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"ipa": "/ˈfɹiːlɑːns/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɹiˌlæns/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-freelance.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-freelance.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-freelance.wav.mp3",
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},
{
"rhymes": "-iːlɑːns"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intransitive: to work as a freelance",
"word": "työskennellä freelancerina"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "eléftheros epicheirimatías",
"sense": "intransitive: to work as a freelance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ελεύθερος επιχειρηματίας"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aftoapascholoúmenos",
"sense": "intransitive: to work as a freelance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "αυτοαπασχολούμενος"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "frilánsitʹ",
"sense": "intransitive: to work as a freelance",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "фрила́нсить"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intransitive: to work as a freelance",
"word": "trabajar por cuenta propia"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intransitive: to work as a freelance",
"tags": [
"Spain"
],
"word": "trabajar por libre"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intransitive: to work as a freelance",
"word": "laburar autónomamente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intransitive: to work as a freelance",
"word": "chambear independientemente"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "intransitive: to work as a freelance",
"word": "frilansa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "transitive: to produce or sell services as a freelance",
"word": "tehdä freelancerina"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Ivanhoe"
],
"word": "freelance"
}
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