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{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "pākapriya",
"sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
"word": "ಪಾಕಪ್ರಿಯ"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
"word": "xoşxwara"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "livsnyter"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "levemann"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bon vivant"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "boêmio"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žuír",
"sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жуи́р"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bonviván",
"sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бонвива́н"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vividor"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vividora"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "goddagsplit"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "livsnjutare"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vivör"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "lebeman"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "festprisse"
}
],
"word": "bon vivant"
}
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