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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "elementaren",
"sense": "relating to a chemical element, as opposed to a compound",
"word": "елементарен"
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"code": "ms",
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "of the elements of earth, air, fire and water",
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"word": "gnome"
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"english": "fire",
"word": "salamander"
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"english": "air",
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"english": "water",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yuánsù",
"sense": "fantastic creature",
"word": "元素"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fantastic creature",
"word": "elementaali"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fantastic creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "élémental"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fantastic creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "élémentaire"
},
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "fantastic creature",
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"masculine"
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"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "fantastic creature",
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"masculine"
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"word": "элемента́ль"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fantastic creature",
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