"civet" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪ.vɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-civet.wav Forms: civets [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪvɪt Etymology: From French civette, from Italian zibetto, from Medieval Latin zibethum, from Arabic زَبَاد (zabād). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|civette}} French civette, {{der|en|it|zibetto}} Italian zibetto, {{der|en|ML.|zibethum}} Medieval Latin zibethum, {{der|en|ar|زَبَاد}} Arabic زَبَاد (zabād) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} civet (countable and uncountable, plural civets)
  1. (countable) A carnivorous catlike animal, Civettictis civetta, that produces a musky secretion. It is two to three feet (30–90 cm) long, with black bands and spots on the body and tail. Tags: countable Synonyms: civet cat
    Sense id: en-civet-en-noun-dRojYbCa
  2. (uncountable) The musky perfume produced by the animal. Tags: uncountable Translations (perfume): জহামলা (zôhamola) (Assamese), জহামাল (zôhamal) (Assamese), algàlia [feminine] (Catalan), 麝貓香 (Chinese Mandarin), 麝猫香 (shèmāoxiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), sivetti (Finnish), Zibet [masculine] (German), μόσχος (móschos) [masculine] (Greek), जुबाद (jubād) [masculine] (Hindi), dhèdhès (Javanese), ಪುನುಗು (punugu) (Kannada), زباد (zabâd) (Persian), غالیه (ğâliye) (Persian), cywet [masculine] (Polish), algália [feminine] (Portuguese), цибети́н (cibetín) [masculine] (Russian), almizcle [masculine] (Spanish), jebad (Sundanese), zabadi (Swahili), sibet [common-gender] (Swedish), sibetolja [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-civet-en-noun-5bd~t1ui Disambiguation of 'perfume': 6 88 0 6
  3. Any animal in the family Viverridae or the similar family Nandiniidae Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-civet-en-noun-XymajfWk
  4. (countable, US) Any of several species of spotted skunk, in the genus Spilogale. Tags: US, countable Categories (lifeform): Mephitids, Viverrids
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translations, Terms with Javanese translations, Terms with Kannada translations, Terms with Karang translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Kimaragang translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Malagasy translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Njyem translations, Terms with Nkonya translations, Terms with Oromo translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Sebop translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Sundanese translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagal Murut translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with West Coast Bajau translations, Terms with Yoruba translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 14 17 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 10 11 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 12 13 16 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 12 12 19 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Assamese translations: 12 13 16 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Bau Bidayuh translations: 13 13 19 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 12 15 14 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 12 13 16 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 14 14 15 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Djimini translations: 14 14 17 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 15 16 16 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 11 11 18 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 13 14 14 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 14 14 59 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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: civet coffee, civeted, civetlike, civetone, Malagasy civet, otter civet, palm civet, tiger civet Translations (cat-like animal): siwet (Afrikaans), siwetkat (Afrikaans), زَبَاد (zabād) [masculine] (Arabic), জহামলা (zôhamola) (Assamese), জহামাল (zôhamal) (Assamese), musang (Bau Bidayuh), цибет (cibet) [masculine] (Bulgarian), civeta [feminine] (Catalan), 麝貓 (Chinese Mandarin), 麝猫 (shèmāo) (Chinese Mandarin), 麝香貓 (Chinese Mandarin), 麝香猫 (shèxiāngmāo) (Chinese Mandarin), 靈貓 (Chinese Mandarin), 灵猫 (língmāo) (Chinese Mandarin), cibetka [feminine] (Czech), cɛnpige (Djimini), civetkat [feminine] (Dutch), zibeto (Esperanto), tsiibet (Estonian), sivettikissa (Finnish), sivetti (Finnish), civette [feminine] (French), აფრიკული ვივერა (apriḳuli vivera) (Georgian), ციბეტა (cibeṭa) (Georgian), ციბეტინი (cibeṭini) (Georgian), Zibetkatze [feminine] (German), μοσχογαλή η κιβέττη (moschogalí i kivétti) [feminine] (Greek), જબાદી બિલાડી (jabādī bilāḍī) (Gujarati), मुश्क बिलाई (muśk bilāī) [masculine] (Hindi), मुश्कबिलाव (muśkabilāv) [masculine] (Hindi), गंधबिलाव (gandhbilāv) [masculine] (Hindi), गन्धमार्जार (gandhamārjār) [masculine] (Hindi), जुबाद (jubād) [masculine] (Hindi), कस्तूरी बिलाव (kastūrī bilāv) [masculine] (Hindi), cibetmacska (Hungarian), musang (Indonesian), qaynai (Iraqw), zibetto [masculine] (Italian), 麝香猫 (jakōneko) (alt: じゃこうねこ) (Japanese), 霊猫 (reibyō) (alt: れいびょう) (Japanese), rasé (Javanese), ಪುನುಗು ಬೆಕ್ಕು (punugu bekku) (Kannada), bayti̧w (Karang), សំពោច (sɑmpouc) (Khmer), kaka'a (Kimaragang), 사향고양이 (sahyanggoyang'i) (Korean), civeta [feminine] (Lithuanian), alazy (Malagasy), musang (Malay), luak (Malay), jwɔb (Njyem), tsamboyi (Nkonya), tirenye (Oromo), گربه زباد (gorbe-ye zabâd) (Persian), زباد (zabâd) (Persian), cyweta [feminine] (Polish), civeta [feminine] (Portuguese), gato-de-algália [masculine] (Portuguese), zibetă [feminine] (Romanian), виве́рра (vivérra) [feminine] (Russian), циве́тта (civétta) [feminine] (Russian), गन्धमार्जार (gandhamārjāra) [masculine] (Sanskrit), pugah (Sebop), civeta [feminine] (Spanish), ngawa (Swahili), binangki' (Tagal Murut), munin (Tagal Murut), alamid (Tagalog), పునుగుపిల్లి (punugupilli) (Telugu), ชะมด (chá-mót) (Thai), misk kedisi (Turkish), cầy (Vietnamese), puju (West Coast Bajau), ẹtà (Yoruba)
Disambiguation of 'cat-like animal': 30 22 22 26

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          "text": "Your onely way to make a good pomander, is this. Take an ownce of the pureſt garden mould, clenſed and ſteeped ſeauen daies in change of motherleſſe roſe water, then take the beſt Labdanum, Benioine, both Storaxes, amber greece, and Ciuet, and muſke, incorporate them together, and work them into what form you pleaſe; this, if your breath bee not to valiant, will make you ſmell as ſweete as my Ladies dogge.",
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      "_dis1": "30 22 22 26",
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      "roman": "punugupilli",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "పునుగుపిల్లి"
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      "word": "cầy"
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      "_dis1": "30 22 22 26",
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "ẹtà"
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      "code": "af",
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      "sense": "cat-like animal",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ca",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "麝貓"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "shèmāo",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "麝猫"
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      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "麝香貓"
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      "word": "麝香猫"
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      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "靈貓"
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      "roman": "língmāo",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "灵猫"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "dyi",
      "lang": "Djimini",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "cɛnpige"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "eo",
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      "word": "zibeto"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "tsiibet"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "sivettikissa"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "sivetti"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "civette"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "apriḳuli vivera",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "აფრიკული ვივერა"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "ციბეტა"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "ციბეტინი"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Zibetkatze"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "moschogalí i kivétti",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "μοσχογαλή η κιβέττη"
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      "code": "gu",
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      "roman": "jabādī bilāḍī",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "જબાદી બિલાડી"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "sense": "cat-like animal",
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      "code": "hi",
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      "code": "hi",
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      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "musang"
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      "code": "irk",
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      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "qaynai"
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "麝香猫"
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      "alt": "れいびょう",
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      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "霊猫"
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      "code": "jv",
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      "word": "rasé"
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      "code": "kn",
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      "roman": "punugu bekku",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "ಪುನುಗು ಬೆಕ್ಕು"
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      "code": "kzr",
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      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "bayti̧w"
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      "code": "km",
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      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "សំពោច"
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      "code": "kqr",
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      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "kaka'a"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sahyanggoyang'i",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "사향고양이"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "civeta"
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    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "alazy"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "musang"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "luak"
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    {
      "code": "njy",
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      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "jwɔb"
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    {
      "code": "nko",
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      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "tsamboyi"
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      "code": "om",
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      "word": "tirenye"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "gorbe-ye zabâd",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "گربه زباد"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zabâd",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "زباد"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "cyweta"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "civeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "gato-de-algália"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zibetă"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vivérra",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "виве́рра"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "civétta",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "циве́тта"
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    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "gandhamārjāra",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "गन्धमार्जार"
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    {
      "code": "sib",
      "lang": "Sebop",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "pugah"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "civeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "ngawa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mvv",
      "lang": "Tagal Murut",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "binangki'"
    },
    {
      "code": "mvv",
      "lang": "Tagal Murut",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "munin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "alamid"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "punugupilli",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "పునుగుపిల్లి"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "chá-mót",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "ชะมด"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "misk kedisi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "cầy"
    },
    {
      "code": "bdr",
      "lang": "West Coast Bajau",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "puju"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "cat-like animal",
      "word": "ẹtà"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "zôhamola",
      "sense": "perfume",
      "word": "জহামলা"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "zôhamal",
      "sense": "perfume",
      "word": "জহামাল"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "perfume",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "algàlia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "perfume",
      "word": "麝貓香"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shèmāoxiāng",
      "sense": "perfume",
      "word": "麝猫香"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "perfume",
      "word": "sivetti"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "perfume",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zibet"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "móschos",
      "sense": "perfume",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μόσχος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "jubād",
      "sense": "perfume",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "जुबाद"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "perfume",
      "word": "dhèdhès"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "punugu",
      "sense": "perfume",
      "word": "ಪುನುಗು"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zabâd",
      "sense": "perfume",
      "word": "زباد"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ğâliye",
      "sense": "perfume",
      "word": "غالیه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "perfume",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cywet"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "perfume",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "algália"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cibetín",
      "sense": "perfume",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "цибети́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "perfume",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "almizcle"
    },
    {
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "sense": "perfume",
      "word": "jebad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "perfume",
      "word": "zabadi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "perfume",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sibet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "perfume",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sibetolja"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "civet"
  ],
  "word": "civet"
}

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