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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pričúda",
"sense": "phenomenon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "причу́да"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "phenomenon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "moda"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "phenomenon",
"word": "modni trend"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "phenomenon",
"word": "modni hir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "phenomenon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "moda"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "phenomenon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "moda pasajera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "phenomenon",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "fluga"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "phenomenon",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "dagslända"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "phenomenon",
"word": "uso"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "phenomenon",
"word": "moda"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "phenomenon",
"word": "trend"
}
],
"word": "fad"
}
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