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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "komedian",
"sense": "entertainer",
"word": "コメディアン"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gaegeumaen",
"sense": "entertainer",
"word": "개그맨"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "komidieon",
"sense": "entertainer",
"word": "코미디언"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "huigeugin",
"sense": "entertainer",
"word": "희극인"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "entertainer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "komiķis"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "entertainer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "komiķe"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "entertainer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "humorists"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "entertainer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "humoriste"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "komičar",
"sense": "entertainer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "комичар"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "entertainer",
"word": "pelawak"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "entertainer",
"word": "kaiwhakakata"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "entertainer",
"word": "kiri hangareka"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "entertainer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "komiker"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "entertainer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "komikar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "entertainer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comedian"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "ṭoki",
"sense": "entertainer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ټوکي"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "komedian",
"sense": "entertainer",
"word": "کمدین"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "entertainer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "komik"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "entertainer",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "comediante"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "entertainer",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "humorista"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "entertainer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comediant"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "entertainer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "comediantă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jumoríst",
"sense": "entertainer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "юмори́ст"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kómik",
"sense": "entertainer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ко́мик"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "komediánt",
"sense": "entertainer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "комедиа́нт"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "entertainer",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "humorista"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "entertainer",
"word": "comediante"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "entertainer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cómico"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "entertainer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "standupero"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "entertainer",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "cuentachistes"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "entertainer",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "komiker"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "entertainer",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "komedienn"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "entertainer",
"word": "komedyante"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "entertainer",
"word": "komedyen"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "humorýst",
"sense": "entertainer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гумори́ст"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kómik",
"sense": "entertainer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ко́мік"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "komediánt",
"sense": "entertainer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "комедіа́нт"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "entertainer",
"word": "diễn viên hài"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "entertainer",
"word": "nghệ sĩ hài"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "entertainer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comedïwr"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "entertainer",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "comedïwyr"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"comedian"
],
"word": "comedian"
}
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