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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "eldest son of king of France",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dauphin"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "eldest son of king of France",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "delfim"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "eldest son of king of France",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "delfin"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dofín",
"sense": "eldest son of king of France",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дофи́н"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "eldest son of king of France",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dauphin"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "eldest son of king of France",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "delfín"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "eldest son of king of France",
"word": "dofen"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dofín",
"sense": "eldest son of king of France",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дофі́н"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "eldest son of king of France",
"word": "dofin"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "eldest son of king of France",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dolffin"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"dauphin"
],
"word": "dauphin"
}
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