alga"
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    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "jilab",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ਜਿਲਬ"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "algă"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "во́доросль"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "feamainn"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "алга"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "riasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "álga"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "mwani"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "alg"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "lumot"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "obsabza",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "обсабза"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "obgiyoh",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "обгиёҳ"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "śaivalamu",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "శైవలము"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sǎa-ràai",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "สาหร่าย"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "alg"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "su yosunu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vódorostʹ",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "во́дорость"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "suvoʻt"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "word": "tảo"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ale"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alga"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alga"
}

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