See colophon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǎnquányè",
"sense": "printer notice at the end of a book",
"word": "版权页"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "printer notice at the end of a book",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "achevé d’imprimer"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "printer notice at the end of a book",
"word": "kolofon"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "printer notice at the end of a book",
"word": "impresszum"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "printer notice at the end of a book",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kolofons"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "printer notice at the end of a book",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kolofon"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "koncóvka",
"sense": "printer notice at the end of a book",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "концо́вка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kolofón",
"sense": "printer notice at the end of a book",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "колофо́н"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Colophon (publishing)",
"printer's mark"
],
"word": "colophon"
}
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