See gaffe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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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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"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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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Fauxpas"
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"code": "de",
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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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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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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",
"word": "ügyetlenség"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"word": "ballépés"
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"code": "it",
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"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sproposito"
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{
"code": "it",
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"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "topica"
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{
"code": "it",
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"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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"feminine"
],
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"roman": "shittai",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"word": "失態"
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"roman": "gaf",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"lang_code": "no",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "brøler"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "pt",
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"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"word": "gafe"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gafă"
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"code": "ru",
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"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "oplóšnostʹ",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "опло́шность"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "prómax",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "про́мах"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"roman": "ošíbka",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "оши́бка"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "konfuz",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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"word": "metida de pata"
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"code": "es",
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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": "es",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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"vulgar"
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"word": "cagada"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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"word": "tabbe"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"word": "blunder"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"word": "fadäs"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
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"sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
"word": "gaf"
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