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"sense": "chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "galanterie"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "važḳacoba",
"sense": "chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women",
"word": "ვაჟკაცობა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "zrdilobianoba",
"sense": "chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women",
"word": "ზრდილობიანობა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "tavazianoba",
"sense": "chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women",
"word": "თავაზიანობა"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "galanteria"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "galanteria"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women",
"word": "hautoatanga"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "galanterie"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "curtoazie"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "galántnostʹ",
"sense": "chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гала́нтность"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women",
"word": "kagilasan"
}
],
"word": "gallantry"
}
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