See clank in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to make a clanking sound",
"word": "kalauttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "individual",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to make a clanking sound",
"translation": "individual",
"word": "kalahtaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to make a clanking sound",
"word": "kalistaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to make a clanking sound",
"word": "kalistella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to make a clanking sound",
"word": "kalisuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "repetitive",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to make a clanking sound",
"translation": "repetitive",
"word": "kalahdella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "to make a clanking sound",
"word": "cliqueter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to make a clanking sound",
"word": "klirren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to make a clanking sound",
"word": "kläppern"
},
{
"alt": "がちゃがちゃする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "gachagacha suru",
"sense": "to make a clanking sound",
"word": "ガチャガチャする"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "to make a clanking sound",
"word": "retinir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "ljázgatʹ",
"sense": "to make a clanking sound",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ля́згать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "gremétʹ",
"sense": "to make a clanking sound",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "греме́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "brjacátʹ",
"sense": "to make a clanking sound",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "бряца́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "zvjákatʹ",
"sense": "to make a clanking sound",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "звя́кать"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to cause to sound with a clank",
"word": "aneinanderschlagen"
}
],
"word": "clank"
}
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