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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "етимолог"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "person who specializes in etymology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bun-ockleyder"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "person who specializes in etymology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "etymolog"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "person who specializes in etymology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "etymolog"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person who specializes in etymology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "etymolog"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person who specializes in etymology",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "etymolożka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "person who specializes in etymology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "etimólogo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "person who specializes in etymology",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "etimologista"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "person who specializes in etymology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "etimolog"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "person who specializes in etymology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "etimologist"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "etimólog",
"sense": "person who specializes in etymology",
"word": "этимо́лог"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person who specializes in etymology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "etimòlog"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "person who specializes in etymology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "etymológ"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "person who specializes in etymology",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "etymologička"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "person who specializes in etymology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "etimolog"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "person who specializes in etymology",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "etimologinja"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person who specializes in etymology",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "etimologista"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person who specializes in etymology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "etimólogo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person who specializes in etymology",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "etymolog"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "person who specializes in etymology",
"word": "etimolog"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "etymóloh",
"sense": "person who specializes in etymology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "етимо́лог"
}
],
"word": "etymologist"
}
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