"frankincense" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɹæŋkənˌsɛns/ [General-American] Forms: frankincenses [plural]
Etymology: From Old French franc encens (“noble incense”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|franc encens||noble incense}} Old French franc encens (“noble incense”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} frankincense (countable and uncountable, plural frankincenses)
  1. A type of incense obtained from the Boswellia thurifera tree. Wikipedia link: frankincense Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Gums and resins Categories (lifeform): Sapindales order plants Synonyms: olibanum Derived forms: Jew's frankincense Translations (frankincense, olibanum): λίβανος (líbanos) [feminine, masculine] (Ancient Greek), λιβανωτός (libanōtós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), لُبَان (lubān) [masculine] (Arabic), ܠܒܘܢܐ (Aramaic), ܠܝܒܘܢܐ (Aramaic), ܠܒܢܐ (Aramaic), ܠܒܘܢܬܐ (ləḇūntā) [Classical-Syriac, feminine] (Aramaic), 𐡋𐡁𐡅𐡍𐡕𐡀 (lbwntʾ) [feminine] (Aramaic), לְבוּנתָּא (ləḇūntā) [feminine] (Aramaic), לבונתה [feminine] (Aramaic), խունկ (xunk) (Armenian), խեժ (xež) (Armenian), կնդրուկ (kndruk) (Armenian), buxur (Azerbaijani), লোবান (lōban) (Bengali), тамян (tamjan) (Bulgarian), လောဗန် (lau:ban) (Burmese), encens [masculine] (Catalan), 乳香 (rǔxiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), tlenemāctli (Classical Nahuatl), ⲗⲓⲃⲁⲛⲟⲩ (libanou) (Coptic), ⲗⲓⲃⲁⲛⲟⲥ (libanos) (Coptic), ⲁⲗⲃⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩⲧ (albounout) [Old-Coptic] (Coptic), kadidlo [neuter] (Czech), røgelse (Danish), ꜣlbwnṱ (Demotic), ވައިގުގޫ (vaigugū) (Dhivehi), olibanum [neuter] (Dutch), roykilsi [neuter] (Faroese), olibaanihartsi (Finnish), encens [masculine] (French), საკმეველი (saḳmeveli) (Georgian), Weihrauch [masculine] (German), λιβάνι (liváni) [neuter] (Greek), લોબાન (lobān) (Gujarati), לבונה (l'vonah) (Hebrew), लोबान (lobān) [masculine] (Hindi), लोहबान (lohbān) (Hindi), कुन्दुर (kundur) [masculine] (Hindi), कुंदारु (kundāru) [masculine] (Hindi), सौराष्ट्री (saurāṣṭrī) [feminine] (Hindi), सुगन्ध (sugandh) [feminine] (Hindi), tömjén (Hungarian), reykelsi [neuter] (Icelandic), túis [feminine] (Irish), franchincenso [masculine] (Italian), olibano [masculine] (Italian), 乳香 (nyūkō) (alt: にゅうこう) (Japanese), 유향 (yuhyang) (Korean), ກຳຍານ (kam nyān) (Lao), libanus [masculine] (Latin), те́мјан (témjan) [masculine] (Macedonian), kemenyan (Malay), സാമ്പ്രാണി (sāmprāṇi) (Malayalam), frankinċens (Maltese), parakihe (Maori), կնդրուկ (kndruk) (Old Armenian), کندر (kondor) (Persian), olíbano [masculine] (Portuguese), 𐤋𐤁𐤍𐤕 (lḇūnaṯ) [feminine] (Punic), tămâie (Romanian), intschains (Romansch), ла́дан (ládan) [masculine] (Russian), कुन्दुर (sa) [masculine] (Sanskrit), सौराष्ट्री (sa) [feminine] (Sanskrit), सुगन्ध (sa) [feminine] (Sanskrit), कुन्दुरुक (kunduruk) [masculine] (Sanskrit), та̀мјан [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), tàmjan [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), လေႃႇပၢၼ်ႇ (làu pàan) (Shan), uunsi (Somali), olíbano [masculine] (Spanish), franquincienso [masculine] (Spanish), francoincienso [masculine] (Spanish), uvumba (Swahili), rökelse (Swedish), kamanyang (Tagalog), சாம்பிராணி (cāmpirāṇi) (Tamil), กำยาน (gam-yaan) (Thai), لوبان (lobān) [masculine] (Urdu), nhũ hương (Vietnamese), thus [masculine] (Welsh)

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          "word": "tămâie"
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "सौराष्ट्री"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "sa",
          "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "सुगन्ध"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
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          "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "कुन्दुरुक"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
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        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
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            "Roman",
            "masculine"
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          "word": "tàmjan"
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          "code": "shn",
          "lang": "Shan",
          "roman": "làu pàan",
          "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
          "word": "လေႃႇပၢၼ်ႇ"
        },
        {
          "code": "so",
          "lang": "Somali",
          "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
          "word": "uunsi"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "olíbano"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "franquincienso"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "francoincienso"
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          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
          "word": "uvumba"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
          "word": "rökelse"
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
          "word": "kamanyang"
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          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "cāmpirāṇi",
          "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
          "word": "சாம்பிராணி"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gam-yaan",
          "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
          "word": "กำยาน"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "lobān",
          "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "لوبان"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
          "word": "nhũ hương"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "thus"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "frankincense"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɹæŋkənˌsɛns/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "frankincense"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Jew's frankincense"
    }
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        "3": "franc encens",
        "4": "",
        "5": "noble incense"
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      "expansion": "Old French franc encens (“noble incense”)",
      "name": "uder"
    }
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    {
      "form": "frankincenses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "English terms derived from Old French",
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        "English uncountable nouns",
        "English undefined derivations",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Punic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Urdu terms with redundant transliterations",
        "en:Gums and resins",
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        {
          "ref": "2019, “Keep Moving Don't Move”, in The Book of Traps and Lessons, performed by Kae Tempest",
          "text": "Frankincense, Frankenstein, Francophile, Philistine / Frankly, we are killing time",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "uncountable"
      ],
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        "frankincense"
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    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɹæŋkənˌsɛns/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
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    {
      "word": "olibanum"
    }
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "lubān",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "لُبَان"
    },
    {
      "code": "arc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Christian Palestinian Aramaic"
      ],
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "ܠܒܘܢܐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "arc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Christian Palestinian Aramaic"
      ],
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "ܠܝܒܘܢܐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "arc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Christian Palestinian Aramaic"
      ],
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "ܠܒܢܐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "syc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "roman": "ləḇūntā",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Syriac",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ܠܒܘܢܬܐ"
    },
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      "code": "arc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Imperial Aramaic"
      ],
      "roman": "lbwntʾ",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐡋𐡁𐡅𐡍𐡕𐡀"
    },
    {
      "code": "arc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Jewish Literary Aramaic"
      ],
      "roman": "ləḇūntā",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "לְבוּנתָּא"
    },
    {
      "code": "arc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Jewish Palestinian Aramaic"
      ],
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "לבונתה"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "xunk",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "խունկ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "xež",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "խեժ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kndruk",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "կնդրուկ"
    },
    {
      "code": "xcl",
      "lang": "Old Armenian",
      "roman": "kndruk",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "կնդրուկ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "buxur"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "lōban",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "লোবান"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tamjan",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "тамян"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "lau:ban",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "လောဗန်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "encens"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "rǔxiāng",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "乳香"
    },
    {
      "code": "nci",
      "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "tlenemāctli"
    },
    {
      "code": "cop",
      "lang": "Coptic",
      "roman": "libanou",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "ⲗⲓⲃⲁⲛⲟⲩ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cop",
      "lang": "Coptic",
      "roman": "libanos",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "ⲗⲓⲃⲁⲛⲟⲥ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cop",
      "lang": "Coptic",
      "roman": "albounout",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "Old-Coptic"
      ],
      "word": "ⲁⲗⲃⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩⲧ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kadidlo"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "røgelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "egx-dem",
      "lang": "Demotic",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "ꜣlbwnṱ"
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    {
      "code": "dv",
      "lang": "Dhivehi",
      "roman": "vaigugū",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "ވައިގުގޫ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "olibanum"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "roykilsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "olibaanihartsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "encens"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "saḳmeveli",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "საკმეველი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Weihrauch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "liváni",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "λιβάνι"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "líbanos",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "λίβανος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "libanōtós",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "λιβανωτός"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "lobān",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "લોબાન"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "l'vonah",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "לבונה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "lobān",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "लोबान"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "lohbān",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "लोहबान"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kundur",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कुन्दुर"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kundāru",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कुंदारु"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "saurāṣṭrī",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "सौराष्ट्री"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sugandh",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "सुगन्ध"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "tömjén"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "reykelsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "túis"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "franchincenso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "olibano"
    },
    {
      "alt": "にゅうこう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nyūkō",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "乳香"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yuhyang",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "유향"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "kam nyān",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "ກຳຍານ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "libanus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "témjan",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "те́мјан"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "kemenyan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "sāmprāṇi",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "സാമ്പ്രാണി"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "frankinċens"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "parakihe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kondor",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "کندر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "olíbano"
    },
    {
      "code": "xpu",
      "lang": "Punic",
      "roman": "lḇūnaṯ",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐤋𐤁𐤍𐤕"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "tămâie"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "intschains"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ládan",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ла́дан"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "sa",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कुन्दुर"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "sa",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "सौराष्ट्री"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "sa",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "सुगन्ध"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "kunduruk",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कुन्दुरुक"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "та̀мјан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tàmjan"
    },
    {
      "code": "shn",
      "lang": "Shan",
      "roman": "làu pàan",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "လေႃႇပၢၼ်ႇ"
    },
    {
      "code": "so",
      "lang": "Somali",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "uunsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "olíbano"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "franquincienso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "francoincienso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "uvumba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "rökelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "kamanyang"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "cāmpirāṇi",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "சாம்பிராணி"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gam-yaan",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "กำยาน"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "lobān",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "لوبان"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "word": "nhũ hương"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "frankincense, olibanum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "thus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frankincense"
}
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  "called_from": "page/2386",
  "msg": "inconsistent language codes sa vs hi in translation item: 't' {1: 'hi', 2: 'कुन्दुरुक', 3: 'm'}",
  "path": [
    "frankincense",
    "t"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "frankincense",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": kundura vs. sa",
  "path": [
    "frankincense"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "frankincense",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": saurāṣṭrī vs. sa",
  "path": [
    "frankincense"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "frankincense",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": sugandha vs. sa",
  "path": [
    "frankincense"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "frankincense",
  "trace": ""
}

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