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"text": "A text file may have a file extension of .txt."
}
],
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"A short series of text characters at the end of a computer filename, used to indicate the type of contents and the software that will be required to operate or open it."
],
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}
],
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},
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "副檔名"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "fu³ dong² ming⁴",
"sense": "string of characters",
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},
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"word": "擴展名"
},
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"roman": "kuòzhǎnmíng",
"sense": "string of characters",
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],
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},
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"word": "文件擴展名"
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"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "延伸檔名"
},
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"roman": "yánshēn dǎngmíng, yánshēn dàngmíng",
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"Taiwan"
],
"word": "延伸档名"
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"word": "後綴名"
},
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"tags": [
"Mainland-China"
],
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},
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "string of characters",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "koncovka souboru"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "string of characters",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "přípona souboru"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "filtype"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "string of characters",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "filendelse"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "bestandsextensie"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "tiedostopääte"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "extension de fichier"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "Dateiendung"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "epéktasi onómatos archeíou",
"sense": "string of characters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "επέκταση ονόματος αρχείου"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "epéktasi archeíou",
"sense": "string of characters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "επέκταση αρχείου"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "fájlkiterjesztés"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "estensione di nome di schedario"
},
{
"alt": "かくちょうし kakuchōshi",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "拡張子"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "fail atauynyñ keñeitımı",
"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "файл атауының кеңейтімі"
},
{
"alt": "擴張子",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hwakjangja",
"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "확장자"
},
{
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"roman": "hwakjangmyeong",
"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "확장명"
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"sense": "string of characters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "filetternavn"
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"masculine"
],
"word": "filendelse"
},
{
"code": "nb",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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{
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"neuter"
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{
"code": "nn",
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{
"code": "nn",
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "rozszerzenie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "string of characters",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "extensão"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dopolnénije k fajlu",
"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "дополне́ние к файлу"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "extensión de archivo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "string of characters",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "filändelse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
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"note": "filsuffix n",
"sense": "string of characters"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Filename extension"
]
}
],
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}
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{
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"expansion": "file extension (plural file extensions)",
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{
"word": "8.3"
}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns"
],
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{
"text": "A text file may have a file extension of .txt."
}
],
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"A short series of text characters at the end of a computer filename, used to indicate the type of contents and the software that will be required to operate or open it."
],
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[
"computer",
"computer"
],
[
"filename",
"filename"
],
[
"type",
"type"
],
[
"contents",
"contents"
],
[
"software",
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]
],
"wikipedia": [
"Filename extension"
]
}
],
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"word": "filename extension"
},
{
"word": "filename suffix"
}
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"sense": "string of characters",
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},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "fu³ dong² ming⁴",
"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "副档名"
},
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"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "擴展名"
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"roman": "kuòzhǎnmíng",
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],
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"word": "文件擴展名"
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"roman": "wénjiàn kuòzhǎnmíng",
"sense": "string of characters",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "文件扩展名"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "副檔名"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "fùdǎngmíng, fùdàngmíng",
"sense": "string of characters",
"tags": [
"Taiwan"
],
"word": "副档名"
},
{
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"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "延伸檔名"
},
{
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"roman": "yánshēn dǎngmíng, yánshēn dàngmíng",
"sense": "string of characters",
"tags": [
"Taiwan"
],
"word": "延伸档名"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "後綴名"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "hòuzhuìmíng",
"sense": "string of characters",
"tags": [
"Mainland-China"
],
"word": "后缀名"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "string of characters",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "koncovka souboru"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "string of characters",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "přípona souboru"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "filtype"
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{
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"sense": "string of characters",
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"word": "filendelse"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "bestandsextensie"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "tiedostopääte"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "extension de fichier"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "Dateiendung"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "epéktasi onómatos archeíou",
"sense": "string of characters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "επέκταση ονόματος αρχείου"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "epéktasi archeíou",
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"neuter"
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"word": "επέκταση αρχείου"
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},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "estensione di nome di schedario"
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{
"alt": "かくちょうし kakuchōshi",
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "拡張子"
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"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "fail atauynyñ keñeitımı",
"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "файл атауының кеңейтімі"
},
{
"alt": "擴張子",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hwakjangja",
"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "확장자"
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"alt": "擴張名",
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "string of characters",
"tags": [
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{
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"word": "filendelse"
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"word": "filnavnsuffiks"
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"code": "nn",
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"sense": "string of characters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "filetternavn"
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{
"code": "nn",
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"sense": "string of characters",
"tags": [
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"word": "filending"
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{
"code": "nn",
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"word": "rozszerzenie"
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{
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "string of characters",
"tags": [
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"word": "extensão"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dopolnénije k fajlu",
"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "дополне́ние к файлу"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "string of characters",
"word": "extensión de archivo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "string of characters",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "filändelse"
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"note": "filsuffix n",
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