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"masculine"
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{
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"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "generally accepted principle",
"word": "kanon"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "generally accepted principle",
"word": "law)"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "generally accepted principle",
"word": "periaate"
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{
"code": "enm",
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{
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"masculine"
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"word": "kanon"
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{
"code": "ca",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "yue",
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{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "zan¹ cyun⁴",
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "group of literary works accepted as representative",
"word": "kanon"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
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"masculine"
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"code": "eo",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "group of literary works accepted as representative",
"word": "kaanon"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "group of literary works accepted as representative",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "group of literary works accepted as representative",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "group of literary works accepted as representative",
"word": "kánon"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "group of literary works accepted as representative",
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{
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "group of literary works accepted as representative",
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"word": "kanon"
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"masculine"
],
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "da",
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"code": "nl",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"plural"
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"code": "cmn",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "religious law",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "jiàohuìfǎ",
"sense": "religious law",
"word": "教会法"
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{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "religious law",
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{
"code": "nl",
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"word": "canon"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "religious law",
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
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"masculine"
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"word": "Kanon"
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"code": "el",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "religious law",
"word": "kánon"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "religious law",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "canone"
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{
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"code": "enm",
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"sense": "religious law",
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "religious law",
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"masculine"
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"word": "kanon"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "religious law",
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"word": "cânone"
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"code": "cmn",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"code": "da",
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
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"word": "canon"
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"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "fr",
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"masculine"
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"word": "canon"
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"code": "de",
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"masculine"
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "it",
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"code": "gv",
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{
"code": "no",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "kanon"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "piece of music",
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"masculine"
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"word": "kanon"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"word": "cânone"
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"code": "es",
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{
"code": "no",
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{
"code": "fr",
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{
"code": "de",
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "da",
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"code": "es",
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
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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 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). 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.
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