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},
{
"homophone": "complimentary"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛntəɹi"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛntɹi"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a complementary (i.e. colour or angle)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Komplementär"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a complementary (i.e. colour or angle)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ergänzung"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"complementary"
],
"word": "complementary"
}
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