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{
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{
"word": "greengrocer's apostrophe"
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{
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"word": "apostrophë"
},
{
"word": "apostrophy"
}
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"journalism",
"literature",
"media",
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"sense": "the character ’",
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"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "fāṣila ʕulyā",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "فَاصِلَة عُلْيَا"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "apatʿarcʿ",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "ապաթարց"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apóstrofu"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "apostrof"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "apóstraf",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "апо́страф"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "urdhokma",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "ঊর্ধকমা"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "apostróf",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "апостро́ф"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "apòstrof"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "省略符號"
},
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "shěnglüè fúhào",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "省略符号"
},
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"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "省字符"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "撇號"
},
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"sense": "the character ’",
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "頓呼"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dùnhū",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "顿呼"
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"code": "kw",
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"word": "kollverkys"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "apostrof"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
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"word": "apostrof"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "the character ’",
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],
"word": "weglatingsteken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "apostrof"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "apostrofo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "ülakoma"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "heittomerkki"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "apostrofi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "apostrophe"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apóstrofo"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "aṗosṭropi",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "აპოსტროფი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Apostroph"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Hochkomma"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apóstrofos",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "απόστροφος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "apóstrophos",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἀπόστροφος"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "apostrof",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אַפּוֹסְטְרוֹף"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "aposztróf"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "hiányjel"
},
{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "io",
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"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "apostrofo"
},
{
"code": "ilo",
"lang": "Ilocano",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "tuldek"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "tanda penyingkat"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "apostropho"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "uaschamóg"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "apastróf"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apostrofo"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "aposutorofī",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "アポストロフィー"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "aposutorofu",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "アポストロフ"
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{
"alt": "しょうりゃくふごう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shōryaku fugō",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "省略符号"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "apostrof",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "апостроф"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "aposeuteuropi",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "아포스트로피"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "apostrof",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "апостроф"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apostrophus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apostrofs"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apostrofas"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Apostroph"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "apostrof",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "апостроф"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "tanda penyingkat"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "viślēṣaṁ",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "വിശ്ലേഷം"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "apostrophee"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "pakini"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "apostrof",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
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"word": "апостроф"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apostrof"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apostrof"
},
{
"code": "fa-ira",
"lang": "Iranian Persian",
"roman": "âpustruf",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "آپوسْتْروف"
},
{
"code": "fa-ira",
"lang": "Iranian Persian",
"roman": "âpâstruf",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "آپاسْتْروف"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apostrof"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apóstrofo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "apostrof"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "apóstrof",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "апо́строф"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "apostróf",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "апостро́ф"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ascair"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "asgair"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "а̀построф"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"word": "изо̀ставник"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"masculine"
],
"word": "àpostrof"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"masculine"
],
"word": "izòstavnik"
},
{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "uḍu komā",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "උඩු කොමා"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apostrof"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "opuščaj"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apostrof"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apóstrofo"
},
{
"code": "srn",
"lang": "Sranan Tongo",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "kotimarki"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "ritifaa"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "apostrofi"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "apostrof"
},
{
"code": "tl",
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{
"code": "th",
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{
"code": "tr",
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{
"code": "tk",
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{
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"code": "vi",
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{
"code": "cy",
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"code": "yi",
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"code": "gl",
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{
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{
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{
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"code": "bn",
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"word": "ঊর্ধকমা"
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{
"code": "bg",
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{
"code": "ca",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "省略符號"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"word": "顿呼"
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{
"code": "kw",
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"sense": "the character ’",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "kw",
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{
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{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "the character ’",
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],
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{
"code": "nl",
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"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "apostrofo"
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{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "ülakoma"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "the character ’",
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{
"code": "fi",
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],
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{
"code": "fr",
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apóstrofo"
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{
"code": "ka",
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"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "აპოსტროფი"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Apostroph"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "el",
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"feminine"
],
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{
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],
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{
"code": "he",
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"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "aposztróf"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "hiányjel"
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{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "the character ’",
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"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "io",
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"word": "apostrofo"
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{
"code": "ilo",
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{
"code": "id",
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{
"code": "ia",
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{
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"feminine"
],
"word": "uaschamóg"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "apastróf"
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{
"code": "it",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apostrofo"
},
{
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "アポストロフィー"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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{
"alt": "しょうりゃくふごう",
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"word": "省略符号"
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{
"code": "kk",
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"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "апостроф"
},
{
"code": "ko",
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"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "아포스트로피"
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{
"code": "ky",
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{
"code": "la",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "lv",
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"sense": "the character ’",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "lt",
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"sense": "the character ’",
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{
"code": "lb",
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],
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{
"code": "mk",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "апостроф"
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{
"code": "ms",
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"word": "tanda penyingkat"
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{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "viślēṣaṁ",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "വിശ്ലേഷം"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "the character ’",
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},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "pakini"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "apostrof",
"sense": "the character ’",
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],
"word": "апостроф"
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{
"code": "nb",
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"sense": "the character ’",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "apostrof"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apostrof"
},
{
"code": "fa-ira",
"lang": "Iranian Persian",
"roman": "âpustruf",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "آپوسْتْروف"
},
{
"code": "fa-ira",
"lang": "Iranian Persian",
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"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "آپاسْتْروف"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apostrof"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apóstrofo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the character ’",
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"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "ru",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "апо́строф"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "the character ’",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "апостро́ф"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ascair"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "the character ’",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "asgair"
},
{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "the character ’",
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"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "а̀построф"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the character ’",
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "the character ’",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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"tags": [
"Latin",
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
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"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "උඩු කොමා"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "apostrof"
},
{
"code": "sl",
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"sense": "the character ’",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "sl",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "apostrof"
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{
"code": "es",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "apóstrofo"
},
{
"code": "srn",
"lang": "Sranan Tongo",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "kotimarki"
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{
"code": "sw",
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"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "ritifaa"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "apostrofi"
},
{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "apostrof"
},
{
"code": "tl",
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"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "kudlit"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "apostrof",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "апостроф"
},
{
"code": "tt",
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"roman": "apostrof",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "апостроф"
},
{
"code": "th",
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"roman": "à-pɔ́ɔs-trɔɔ-fîi",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "อะพอสทรอฟี"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "kesme işareti"
},
{
"code": "tk",
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"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "apostrof"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
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"sense": "the character ’",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "апо́строф"
},
{
"code": "uk",
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"sense": "the character ’",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "апостро́ф"
},
{
"code": "ug",
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"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "ئاجرىتىش بەلگىسى"
},
{
"code": "ug",
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"sense": "the character ’",
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{
"code": "uz",
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "the character ’",
"word": "dấu lược"
},
{
"code": "cy",
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"sense": "the character ’",
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "cy",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "yi",
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"masculine"
],
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}
],
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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{
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{
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{
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
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"sense": "sudden piece of dialogue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aitheasc"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "sudden piece of dialogue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "apastróf"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "sudden piece of dialogue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "apostrofa"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "apostrófa",
"sense": "sudden piece of dialogue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "апостро́фа"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "sudden piece of dialogue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "apostrofa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sudden piece of dialogue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "apóstrofe"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "sudden piece of dialogue",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "apostrof"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sudden piece of dialogue",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "апо̀строфа"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sudden piece of dialogue",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "apòstrofa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sudden piece of dialogue",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "apóstrofe"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "sudden piece of dialogue",
"word": "apostrof"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "sudden piece of dialogue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cyfarchiad"
}
],
"word": "apostrophe"
}
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