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"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "steġn",
"sense": "poetical foot of three syllables",
"word": "ստեղն"
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"sense": "poetical foot of three syllables",
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],
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{
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"sense": "poetical foot of three syllables",
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"sense": "poetical foot of three syllables",
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"sense": "poetical foot of three syllables",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "poetical foot of three syllables",
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"masculine"
],
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "poetical foot of three syllables",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "poetical foot of three syllables",
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"masculine"
],
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
],
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"masculine"
],
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"masculine"
],
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],
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{
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},
{
"word": "spondee"
},
{
"word": "finger"
}
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"A metrical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented."
],
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "steġn",
"sense": "poetical foot of three syllables",
"word": "ստեղն"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "poetical foot of three syllables",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dàctil"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "poetical foot of three syllables",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "daktyl"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "poetical foot of three syllables",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dactylus"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "poetical foot of three syllables",
"word": "daktilo"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "poetical foot of three syllables",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rættur tríliður"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "poetical foot of three syllables",
"word": "daktyyli"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "poetical foot of three syllables",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dactyle"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "poetical foot of three syllables",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Daktylus"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "dáktylos",
"sense": "poetical foot of three syllables",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "δάκτυλος"
},
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "dáktulos",
"sense": "poetical foot of three syllables",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "δάκτυλος"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "poetical foot of three syllables",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dachtal"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "poetical foot of three syllables",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dattilo"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "poetical foot of three syllables",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dactylus"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "poetical foot of three syllables",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "daktyl"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "poetical foot of three syllables",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dátilo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dáktilʹ",
"sense": "poetical foot of three syllables",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "да́ктиль"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "poetical foot of three syllables",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dáctilo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "poetical foot of three syllables",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "daktyl"
}
],
"word": "dactyl"
}
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