See estrogen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"neuter"
],
"word": "kvenhormón"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "estrogen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "éastraigin"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "estrogen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "estrogeno"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "esutorogen",
"sense": "estrogen",
"word": "エストロゲン"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼeestrousaen",
"sense": "estrogen",
"word": "អេស្ត្រូសែន"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "eseuteurogen",
"sense": "estrogen",
"word": "에스트로겐"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "estrogen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ostrojen"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "estrogen",
"word": "taiaki uwha"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "esterožen",
"sense": "estrogen",
"word": "استروژن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "estrogen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "estrogen"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "estrogen",
"tags": [
"Portugal",
"masculine"
],
"word": "estrogénio"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "estrogen",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"masculine"
],
"word": "estrogênio"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "estrogen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "estrógeno"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "estrogén",
"sense": "estrogen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "эстроге́н"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "estrogen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "estrógeno"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "estrogen",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "östrogen"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "estrogen",
"word": "östrojen"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "estrohén",
"sense": "estrogen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "естроге́н"
}
],
"word": "estrogen"
}
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