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"word": "banda desenhada"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "artistic medium",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "BD"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kómiks",
"sense": "artistic medium",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ко́микс"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "artistic medium",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tebeo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "artistic medium",
"word": "tecknad serie"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "artistic medium",
"word": "serie"
}
],
"word": "comics"
}
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"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"Rhymes:English/ɪks",
"Rhymes:English/ɪks/1 syllable",
"en:Comics"
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"pos": "noun",
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"word": "comic"
}
],
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"plural of comic"
],
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"comic",
"comic#English"
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"plural"
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"tags": [
"General-American"
]
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"ipa": "/ˈkɒmɪks/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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"rhymes": "-ɪks"
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/31/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-comics.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-comics.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
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],
"word": "comics"
}
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