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"sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
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"word": "Zentaur"
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"roman": "kéntavros",
"sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
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"sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
"tags": [
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"word": "קֶנְטָאוּר"
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"roman": "sẽṭūr",
"sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
"word": "सेंटूर"
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"sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
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"roman": "Kentaurosu",
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"word": "ケンタウロス"
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"alt": "じんば",
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"sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
"word": "켄타우로스"
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"roman": "inma",
"sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
"word": "인마"
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"tags": [
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"word": "centaurus"
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"sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
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"word": "kentauras"
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"sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
"word": "sentora"
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"word": "centaur"
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"word": "centauro"
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"sense": "astronomy",
"word": "半人馬座"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "bànrénmǎzuò",
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"word": "半人马座"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kentaur"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
"word": "sentawro"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
"word": "kentaur"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "kentauroi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
"word": "at adam"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
"word": "aryunt"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
"word": "eryunt"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
"word": "yaryunt"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kentávr",
"sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кента́вр"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
"word": "käntor"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dynfarch"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "Kentavǎr",
"sense": "astronomy",
"word": "Кентавър"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "astronomy",
"word": "半人馬座"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bànrénmǎzuò",
"sense": "astronomy",
"word": "半人马座"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "astronomy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kentaur"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "astronomy",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "souhvězdí Kentaura"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "astronomy",
"word": "Centaure"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "astronomy",
"word": "Kentaur"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "astronomy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "centauro"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Kentaurusu",
"sense": "astronomy",
"word": "ケンタウルス"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Kentaurosu",
"sense": "astronomy",
"word": "ケンタウロス"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Kentaurusu-zoku",
"sense": "astronomy",
"word": "ケンタウルス族"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "Kéntaur",
"sense": "astronomy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ке́нтаур"
}
],
"word": "centaur"
}
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