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"(poetry) A poetic form with regular meter, particularly iambic pentameter, but no fixed rhyme scheme."
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "a poetic form with regular meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vers blanc"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a poetic form with regular meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vers blanc"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a poetic form with regular meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Blankvers"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ẖarúz laván",
"sense": "a poetic form with regular meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "חָרוּז לָבָן"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a poetic form with regular meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "verso sciolto"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a poetic form with regular meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wiersz biały"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a poetic form with regular meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "verso branco"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a poetic form with regular meter",
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"word": "verso solto"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a poetic form with regular meter",
"word": "vers alb"
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{
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "belyj stix",
"sense": "a poetic form with regular meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "белый стих"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a poetic form with regular meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "verso blanco"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "a poetic form with regular meter",
"word": "ditugmang taludturan"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bilyj virš",
"sense": "a poetic form with regular meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "білий вірш"
}
],
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"(poetry) A poetic form with regular meter, particularly iambic pentameter, but no fixed rhyme scheme."
],
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"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "a poetic form with regular meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vers blanc"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a poetic form with regular meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vers blanc"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a poetic form with regular meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Blankvers"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ẖarúz laván",
"sense": "a poetic form with regular meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "חָרוּז לָבָן"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a poetic form with regular meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "verso sciolto"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a poetic form with regular meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wiersz biały"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a poetic form with regular meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "verso branco"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a poetic form with regular meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "verso solto"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a poetic form with regular meter",
"word": "vers alb"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "belyj stix",
"sense": "a poetic form with regular meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "белый стих"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a poetic form with regular meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "verso blanco"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "a poetic form with regular meter",
"word": "ditugmang taludturan"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bilyj virš",
"sense": "a poetic form with regular meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "білий вірш"
}
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