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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
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"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
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"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
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"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"word": "népmese"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"word": "cerita rakyat"
},
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"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"word": "民間説話"
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"roman": "donghwa",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"word": "동화"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "meselok"
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{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"word": "fabula"
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "teika"
},
{
"code": "lus",
"lang": "Mizo",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"word": "thawnthurochun"
},
{
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bajka ludowa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "conto popular"
},
{
"code": "rom",
"lang": "Romani",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "paramìsi"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naródnaja skázka",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "наро́дная ска́зка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skázka",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ска́зка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "leyenda"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "folksaga"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"word": "kuwentong-bayan"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"word": "นิทานชาวบ้าน"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"word": "นิทานพื้นบ้าน"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"word": "truyện dân gian"
}
]
}
],
"word": "folktale"
}
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥikāya ḵurāfiyya",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "حِكَايَة خُرَافِيَّة"
},
{
"code": "shi",
"lang": "Berber Tashelhit",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rondalla"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cuento"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"word": "民間故事"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mínjiān gùshì",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"word": "民间故事"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"word": "民間傳說"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mínjiān chuánshuō",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"word": "民间传说"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
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],
"word": "volksverhaal"
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{
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"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"word": "kansantaru"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "conte"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "conte populaire"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "conto popular"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Volksmärchen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Märchen"
},
{
"code": "gsw",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
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"neuter"
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{
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"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
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{
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"word": "cerita rakyat"
},
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"word": "民間説話"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "donghwa",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"word": "동화"
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{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "meselok"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"word": "fabula"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pasaka"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "teika"
},
{
"code": "lus",
"lang": "Mizo",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"word": "thawnthurochun"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
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"word": "conto popular"
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{
"code": "rom",
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"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
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"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
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"word": "наро́дная ска́зка"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "skázka",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
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"word": "ска́зка"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"tags": [
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"word": "folksaga"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"word": "kuwentong-bayan"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"word": "นิทานชาวบ้าน"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"word": "นิทานพื้นบ้าน"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "story that is part of the oral tradition of a people",
"word": "truyện dân gian"
}
],
"word": "folktale"
}
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