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"sense": "the quality of being bright",
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"sense": "the quality of being bright",
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"code": "de",
"english": "reflected from a surface, hair, skin",
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"sense": "the quality of being bright",
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"sense": "the quality of being bright",
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"sense": "the quality of being bright",
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"code": "he",
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"sense": "the quality of being bright",
"word": "चमक"
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"sense": "the quality of being bright",
"tags": [
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "the quality of being bright",
"tags": [
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "the quality of being bright",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "lonracht"
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{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "the quality of being bright",
"tags": [
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"word": "spéiriúlacht"
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"roman": "akarusa",
"sense": "the quality of being bright",
"word": "明るさ"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "the quality of being bright",
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "the quality of being bright",
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "the quality of being bright",
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"code": "no",
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "deraxšandegi",
"sense": "the quality of being bright",
"word": "درخشندگی"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the quality of being bright",
"word": "brilho"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the quality of being bright",
"tags": [
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "the quality of being bright",
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"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "the quality of being bright",
"word": "phaqsa"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "the quality of being bright",
"tags": [
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"word": "splendoare"
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{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "the quality of being bright",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "strălucire"
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"code": "ru",
"english": "brilliance, glitter",
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"roman": "blesk",
"sense": "the quality of being bright",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "блеск"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "járkostʹ",
"sense": "the quality of being bright",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "я́ркость"
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"code": "ru",
"english": "flash",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vspýška",
"sense": "the quality of being bright",
"tags": [
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"word": "вспы́шка"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "the quality of being bright",
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"word": "brillo"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the quality of being bright",
"word": "ljusstyrka"
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "the quality of being bright",
"word": "liwanag"
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"code": "tsg",
"lang": "Tausug",
"sense": "the quality of being bright",
"word": "sinag"
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"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "velugu",
"sense": "the quality of being bright",
"word": "వెలుగు"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kwaam-sà-wàang",
"sense": "the quality of being bright",
"word": "ความสว่าง"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the quality of being bright",
"word": "parlaklık"
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"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "camak",
"sense": "the quality of being bright",
"word": "چمک"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "the quality of being bright",
"tags": [
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"word": "lleu"
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "paycaṙutʻyun",
"sense": "perception elicited by the luminance of an object",
"word": "պայծառություն"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "járkost",
"sense": "perception elicited by the luminance of an object",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "я́ркост"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "perception elicited by the luminance of an object",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "luminosité"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "perception elicited by the luminance of an object",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Helligkeit"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "lámpsi",
"sense": "perception elicited by the luminance of an object",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "λάμψη"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "perception elicited by the luminance of an object",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gile"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "perception elicited by the luminance of an object",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "gléine"
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{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "perception elicited by the luminance of an object",
"tags": [
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"word": "spilgtums"
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{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "perception elicited by the luminance of an object",
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"word": "spožums"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "járkostʹ",
"sense": "perception elicited by the luminance of an object",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "я́ркость"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "perception elicited by the luminance of an object",
"word": "liwanag"
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{
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"sense": "perception elicited by the luminance of an object",
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"word": "lleu"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intelligence, cleverness",
"word": "älykkyys"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "intelligence, cleverness",
"word": "intelligence"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "intelligence, cleverness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Aufgewecktheit"
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"code": "el",
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"roman": "exypnáda",
"sense": "intelligence, cleverness",
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"word": "εξυπνάδα"
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"code": "he",
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"sense": "intelligence, cleverness",
"word": "תבונה"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "intelligence, cleverness",
"word": "אינטלגנציה"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "smyšljónostʹ",
"sense": "intelligence, cleverness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "смышлёность"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "um",
"sense": "intelligence, cleverness",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-28 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-11-21 using wiktextract (65a6e81 and 0dbea76). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.