See funicular in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"masculine"
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"word": "funicular"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "rail transit system",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bergbana"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "rail transit system",
"word": "füniküler"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "funikulér",
"sense": "rail transit system",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фунікуле́р"
}
],
"word": "funicular"
}
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