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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person or instrument",
"word": "altto"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person or instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Alt"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "person or instrument",
"tags": [
"person"
],
"word": "leo wahine"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"english": "instrument",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "person or instrument",
"word": "ʻaeko"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "person or instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "contralto"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "aruto",
"sense": "person or instrument",
"word": "アルト"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person or instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alt"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person or instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alcista"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person or instrument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alcistka"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person or instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "altysta"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person or instrument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "altystka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "person or instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "contralto"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "alʹt",
"sense": "person or instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "альт"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person or instrument",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "alt"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "person or instrument",
"tags": [
"person"
],
"word": "người hát giọng nữ trầm"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"english": "instrument",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "person or instrument",
"word": "đàn antô"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "person or instrument",
"word": "kèn antô"
}
],
"word": "alto"
}
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