See contrivance in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(mechanical) device to perform a certain task",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Vorrichtung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(mechanical) device to perform a certain task",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Maschinerie"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(mechanical) device to perform a certain task",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Apparat"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(mechanical) device to perform a certain task",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Behelf"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(mechanical) device to perform a certain task",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aggeggio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(mechanical) device to perform a certain task",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "marchingegno"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(mechanical) device to perform a certain task",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aparelho"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "(mechanical) device to perform a certain task",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "aparat"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "(mechanical) device to perform a certain task",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "dispozitiv"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ustrójstvo",
"sense": "(mechanical) device to perform a certain task",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "устро́йство"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prisposoblénije",
"sense": "(mechanical) device to perform a certain task",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "приспособле́ние"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(mechanical) device to perform a certain task",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aparato"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sredstvo",
"sense": "elaborate means to accomplish an objective",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "средство"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sposob",
"sense": "elaborate means to accomplish an objective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "способ"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "elaborate means to accomplish an objective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stratagème"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "elaborate means to accomplish an objective",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Vorrichtung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "elaborate means to accomplish an objective",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Erfindung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "elaborate means to accomplish an objective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Plan"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "elaborate means to accomplish an objective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kniff"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "elaborate means to accomplish an objective",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "List"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "elaborate means to accomplish an objective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kunstgriff"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "elaborate means to accomplish an objective",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Planung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "elaborate means to accomplish an objective",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Findigkeit"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "elaborate means to accomplish an objective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stratagemma"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "elaborate means to accomplish an objective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "artefizio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "elaborate means to accomplish an objective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "espediente"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "elaborate means to accomplish an objective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "accorgimento"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "elaborate means to accomplish an objective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sotterfugio"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "elaborate means to accomplish an objective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "artifício"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "elaborate means to accomplish an objective",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "artimanha"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zatéja",
"sense": "elaborate means to accomplish an objective",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "зате́я"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "plan",
"sense": "elaborate means to accomplish an objective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "план"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výdumka",
"sense": "elaborate means to accomplish an objective",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "вы́думка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "elaborate means to accomplish an objective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "artificio"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "elaborate means to accomplish an objective",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "artimaña"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "elaborate means to accomplish an objective",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "estratagema"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "hitrina",
"sense": "something overly artful or artificial",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "хитрина"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pohvat",
"sense": "something overly artful or artificial",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "похват"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "something overly artful or artificial",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vernuft"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "something overly artful or artificial",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vindingrijkheid"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "something overly artful or artificial",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "catorcio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "something overly artful or artificial",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trabiccolo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "something overly artful or artificial",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carretta"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uxiščrénije",
"sense": "something overly artful or artificial",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ухищре́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uxvátka",
"sense": "something overly artful or artificial",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ухва́тка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "something overly artful or artificial",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "artefacto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "something overly artful or artificial",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "artilugio"
}
],
"word": "contrivance"
}
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