See camshaft in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"masculine"
],
"word": "распределительный кулачковый вал"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "raspredval",
"sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "распредвал"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "árbol de levas"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kamaxel"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
"word": "tandos-umbok"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
"word": "eksantrik mili"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
"word": "kam mili"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
"word": "trục cam"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "camwerthyd"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "camsiafft"
}
],
"word": "camshaft"
}
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