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"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-au-cloud nine.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b4/En-au-cloud_nine.ogg/En-au-cloud_nine.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/En-au-cloud_nine.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"raw_tags": [
"of bliss"
],
"topics": [
"state"
],
"word": "cloud number nine"
},
{
"word": "seventh heaven"
},
{
"word": "blissful"
},
{
"sense": "state of fantastic or impractical dreaming",
"word": "head in the clouds"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"word": "قمَة السعادَة"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sédmo nebé",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "се́дмо небе́"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "gau² siu¹ wan⁴ ngoi⁶",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"word": "九霄雲外 /九霄云外"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǔxiāoyúnwài",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"word": "九霄雲外 /九霄云外"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"word": "zevende hemel"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"word": "seitsmes taevas"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"word": "seitsemäs taivas"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"word": "septième ciel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"word": "Wolke sieben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"word": "siebter Himmel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"word": "úszik a boldogságban"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"word": "madarat lehet(ne) fogatni vele"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"word": "fel van dobva"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "ban van",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"word": "a hetedik mennyország"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"word": "scamall a naoi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"word": "settimo cielo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"word": "w siódmym niebie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"word": "siódme niebo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sétimo céu"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "al nouălea cer"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "seventh heaven",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sedʹmóje nébo",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "седьмо́е не́бо"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "séptimo cielo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sjunde himmel"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "s'ome nebo",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"word": "сьоме небо"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"word": "chín tầng mây"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"International Cloud Atlas",
"Stuart Berg Flexner"
],
"word": "cloud nine"
}
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