See frolic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "ᎠᏁᏦᏍᎦ"
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"code": "yue",
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"word": "嬉戲"
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"code": "yue",
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"word": "嬉戏"
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"word": "嫐"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"word": "嬉戲"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "behave playfully and uninhibitedly",
"word": "嬉戏"
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"word": "plezier maken"
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"code": "hu",
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"word": "dokazywać"
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},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "gaiety; merriment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "burla"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "gaiety; merriment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "beffa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "gaiety; merriment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "allegria"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "gaiety; merriment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gaiezza"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "gaiety; merriment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "festejo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vesélʹje",
"sense": "gaiety; merriment",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "весе́лье"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "gaiety; merriment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jugueteo"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ludorija",
"sense": "playful antic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лудория"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "playful antic",
"word": "vallatlemine"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "playful antic",
"word": "temmellys"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "playful antic",
"word": "kisailu"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "playful antic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "troula"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "playful antic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Scherz"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "playful antic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "buffonata"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "playful antic",
"word": "tuapa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "playful antic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gracejo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "playful antic",
"word": "jugueteo"
}
],
"word": "frolic"
}
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