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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "warning sound that turns out to be erroneous",
"word": "lažni alarm"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "warning sound that turns out to be erroneous",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "falsa alarma"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "warning sound that turns out to be erroneous",
"word": "falskt alarm"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "warning sound that turns out to be erroneous",
"word": "tibadbad"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "warning sound that turns out to be erroneous",
"word": "yanlış alarm"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "warning sound that turns out to be erroneous",
"word": "báo động giả"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "thing or occurrence initially causing fear, etc. but subsequently seen to be no cause for concern",
"word": "虛驚"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xūjīng",
"sense": "thing or occurrence initially causing fear, etc. but subsequently seen to be no cause for concern",
"word": "虚惊"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "thing or occurrence initially causing fear, etc. but subsequently seen to be no cause for concern",
"word": "誤警"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wùjǐng",
"sense": "thing or occurrence initially causing fear, etc. but subsequently seen to be no cause for concern",
"word": "误警"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "thing or occurrence initially causing fear, etc. but subsequently seen to be no cause for concern",
"word": "planý poplach"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "thing or occurrence initially causing fear, etc. but subsequently seen to be no cause for concern",
"word": "falešný poplach"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "thing or occurrence initially causing fear, etc. but subsequently seen to be no cause for concern",
"word": "väärä hälytys"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "thing or occurrence initially causing fear, etc. but subsequently seen to be no cause for concern",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fausse alarme"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "thing or occurrence initially causing fear, etc. but subsequently seen to be no cause for concern",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Fehlalarm"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "thing or occurrence initially causing fear, etc. but subsequently seen to be no cause for concern",
"word": "vaklárma"
},
{
"alt": "きょほう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kyohō",
"sense": "thing or occurrence initially causing fear, etc. but subsequently seen to be no cause for concern",
"word": "虚報"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "thing or occurrence initially causing fear, etc. but subsequently seen to be no cause for concern",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alarmă falsă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lóžnaja trevóga",
"sense": "thing or occurrence initially causing fear, etc. but subsequently seen to be no cause for concern",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ло́жная трево́га"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "thing or occurrence initially causing fear, etc. but subsequently seen to be no cause for concern",
"word": "falskt alarm"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "thing or occurrence initially causing fear, etc. but subsequently seen to be no cause for concern",
"word": "tibadbad"
}
],
"word": "false alarm"
}
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