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"2": "fr",
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},
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"name": "ubor"
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{
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"2": "fro",
"3": "bege",
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"name": "der"
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},
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"2": "LL.",
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},
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},
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[
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[
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"word": "բեժ"
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"sense": "colour",
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{
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"roman": "beij",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "বেইজ"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "a.wanu.raunghri.sau:",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "အဝါနုရောင်ရှိသော"
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"sense": "colour",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "米黃"
},
{
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mǐhuáng",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "米黄"
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"sense": "colour",
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"sense": "colour",
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "colour",
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{
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"sense": "colour",
"word": "beež"
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{
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"code": "fo",
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"sense": "colour",
"word": "ljósbrúngulur"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "beis"
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{
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "colour",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
"word": "beixe"
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{
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "beži",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "ბეჟი"
},
{
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "čalisperi",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "ჩალისფერი"
},
{
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳremisperi",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "კრემისფერი"
},
{
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "karvisperi",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "ქარვისფერი"
},
{
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "motetro-moq̇vitalo",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "მოთეთრო-მოყვითალო"
},
{
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "karci",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "ქარცი"
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{
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "baci",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "ბაცი"
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{
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "baci q̇avisperi",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "ბაცი ყავისფერი"
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{
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "xorcisperi",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "ხორცისფერი"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "bez",
"sense": "colour",
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],
"word": "μπεζ"
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "bej",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "बेज"
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{
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "beź",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "बेझ़"
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{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "bézs"
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{
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "ljósbrúnn"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "grábrúnn"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "drappaður"
},
{
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"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "beja"
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{
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"code": "ig",
"lang": "Igbo",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "edo edo"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "krem"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "béas"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "beige"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "bēju",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "ベージュ"
},
{
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"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "b tnaot khchei",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "បន៍ត្នោតខ្ចី"
},
{
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "beiji",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "베이지"
},
{
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"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "bej"
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{
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"lang": "Louisiana Creole French",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "bèj"
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{
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"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "bež",
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"tags": [
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],
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "beg"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "krim"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "kuning air"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "bexx"
},
{
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "kirīmi"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "bej",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "बेज"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bež",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "بژ"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "beżowy"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "bege"
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"sense": "colour",
"word": "беж"
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{
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"sense": "colour",
"word": "bije"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
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"sense": "colour",
"word": "ena"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "colour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bež"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "béžový"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "so",
"lang": "Somali",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "midab beej"
},
{
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "colour",
"tags": [
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"sense": "colour",
"word": "beige"
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"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "murang kayumanggi"
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"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "kahvarang",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "каҳваранг"
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"code": "tet",
"lang": "Tetum",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "krem"
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"sense": "colour",
"word": "bej"
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"code": "uz",
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"sense": "colour",
"word": "sargʻish"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
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"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "bej"
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"sense": "colour",
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
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"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "màu be"
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"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "lliw gwlanen"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
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"sense": "colour",
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"sense": "colour",
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[
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},
{
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},
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"rhymes": "-eɪdʒ"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"3": "-"
},
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{
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"1": "en",
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"name": "der"
},
{
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"name": "m"
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"word": "बेज"
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"sense": "colour",
"word": "बेझ़"
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{
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"sense": "colour",
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{
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{
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{
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{
"code": "id",
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"sense": "colour",
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{
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{
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"sense": "colour",
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"sense": "colour",
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"roman": "b tnaot khchei",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "បន៍ត្នោតខ្ចី"
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{
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"roman": "beiji",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "베이지"
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{
"code": "kmr",
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"sense": "colour",
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{
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"sense": "colour",
"word": "bèj"
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{
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"sense": "colour",
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{
"code": "ms",
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"sense": "colour",
"word": "krim"
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{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "kuning air"
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{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "bexx"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "kirīmi"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "bej",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "बेज"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bež",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "بژ"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "beżowy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "bege"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "colour",
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "bež",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "беж"
},
{
"code": "rw",
"lang": "Rwanda-Rundi",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "bije"
},
{
"code": "sm",
"lang": "Samoan",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "ena"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "colour",
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"word": "bež"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "colour",
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},
{
"code": "so",
"lang": "Somali",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "midab beej"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "colour",
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"masculine"
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{
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"sense": "colour",
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "beige"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "murang kayumanggi"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "kahvarang",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "каҳваранг"
},
{
"code": "tet",
"lang": "Tetum",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "krem"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "bej"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "sargʻish"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "bej"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "be"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "màu be"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "lliw gwlanen"
},
{
"code": "cy",
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"sense": "colour",
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{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "colour",
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{
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "colour",
"word": "alagara"
}
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}
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"word": "Beige Book"
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"word": "beige box"
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{
"word": "beige fat"
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{
"word": "beige flag"
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{
"word": "beige prose"
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"ref": "1956, Delano Ames, chapter 24, in Crime out of Mind",
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"ref": "2006 November 23, Michel Marriott, “When Beige Won’t Do”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
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{
"word": "drab"
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"ref": "2007, Prairie L. Markussen, Cover, page 48",
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{
"ref": "2010, Gerald J. McCarthy, A Man of Substances",
"text": "In the beigest parts of suburbia where I grew up, bridge was a game played by groups of parents in recreation rooms furnished with upright pianos and souvenir sombreros.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013 March 25, Eric Asimov, “A Beige Wine for a Beige Meal”, in NYT Diner’s Journal Blog",
"text": "For a meal of relentlessly beige food, may I suggest the beigest of wines? That would be chardonnay, which will go beautifully with Melissa Clark’s chicken potpie.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2016, Penelope Garcia, “The Witness”, in Criminal Minds, season 11, episode 2",
"text": "He has no criminal record. He has no traffic tickets. His social media posts are just like... he's beige.",
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{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "having a slightly yellowish gray colour",
"word": "beige"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "bīj",
"sense": "having a slightly yellowish gray colour",
"word": "بِيج"
},
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"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "bēj",
"sense": "having a slightly yellowish gray colour",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "بيج"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "béžov",
"sense": "having a slightly yellowish gray colour",
"word": "бе́жов"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "having a slightly yellowish gray colour",
"word": "beix"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "having a slightly yellowish gray colour",
"word": "米黃"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mǐhuáng",
"sense": "having a slightly yellowish gray colour",
"word": "米黄"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mǐsè",
"sense": "having a slightly yellowish gray colour",
"word": "米色"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "having a slightly yellowish gray colour",
"word": "béžový"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having a slightly yellowish gray colour",
"word": "beesi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having a slightly yellowish gray colour",
"word": "beige"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having a slightly yellowish gray colour",
"word": "beige"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "having a slightly yellowish gray colour",
"word": "bézs"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "having a slightly yellowish gray colour",
"word": "béasa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having a slightly yellowish gray colour",
"word": "bigio"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "bēju",
"sense": "having a slightly yellowish gray colour",
"word": "ベージュ"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "sarğyş",
"sense": "having a slightly yellowish gray colour",
"word": "сарғыш"
},
{
"code": "lou",
"lang": "Louisiana Creole French",
"sense": "having a slightly yellowish gray colour",
"word": "bèj"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "béžov",
"sense": "having a slightly yellowish gray colour",
"word": "бе́жов"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "having a slightly yellowish gray colour",
"word": "kuning air"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having a slightly yellowish gray colour",
"word": "beżowy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having a slightly yellowish gray colour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "beż"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having a slightly yellowish gray colour",
"word": "bege"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "having a slightly yellowish gray colour",
"word": "bej"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "béževyj",
"sense": "having a slightly yellowish gray colour",
"word": "бе́жевый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having a slightly yellowish gray colour",
"word": "beis"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "having a slightly yellowish gray colour",
"word": "lliw gwlanen"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "having a slightly yellowish gray colour",
"word": "llwydfelyn"
}
],
"word": "beige"
}
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