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"feminine"
],
"word": "דיודה"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ḍāyoḍ",
"sense": "electronic device",
"word": "डायोड"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "electronic device",
"word": "dióda"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "electronic device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "díóða"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "electronic device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tvistur"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "electronic device",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tvískauta rör"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "electronic device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tvískauti"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "electronic device",
"word": "diode"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "electronic device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "diodo"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "daiōdo",
"sense": "electronic device",
"word": "ダイオード"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "daiodeu",
"sense": "electronic device",
"word": "다이오드"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dióda",
"sense": "electronic device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дио́да"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "electronic device",
"word": "diod"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "electronic device",
"word": "ngōhiko"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "electronic device",
"word": "whāhutahi"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "electronic device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "diode"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "diyod",
"sense": "electronic device",
"word": "دیود"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "electronic device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dioda"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "electronic device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "díodo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "electronic device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "diodă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "diód",
"sense": "electronic device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дио́д"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"roman": "dioda",
"sense": "electronic device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "диода"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "electronic device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "diodo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "electronic device",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "diod"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "electronic device",
"word": "duhandas"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "electronic device",
"word": "diyodo"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "daiòht",
"sense": "electronic device",
"word": "ไดโอด"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "electronic device",
"word": "diyot"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "electronic device",
"word": "ống hai cực"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "electronic device",
"word": "bóng lưỡng cực"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "electronic device",
"word": "đèn lưỡng cực"
}
],
"word": "diode"
}
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