See gauche in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "awkward, bumbling",
"word": "unbeholfen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "awkward, bumbling",
"word": "linkisch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "awkward, bumbling",
"word": "plump"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "awkward, bumbling",
"word": "ne-habila"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "awkward, bumbling",
"word": "tāhapa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "awkward, bumbling",
"word": "desajeitado"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neukljúžij",
"sense": "awkward, bumbling",
"word": "неуклю́жий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neumélyj",
"sense": "awkward, bumbling",
"word": "неуме́лый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "awkward, bumbling",
"word": "torpe"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "awkward, bumbling",
"word": "fumlig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "awkward, bumbling",
"word": "taktlös"
}
],
"word": "gauche"
}
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