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"sense": "in object oriented programming: code that creates objects",
"word": "rakentaja"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "in object oriented programming: code that creates objects",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "constructeur"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in object oriented programming: code that creates objects",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Konstruktor"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kataskevastís",
"sense": "in object oriented programming: code that creates objects",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κατασκευαστής"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "in object oriented programming: code that creates objects",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "costruttore"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "konsutorakuta",
"sense": "in object oriented programming: code that creates objects",
"word": "コンストラクタ"
},
{
"alt": "こうちくし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōchikushi",
"sense": "in object oriented programming: code that creates objects",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "構築子"
},
{
"alt": "生成子",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "saengseongja",
"sense": "in object oriented programming: code that creates objects",
"word": "생성자"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in object oriented programming: code that creates objects",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "konstruktor"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in object oriented programming: code that creates objects",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "construtor"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "konstrúktor",
"sense": "in object oriented programming: code that creates objects",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "констру́ктор"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in object oriented programming: code that creates objects",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "konstruktor"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "konstrúktor",
"sense": "in object oriented programming: code that creates objects",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "констру́ктор"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "in object oriented programming: code that creates objects",
"word": "hàm khởi tạo"
}
],
"word": "constructor"
}
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