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"word": "fønvind"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "warm dry wind blowing down the northern sides of the Alps",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "føn"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "warm dry wind blowing down the northern sides of the Alps",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fønvind"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "warm dry wind blowing down the northern sides of the Alps",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fen"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "fjon",
"sense": "warm dry wind blowing down the northern sides of the Alps",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фён"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "warm dry wind blowing down the northern sides of the Alps",
"word": "gió phơn"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "any similar wind",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fén"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "any similar wind",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "føn"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "any similar wind",
"word": "föhn-tuuli"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "fóen",
"sense": "any similar wind",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "φόεν"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "any similar wind",
"word": "főn"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "any similar wind",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "föhn"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "any similar wind",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fen"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "fjon",
"sense": "any similar wind",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фён"
}
],
"word": "foehn"
}
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