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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"lang_code": "az",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "xor"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"lang_code": "eu",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "abesbatza"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"lang_code": "eu",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "koru"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"lang_code": "be",
"roman": "xor",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хор"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "hor",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хор"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cor"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"lang_code": "yue",
"roman": "hap⁶ coeng³ tyun⁴",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "合唱團 /合唱团"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "héchàngtuán",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "合唱團 /合唱团"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "chàngshībān",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "唱詩班 /唱诗班"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sbor"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chór"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kor"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "koor"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "ĥoro"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "koruso"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"lang_code": "et",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "koor"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"lang_code": "fo",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kór"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "kuoro"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "kööri"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chœur"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chorale"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coro"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "gundi",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "გუნდი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Chor"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "chorodía",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "χορωδία"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"lang_code": "grc",
"roman": "khorós",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "χορός"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"roman": "mak'helá",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מַקְהֵלָה"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "koras",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "कोरस"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "vŕndagān",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "वृन्दगान"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "gāyak-maṇḍlī",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "गायक-मंडली"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "kórus"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "énekkar"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "kar"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kór"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"lang_code": "io",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "koro"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "kor"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "paduan suara"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cór"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coro"
},
{
"alt": "がっしょうだん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "gasshōdan",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "合唱団"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"lang_code": "kk",
"roman": "xor",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "хор"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"lang_code": "km",
"roman": "krom cɑɑcɑmriəng",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "ក្រុមចម្រៀង"
},
{
"alt": "合唱團",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "hapchangdan",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "합창단"
},
{
"code": "kri",
"lang": "Krio",
"lang_code": "kri",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "kwaya"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"lang_code": "ky",
"roman": "hor",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "хор"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"lang_code": "lo",
"roman": "khk kha na",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "ຄາຍົກຄະນະ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chorus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "concentus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "koris"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"lang_code": "lt",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "choras"
},
{
"code": "luy",
"lang": "Luhya",
"lang_code": "luy",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "ekwaya"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "hor",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хор"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "koir"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "paduan suara"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "koaea"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "koea"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "rōpū waiata"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "tira waiata"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "kapa waiata"
},
{
"code": "mfe",
"lang": "Mauritian Creole",
"lang_code": "mfe",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "koral"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "quer"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"lang_code": "mn",
"roman": "najral duu",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "найрал дуу"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"lang_code": "mn",
"raw_tags": [
"Mongolian script"
],
"roman": "nayiral daɣuu",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "ᠨᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠᠯ ᠳᠠᠭᠤᠤ"
},
{
"code": "kix",
"lang": "Khiamniungan Naga",
"lang_code": "kix",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "tsúihói"
},
{
"code": "nay",
"lang": "Ngarrindjeri",
"lang_code": "nay",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "kykulan"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kor"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chor"
},
{
"code": "fa-ira",
"lang": "Iranian Persian",
"lang_code": "fa-ira",
"roman": "goruh-e kor",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "گُروهِ کُر"
},
{
"code": "fa-ira",
"lang": "Iranian Persian",
"lang_code": "fa-ira",
"roman": "kor",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "کُر"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"lang_code": "pdt",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kua"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "chór"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coro"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coral"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "cor"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "xor",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хор"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"lang_code": "gd",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "còisir"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "хо̑р"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "збо̏р"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"masculine"
],
"word": "hȏr"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"masculine"
],
"word": "zbȍr"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"lang_code": "sk",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chór"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"lang_code": "sk",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zbor"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"lang_code": "sl",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zbor"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"lang_code": "sl",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kor"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "orfeón"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escolanía"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "masa coral"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "kwaya"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kör"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"lang_code": "tg",
"roman": "xor",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "хор"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"lang_code": "tt",
"roman": "xor",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "хор"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"roman": "kaa-yá-gà-ká-ná",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "คายกคณะ"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"roman": "lûuk-kûu",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "ลูกคู่"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"roman": "nák-rɔ́ɔng-mùu",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "นักร้องหมู่"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"roman": "ká-ná-bprà-sǎan-sǐiang",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "คณะประสานเสียง"
},
{
"code": "tkl",
"lang": "Tokelauan",
"lang_code": "tkl",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "kaufaipehe"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "koro"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"lang_code": "tk",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "hor"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "xor",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хор"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"lang_code": "ug",
"roman": "xor",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "خور"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"lang_code": "uz",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "xor"
},
{
"alt": "團合唱",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "dàn hợp xướng"
},
{
"alt": "合唱",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "hợp xướng"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "côr"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"lang_code": "yi",
"roman": "khor",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "כאָר"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"lang_code": "hy",
"roman": "das",
"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
"word": "դաս"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"lang_code": "eu",
"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
"word": "koru"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "hor",
"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хор"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kruchta"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kůr"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "koor"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
"word": "kuori"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
"word": "chœur"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Chor"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "chorodía",
"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "χορωδία"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
"word": "kórus"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
"word": "énekkar"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
"word": "kar"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kór"
},
{
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"sense": "a rank or order of angels",
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