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"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "alcan"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "alkán",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "алка́н"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"word": "alcano"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "alkan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"word": "alkan"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "alkán",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "алка́н"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"word": "ankan"
},
{
"alt": "烷",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "hoàn chất"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"english": "hydrocarbon",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"translation": "hydrocarbon",
"word": "than nhẹ đầy"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alcan"
}
],
"word": "alkane"
}
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"msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": hoàn refers to hoàn toàn đầy chất nhẹ (hydrogen) vs. 烷",
"path": [
"alkane"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
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}
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