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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dyléma",
"sense": "circumstance in which a choice must be made between two alternatives",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "диле́ма"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "circumstance in which a choice must be made between two alternatives",
"word": "diläm"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "miḥna",
"sense": "difficult circumstance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "مِحْنَة"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "difficult circumstance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dilema"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǒngjìng",
"sense": "difficult circumstance",
"word": "窘境"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kùnjìng",
"sense": "difficult circumstance",
"word": "困境"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "difficult circumstance",
"word": "dilemo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "difficult circumstance",
"word": "dilemma"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "difficult circumstance",
"word": "pulma"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "difficult circumstance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dilema"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "diléma",
"sense": "difficult circumstance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "דילמה"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "difficult circumstance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dilemma"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "moškel",
"sense": "difficult circumstance",
"word": "مشکل"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "difficult circumstance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kjlam"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "difficult circumstance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dylemat"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "difficult circumstance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dilema"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dilémma",
"sense": "difficult circumstance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "диле́мма"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "difficult circumstance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dilema"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "muʕḍila",
"sense": "in logic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "مُعْضِلَة"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "èrnántuīlǐ",
"sense": "in logic",
"word": "二難推理 /二难推理"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "in logic",
"word": "dilemo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in logic",
"word": "dilemma"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "in logic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dilema"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "diléma",
"sense": "in logic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "דילמה"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in logic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dylemat"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in logic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dilema"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in logic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dilema"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "in logic",
"word": "awampili"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Michael Quinion"
],
"word": "dilemma"
}
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