See chitin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
"word": "キチン"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "kaiṭin",
"sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
"word": "ಕೈಟಿನ್"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "xitin",
"sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
"word": "хитин"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "kitin",
"sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
"word": "키틴"
},
{
"alt": "甲殼素",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gapgakso",
"sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
"word": "갑각소"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
"word": "kitin"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "quitina"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
"word": "کیتین"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "quitina"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chitină"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xitín",
"sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хити́н"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hitin"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "quitina"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "kaiṭṭiṉ",
"sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
"word": "கைட்டின்"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
"word": "ไคทิน"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
"word": "ไคติน"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
"word": "kitin"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "xitýn",
"sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хіти́н"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
"word": "xitin"
}
],
"word": "chitin"
}
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