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"sense": "something that bears an analogy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "analog"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "something that bears an analogy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "análogo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "análog",
"sense": "something that bears an analogy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ана́лог"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"lang_code": "sk",
"sense": "something that bears an analogy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "analóg"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "something that bears an analogy",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "motsvarighet"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "organ or structure",
"word": "samatoimintainen elin"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "análog",
"sense": "organ or structure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ана́лог"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "analog",
"sense": "structural derivative",
"word": "аналог"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "structural derivative",
"word": "analogia"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "structural derivative",
"word": "analogue"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "structural derivative",
"word": "analogo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "structural derivative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "analog"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "structural derivative",
"word": "análogo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "análog",
"sense": "structural derivative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ана́лог"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "structural derivative",
"word": "análogo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "structural derivative",
"word": "analog"
}
],
"word": "analog"
}
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