See assonance in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"feminine"
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"word": "asonancia"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "assonans"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds",
"word": "parihunig"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds",
"word": "asonans"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cyseinedd"
},
{
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds",
"word": "àwítúnwí fáwẹ̀lì"
}
],
"word": "assonance"
}
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