See gaffe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
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"word": "möhläys"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"word": "munaus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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{
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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"code": "de",
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"masculine"
],
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"code": "he",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
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"word": "ügyetlenség"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"word": "ballépés"
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{
"code": "it",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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{
"code": "it",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "it",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "topica"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gaffe"
},
{
"alt": "しっさく",
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"word": "失策"
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{
"code": "mk",
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"roman": "gréška",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гре́шка"
},
{
"code": "no",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brøler"
},
{
"code": "pl",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gafă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "oplóšnostʹ",
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"feminine"
],
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"masculine"
],
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],
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"code": "ru",
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"dated",
"masculine"
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"feminine",
"vulgar"
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"word": "gaf"
}
],
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}
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