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"sense": "rotating mass",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "замаец"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "rotating mass",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "svinghjul"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "rotating mass",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "svinghjul"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "čarx-e langar",
"sense": "rotating mass",
"word": "چرخ لنگر"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "rotating mass",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "koło zamachowe"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "rotating mass",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "volante"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "rotating mass",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "volant"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "maxovík",
"sense": "rotating mass",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "махови́к"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "maxovóje kolesó",
"sense": "rotating mass",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "махово́е колесо́"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "rotating mass",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "за́машња̄к"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "rotating mass",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "zámašnjāk"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "rotating mass",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zotrvačník"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "rotating mass",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vztrajnik"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "rotating mass",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "volante"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "rotating mass",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "svänghjul"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "rotating mass",
"word": "iikot"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "lɔ́ɔ-dtun-gam-lang",
"sense": "rotating mass",
"word": "ล้อตุนกำลัง"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "rotating mass",
"word": "volan"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "maxovýk",
"sense": "rotating mass",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "махови́к"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "máxove kóleso",
"sense": "rotating mass",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ма́хове ко́лесо"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "rotating mass",
"word": "maxovik"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "rotating mass",
"word": "bánh đà"
}
],
"word": "flywheel"
}
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