See dunce in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
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{
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"tags": [
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"word": "typerys"
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{
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"lang_code": "fi",
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"word": "tyhmä"
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"tags": [
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{
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"sense": "unintelligent person",
"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "unintelligent person",
"tags": [
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],
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Dummkopf"
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"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "unintelligent person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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{
"code": "de",
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"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "unintelligent person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "de",
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"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "unintelligent person",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Einfaltspinsel"
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{
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"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "unintelligent person",
"tags": [
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{
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"sense": "unintelligent person",
"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"sense": "unintelligent person",
"tags": [
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"sense": "unintelligent person",
"tags": [
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"word": "дунстер"
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{
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"roman": "duduk",
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"tags": [
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"word": "дудук"
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{
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"sense": "unintelligent person",
"tags": [
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"word": "Dommajon"
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"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "unintelligent person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nieuk"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "unintelligent person",
"tags": [
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"word": "antytalent"
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"lang_code": "ru",
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"sense": "unintelligent person",
"tags": [
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"word": "не́уч"
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"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
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"tags": [
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"word": "идио́т"
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"tags": [
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"lang_code": "ru",
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"tags": [
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"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "tupíca",
"sense": "unintelligent person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тупи́ца"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "unintelligent person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tonto de capirote"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "unintelligent person",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "dumhuvud"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "unintelligent person",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "dummerjöns"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "unintelligent person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dỳns"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "unintelligent person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "twpsyn"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "unintelligent person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "penbwl"
}
],
"word": "dunce"
}
Download raw JSONL data for dunce meaning in English (21.2kB)
{
"called_from": "page/2530",
"msg": "skipping string in the middle of translations: </table></div></div>\n\n",
"path": [
"dunce"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "dunce",
"trace": ""
}
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