"asteroid" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæst(ə)ɹɔɪd/ Audio: en-us-asteroid.ogg [US] Forms: asteroids [plural]
enPR: ăs'tə-roid" Etymology: From aster + -oid, lit. "star-like". Coined by William Herschel. Etymology templates: {{af|en|aster|-oid}} aster + -oid Head templates: {{en-noun}} asteroid (plural asteroids)
  1. (astronomy) A naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet, larger than a meteoroid and not a comet, that orbits a star and often has an irregular shape. Categories (topical): Astronomy Categories (lifeform): Echinoderms Translations (astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star): asteroid [masculine] (Albanian), كُوَيْكِب (kuwaykib) [masculine] (Arabic), աստերոիդ (asteroid) (Armenian), աստղակերպ (astġakerp) (Armenian), গ্ৰহাণু (grohanu) (Assamese), asteroide [masculine] (Asturian), planetoide [masculine] (Asturian), asteroid (Azerbaijani), asteroide (Basque), астэро́ід (asteróid) [masculine] (Belarusian), গ্রহাণু (grohanu) (Bengali), астерои́д (asteroíd) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ဥက္ကာပျံ (ukka-pyam) (Burmese), asteroide [masculine] (Catalan), planetoide (Catalan), ᏅᏯ ᏧᎳᎬᎭᎸᏓ (nvya tsulagvhalvda) (Cherokee), 小行星 (english: siu² hang⁴ sing¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 小行星 (xiǎoxíngxīng) (Chinese Mandarin), asteroid [masculine] (Czech), småplanet [common-gender] (Danish), asteroide [common-gender] (Danish), planetoide [common-gender] (Danish), planetoïde (Dutch), asteroïde (Dutch), asteroido (Esperanto), asteroid (Estonian), smástjørna [feminine] (Faroese), asteroidi (Finnish), astéroïde [masculine] (French), asteroide [masculine] (Galician), planetoide [masculine] (Galician), ასტეროიდი (asṭeroidi) (Georgian), მცირე ცთომილები (mcire ctomilebi) (Georgian), Asteroid [masculine] (German), αστεροειδής (asteroeidís) [masculine] (Greek), લઘુગ્રહ (laghugrah) (Gujarati), hōkūnaʻi (Hawaiian), אַסְטֶרוֹאִיד (astero'íd) [masculine] (Hebrew), क्षुद्रग्रह (kṣudragrah) [masculine] (Hindi), उपग्रह (upagrah) [masculine] (Hindi), kisbolygó (Hungarian), aszteroida (Hungarian), smástirni [neuter] (Icelandic), asteroido (Ido), asteroid (Indonesian), planetoid (Indonesian), astaróideach [masculine] (Irish), mionphláinéad [masculine] (Irish), asteroide [masculine] (Italian), pianetino [masculine] (Italian), planetoide [masculine] (Italian), 小惑星 (shōwakusei) (alt: しょうわくせい) (Japanese), ಕ್ಷುದ್ರ ಗ್ರಹ (kṣudra graha) (Kannada), астероид (asteroid) (Kazakh), 소행성 (sohaengseong) (alt: 小行星) (Korean), астероид (asteroid) (Kyrgyz), ດາວເຄາະນ້ອຍ (dāo khǫn ʼa nya) (Lao), asteroīds [masculine] (Latvian), asteroidas [masculine] (Lithuanian), астерои́д (asteroíd) [masculine] (Macedonian), asteroid (Malay), ഛിന്നഗ്രഹം (chinnagrahaṁ) (Malayalam), लघुग्रह (laghugrah) (Marathi), астероид (asteroid) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), жижиг гараг (žižig garag) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), tsé naatʼaʼí (Navajo), asteroîd (Northern Kurdish), asteroide [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), asteroide [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), استرويد (asteroyid) [masculine] (Pashto), سیارک (sayârak) (Persian), asteroida [feminine] (Polish), planetoida [feminine] (Polish), asteroide [masculine] (Portuguese), planetoide [masculine] (Portuguese), puriq quyllurcha [masculine] (Quechuan), asteroid [masculine] (Romanian), астеро́ид (asteróid) [masculine] (Russian), ма́лая плане́та (málaja planéta) [feminine] (Russian), астеро̀ӣд [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), asteròīd [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), گِرَھِڙِي (girahirree) [feminine] (Sindhi), ක්ෂුද්ර ග්රහයා (kṣudra grahayā) (Sinhalese), ග්රහක (grahaka) (Sinhalese), asteroid [masculine] (Slovak), asteroid [masculine] (Slovene), asteroide [masculine] (Spanish), planetoide [masculine] (Spanish), asteroid [common-gender] (Swedish), malatala (Tagalog), asteroyde (Tagalog), asteroyd (Tagalog), сайёрак (sayyorak) (Tajik), астероид (asteroyid) (Tajik), நுண்கோள் (nuṇkōḷ) (Tamil), астероид (asteroid) (Tatar), గ్రహశకలం (grahaśakalaṁ) (Telugu), ดาวเคราะห์น้อย (daao-krɔ́-nɔ́ɔi) (Thai), སྐར་རྡོ (skar rdo) (Tibetan), asteroit (Turkish), asteroid (Turkmen), астеро́їд (asterójid) [masculine] (Ukrainian), سَیّارْچَہ (sayyārča) (Urdu), ئاستروئىد (astro'id) (Uyghur), كىچىك سەييارە (kichik seyyare) (Uyghur), asteroid (Uzbek), kichik sayyora (Uzbek), tiểu hành tinh (alt: 小行星) (Vietnamese), אַסטערויד (asteroyd) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-asteroid-en-noun-7Smbug15 Disambiguation of Echinoderms: 12 46 42 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with aster- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with aster-: 26 38 36 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star': 80 20
  2. (astronomy) In the Solar system, such a body that orbits within the orbit of Jupiter Categories (topical): Astronomy, Asteroids Categories (lifeform): Echinoderms
    Sense id: en-asteroid-en-noun-rKG-5bxK Disambiguation of Asteroids: 11 75 14 Disambiguation of Echinoderms: 12 46 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with aster-, English terms suffixed with -oid Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 61 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 55 28 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with aster-: 26 38 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -oid: 17 51 32 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Apohele asteroid, asteroid belt, Atira asteroid, kuiperoid, Vatira asteroid, ꞌAylóꞌchaxnim asteroid Related terms: aster, asterisk, asterism, minor planet, astroid, comet, exoasteroid, meteor, meteorite, planetoid
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈæst(ə)ɹɔɪd/ Audio: en-us-asteroid.ogg [US] Forms: asteroids [plural]
enPR: ăs'tə-roid" Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀστεροειδής (asteroeidḗs), from ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”) + εἶδος (eîdos, “form”). Analyzable as aster- + -oid Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|ἀστεροειδής}} Ancient Greek ἀστεροειδής (asteroeidḗs), {{m|grc|ἀστήρ||star}} ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”), {{m|grc|εἶδος||form}} εἶδος (eîdos, “form”), {{confix|en|aster|oid}} aster- + -oid Head templates: {{en-noun}} asteroid (plural asteroids)
  1. (zoology) Any member of the taxonomic class Asteroidea; a starfish. Categories (topical): Zoology Categories (lifeform): Echinoderms
    Sense id: en-asteroid-en-noun-Hd8~vKas Disambiguation of Echinoderms: 12 46 42 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with aster- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with aster-: 26 38 36 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "ukka-pyam",
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          "word": "ᏅᏯ ᏧᎳᎬᎭᎸᏓ"
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          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiǎoxíngxīng",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
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          "word": "småplanet"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "word": "planetoïde"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "asteroido"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "asteroid"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "smástjørna"
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          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "asteroidi"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "astéroïde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "asteroide"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "planetoide"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "asṭeroidi",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "ასტეროიდი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mcire ctomilebi",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "მცირე ცთომილები"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Asteroid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "asteroeidís",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "αστεροειδής"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "laghugrah",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "લઘુગ્રહ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "haw",
          "lang": "Hawaiian",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "hōkūnaʻi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "astero'íd",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "אַסְטֶרוֹאִיד"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "kṣudragrah",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "क्षुद्रग्रह"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "upagrah",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "उपग्रह"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "kisbolygó"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "aszteroida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "smástirni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "asteroido"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "asteroid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "planetoid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "astaróideach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mionphláinéad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "asteroide"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pianetino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "planetoide"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "alt": "しょうわくせい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shōwakusei",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "小惑星"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "kṣudra graha",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "ಕ್ಷುದ್ರ ಗ್ರಹ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "asteroid",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "астероид"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "alt": "小行星",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sohaengseong",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "소행성"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "asteroîd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "asteroid",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "астероид"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "dāo khǫn ʼa nya",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "ດາວເຄາະນ້ອຍ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "asteroīds"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "asteroidas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "asteroíd",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "астерои́д"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "asteroid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "chinnagrahaṁ",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "ഛിന്നഗ്രഹം"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "laghugrah",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "लघुग्रह"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "asteroid",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "астероид"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "žižig garag",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "жижиг гараг"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "tsé naatʼaʼí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "asteroide"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "asteroide"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "asteroyid",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "استرويد"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "sayârak",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "سیارک"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "planetoida"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "asteroide"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechuan",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "puriq quyllurcha"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "asteroid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "asteróid",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "астеро́ид"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "málaja planéta",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ма́лая плане́та"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "астеро̀ӣд"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "asteròīd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "sd",
          "lang": "Sindhi",
          "roman": "girahirree",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "گِرَھِڙِي"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "si",
          "lang": "Sinhalese",
          "roman": "kṣudra grahayā",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "ක්ෂුද්ර ග්රහයා"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "si",
          "lang": "Sinhalese",
          "roman": "grahaka",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "ග්රහක"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
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          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "malatala"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "asteroyd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "sayyorak",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "сайёрак"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "asteroyid",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "астероид"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "nuṇkōḷ",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "நுண்கோள்"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "asteroid",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "астероид"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "grahaśakalaṁ",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "గ్రహశకలం"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "daao-krɔ́-nɔ́ɔi",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "ดาวเคราะห์น้อย"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "skar rdo",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "སྐར་རྡོ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "asteroit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "asteroid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "asterójid",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "астеро́їд"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "sayyārča",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "سَیّارْچَہ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "astro'id",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "ئاستروئىد"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "kichik seyyare",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "كىچىك سەييارە"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "asteroid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "kichik sayyora"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "alt": "小行星",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
          "word": "tiểu hành tinh"
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          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "asteroyd",
          "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
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      "code": "sq",
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      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "كُوَيْكِب"
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      "roman": "asteroid",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "աստերոիդ"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "astġakerp",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "աստղակերպ"
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      "code": "as",
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      "roman": "grohanu",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "গ্ৰহাণু"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    {
      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "asteroid"
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    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "asteróid",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "астэро́ід"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
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      "roman": "grohanu",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "গ্রহাণু"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "asteroíd",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "астерои́д"
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    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "ukka-pyam",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "ဥက္ကာပျံ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "asteroide"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
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      "word": "planetoide"
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    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "nvya tsulagvhalvda",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "ᏅᏯ ᏧᎳᎬᎭᎸᏓ"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "asteroid"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "småplanet"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
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    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "planetoïde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "asteroïde"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "asteroido"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "asteroid"
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    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "smástjørna"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "asteroidi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "astéroïde"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "asteroide"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "planetoide"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "asṭeroidi",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "ასტეროიდი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mcire ctomilebi",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "მცირე ცთომილები"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Asteroid"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "asteroeidís",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "αστεροειδής"
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    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "laghugrah",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "લઘુગ્રહ"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "hōkūnaʻi"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "astero'íd",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אַסְטֶרוֹאִיד"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "kṣudragrah",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "क्षुद्रग्रह"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "upagrah",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "उपग्रह"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "kisbolygó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "aszteroida"
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    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "smástirni"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "asteroido"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "asteroid"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "planetoid"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "astaróideach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mionphláinéad"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asteroide"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pianetino"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "planetoide"
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    {
      "alt": "しょうわくせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōwakusei",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "小惑星"
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    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "kṣudra graha",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "ಕ್ಷುದ್ರ ಗ್ರಹ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "asteroid",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "астероид"
    },
    {
      "alt": "小行星",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sohaengseong",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "소행성"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "asteroîd"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "asteroid",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "астероид"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "dāo khǫn ʼa nya",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "ດາວເຄາະນ້ອຍ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asteroīds"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asteroidas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "asteroíd",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "астерои́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "asteroid"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "chinnagrahaṁ",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "ഛിന്നഗ്രഹം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "laghugrah",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "लघुग्रह"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "asteroid",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "астероид"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "žižig garag",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "жижиг гараг"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "tsé naatʼaʼí"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asteroide"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asteroide"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "asteroyid",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "استرويد"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sayârak",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "سیارک"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "asteroida"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "planetoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asteroide"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "planetoide"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechuan",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "puriq quyllurcha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asteroid"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "asteróid",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "астеро́ид"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "málaja planéta",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́лая плане́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "астеро̀ӣд"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asteròīd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sd",
      "lang": "Sindhi",
      "roman": "girahirree",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "گِرَھِڙِي"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "kṣudra grahayā",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "ක්ෂුද්ර ග්රහයා"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "grahaka",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "ග්රහක"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asteroid"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asteroid"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asteroide"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "planetoide"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "asteroid"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "malatala"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "asteroyde"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "asteroyd"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "sayyorak",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "сайёрак"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "asteroyid",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "астероид"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "nuṇkōḷ",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "நுண்கோள்"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "asteroid",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "астероид"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "grahaśakalaṁ",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "గ్రహశకలం"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "daao-krɔ́-nɔ́ɔi",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "ดาวเคราะห์น้อย"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "skar rdo",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "སྐར་རྡོ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "asteroit"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "asteroid"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "asterójid",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "астеро́їд"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "sayyārča",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "سَیّارْچَہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "astro'id",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "ئاستروئىد"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "kichik seyyare",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "كىچىك سەييارە"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "asteroid"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "kichik sayyora"
    },
    {
      "alt": "小行星",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "tiểu hành tinh"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "asteroyd",
      "sense": "astronomy: a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star",
      "word": "אַסטערויד"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "asteroid",
    "en:Asteroid (disambiguation)",
    "en:William Herschel"
  ],
  "word": "asteroid"
}

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