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"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cation"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "katión",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "катио́н"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "катјон"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "katjon"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kation"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "catión"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "katjon"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "balipik"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "katyon"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "katión",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "катіо́н"
}
],
"word": "cation"
}
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