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"derived": [
{
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"word": "discus fish"
},
{
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"word": "discus throw"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "discus thrower"
}
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"4": "",
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"expansion": "Doublet of dais, desk, disc, dish, disk, and diskos",
"name": "doublet"
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"etymology_text": "1656. From Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”). Doublet of dais, desk, disc, dish, disk, and diskos.",
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{
"form": "discuses",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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{
"ref": "August 18 2004, Frank Fitzpatrick, “The amazing story of the first discus medal winner”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer",
"text": "He Robert Garrett] won even though he hadn't ever touched a real discus until just before the event was held.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "August 23 2008, John Branch, “Estonia's Kanter Celebrates Gold Medal in the Discus His Way”, in The New York Times",
"text": "[Gerd] Kanter had agreed to demonstrate his throwing skill on Friday, but rather than bringing his own discuses—he usually travels with about five of them, […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A round plate-like object that is thrown for sport."
],
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],
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],
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"sport",
"sport"
]
],
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"sense": "round plate",
"word": "quoit"
}
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"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "disk"
},
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qurṣ",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "قُرْص"
},
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"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"word": "disko"
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"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "dysk",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дыск"
},
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"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "cakti",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"word": "চাকতি"
},
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"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "ḍisko",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"word": "ডিস্ক"
},
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"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "disk",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "диск"
},
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"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "disc"
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{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"word": "鐵餅"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiěbǐng",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"word": "铁饼"
},
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"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
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"masculine"
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"word": "disk"
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"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "da",
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"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "discus"
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"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"word": "disko"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"word": "ketas"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"word": "klingra"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"word": "kiekko"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "disque"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "disco"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "disḳi",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"word": "დისკი"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Diskus"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Wurfscheibe"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "dískos",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "δίσκος"
},
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"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "dískos",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "δίσκος"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "dískus",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "דִּיסְקוּס"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "cakra",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "चक्र"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "cakkā",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "चक्का"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ḍisk",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "डिस्क"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"word": "diszkosz"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kringla"
},
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"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"word": "disko"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "disco"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"alt": "えんばん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "enban",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"word": "円盤"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "wonban",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"word": "원반"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "chak",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"word": "ຈັກ"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "discus"
},
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"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "disks"
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"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "diskas"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "disk",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "диск"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "diskos"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "diskos"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "disk",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"word": "دیسک"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dysk"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "disco"
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{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "disc"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "disk",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "диск"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "диск"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "disk"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "disk"
},
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"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "disk"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "disco"
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{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "diskus"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "jàk",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"word": "จักร"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "dìt",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"word": "ดิสก์"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "tr",
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"word": "disk"
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{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dysk",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "диск"
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"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "ḍisk",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ڈسکس"
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{
"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"word": "dĩa"
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"_dis1": "68 14 8 10",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"word": "diskud"
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"text": "For two years Templeton has given individual attention to Krenz. The young man has reciprocated by giving at least two hours each day to practice in the shot and discus.",
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"ref": "2008 September 8, “Weir lays down marker in Beijing”, in BBC",
"text": "And Chris Martin took a silver medal in the discus on the opening day in the Bird's Nest, […]",
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"roman": "mjatáne na disk",
"sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
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"word": "мята́не на диск"
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"sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
"word": "kiekonheitto"
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"sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
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"masculine"
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"word": "disque"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "lanzamento de disco"
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"_dis1": "17 60 12 11",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
"tags": [
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hatalát dískus",
"sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "הטלת דיסקוס"
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"_dis1": "17 60 12 11",
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
"word": "diszkosz"
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"_dis1": "17 60 12 11",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
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"neuter"
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"word": "kringlukast"
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"word": "disko"
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"word": "diskoskast"
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"_dis1": "17 60 12 11",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "arremesso de disco"
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"_dis1": "17 60 12 11",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "metánije díska",
"sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "мета́ние ди́ска"
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"_dis1": "17 60 12 11",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "disco"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
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"word": "diskus"
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"word": "disk atma"
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"sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
"word": "diskudijedam"
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"ref": "2008, Carol Roberts, “History of Discus”, in North American Discus Association, archived from the original on 2008-12-08",
"text": "The main body of the Amazon River is too fast, too deep, and too silt laden for discus.",
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"(plural: discus) A discus fish (genus Symphysodon)"
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"ref": "1893, K. M. Ganguli, The Mahabharata, translation of original by Krishna-Swaipayana Vyasa, Adi Parva, Section XIX",
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"ref": "1899, Thomas William Rhys Davids, transl., Sàmañña-Phàla Sutta, translation of original by Digha Nikaya",
"text": "If with a discus with an edge sharp as a razor he should make all the living creatures on the earth one heap, one mass, of flesh, […]",
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],
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"A chakram."
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"(rare, dated) A chakram."
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"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
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"word": "ຈັກ"
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"word": "จักร"
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"lang": "Thai",
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"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"word": "ดิสก์"
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"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"word": "disk"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
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"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"word": "dĩa"
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{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
"word": "diskud"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mjatáne na disk",
"sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
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"sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
"word": "kiekonheitto"
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"sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
"tags": [
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"word": "disque"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "lanzamento de disco"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
"tags": [
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"word": "Diskuswerfen"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hatalát dískus",
"sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "הטלת דיסקוס"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
"word": "diszkosz"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
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"word": "kringlukast"
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"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
"word": "disko"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
"word": "diskoskast"
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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
"word": "diskoskast"
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"sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
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"word": "arremesso de disco"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "metánije díska",
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
"word": "disk atma"
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