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"etymology_text": "From Middle English general, in turn from Anglo-Norman general, generall, Middle French general, and their source, Latin generālis, from genus (“class, kind”) + -ālis (“-al”); thus morphologically parallel with, and a doublet of, generic.",
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"ref": "c. 1495, John Skelton, \"Vppon a deedman's hed\"",
"text": "It is generall / To be mortall: / I haue well espyde / No man may hym hyde / From Deth holow eyed […].",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "1842, Douglas Jerrold, “Mr Peppersorn ‘At Home’”, in Cakes and Ale",
"text": "\"Among us!\" was the general shout, and Peppersorn sat frozen to his chair.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1946, Bertrand Russell, “Stoicism”, in History of Western Philosophy, book 1, part 3",
"text": "Undoubtedly the age of the Antonines was much better than any later age until the Renaissance, from the point of view of the general happiness.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2006 October 15, Ruth Sutherland, “Invite public to the private equity party”, in The Observer",
"text": "One advantage of having profitable companies in Britain is that they pay large sums in corporate tax into the Exchequer, which in theory at least is used for the general good.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "përgjithshëm"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕāmm",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "عَامّ"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "əndhanur",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "ընդհանուր"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "xeneral"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "ba",
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"roman": "döyöm",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "дөйөм"
},
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"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
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"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ahúlʹny",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "агу́льны"
},
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"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
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"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "hollek"
},
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"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obšt",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "общ"
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{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
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"roman": "vseóbšt",
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"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "general"
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"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yībān",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "一般"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pǔtōng",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "普通"
},
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"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "všeobecný"
},
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "obecný"
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{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "da",
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"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "generel"
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{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "da",
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"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "almindelig"
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"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "algemeen"
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{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "ĝenerala"
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{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "üldine"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "ext",
"lang": "Extremaduran",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "heneral"
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{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "yleinen"
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{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "général"
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{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "communal"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "xeral"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "zogadi",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "ზოგადი"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "allgemein"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "generell"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "genikós",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "γενικός"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "általános"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "generala"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "menyeluruh"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "umum"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"alt": "いっぱん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ippan",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "一般"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"alt": "ぜんぱん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "zenpan",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "全般"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"alt": "ふつう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "futsū",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "普通"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "generālis"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "vispārējs"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "bendras"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "opšt",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "општ"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "umum"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "am"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "whānui"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "matawhānui"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "tauwhānui"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "sādhāraṇ",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "साधारण"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "allmenn"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "generell"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "ġemǣne"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "ogólny"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "geral"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "general"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comun"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "óbščij",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "о́бщий"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "опћѐнит"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "све̏опћӣ"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "на́челан"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "općènit"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "svȅopćī"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "náčelan"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "všeobecný"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "splošen"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "general"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "jumla"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "generell"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "allmän"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zahálʹnyj",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "зага́льний"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "valemik"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "deg"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 3 4 29 7 17",
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
"word": "degme"
}
]
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{
"ref": "1865, Edward Cust, Lives of the Warriors of the Thirty Years War, page 527",
"text": "For these successes he obtained the rank of Field-Marshal General.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2002, James Turner, Libertines and Radicals in Early Modern London, page 122",
"text": "He becomes the chief chartered libertine, the whoremaster-general flourishing his \"standard\" over a female army […].",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Applied to a person (as a postmodifier or a normal preceding adjective) to indicate supreme rank, in civil or military titles, and later in other terms; pre-eminent."
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"pre-eminent"
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"(sometimes postpositive) Applied to a person (as a postmodifier or a normal preceding adjective) to indicate supreme rank, in civil or military titles, and later in other terms; pre-eminent."
],
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"postpositional",
"sometimes"
],
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"_dis1": "5 67 5 6 10 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of a person: pre-eminent",
"word": "général"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 67 5 6 10 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of a person: pre-eminent",
"word": "en chef"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 67 5 6 10 7",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mnišvnelovani",
"sense": "of a person: pre-eminent",
"word": "მნიშვნელოვანი"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 67 5 6 10 7",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "generaluri",
"sense": "of a person: pre-eminent",
"word": "გენერალური"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 67 5 6 10 7",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "genikós",
"sense": "of a person: pre-eminent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "γενικός"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 67 5 6 10 7",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "of a person: pre-eminent",
"word": "awam"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 67 5 6 10 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a person: pre-eminent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "general"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 67 5 6 10 7",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "of a person: pre-eminent",
"tags": [
"common-gender",
"literally"
],
"word": "heneral"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 67 5 6 10 7",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "henerálʹnyj",
"sense": "of a person: pre-eminent",
"word": "генера́льний"
}
]
},
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{
"word": "abnormal"
},
{
"word": "uncommon"
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"ref": "1817, Sir Walter Scott, chapter IX, in Rob Roy",
"text": "‘I can't quite afford you the sympathy you expect upon this score,’ I replied; ‘the misfortune is so general, that it belongs to one half of the species […].’",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2008 December 20, John Patterson, “Home movies”, in The Guardian",
"text": "The general opinion on Baz Luhrmann's overstuffed epic Australia seems to be that it throws in everything but the kitchen sink, and then tosses that in too, just to be sure.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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],
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[
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"word": "typical"
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{
"word": "usual"
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{
"word": "common"
},
{
"word": "common"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "20 3 49 12 7 8",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "widespread, common",
"word": "algemeen"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 3 49 12 7 8",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "widespread, common",
"word": "wijdverspreid"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 3 49 12 7 8",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "widespread, common",
"word": "ĝenerala"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 3 49 12 7 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "widespread, common",
"word": "général"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 3 49 12 7 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "widespread, common",
"word": "universal"
},
{
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{
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"code": "ka",
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{
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{
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"text": "M. Venizelos went to Athens from Paris early last January in response to a general invitation from the Greek populace.",
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"_dis1": "13 3 7 54 4 19",
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{
"_dis1": "13 3 7 54 4 19",
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{
"_dis1": "13 3 7 54 4 19",
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{
"_dis1": "13 3 7 54 4 19",
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{
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"ref": "1941, W Somerset Maugham, Up at the Villa, Vintage, published 2004, page 24",
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"ref": "2006 July 16, Kevin Nance, “Ghosts of the White City”, in Chicago Sun-Times",
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"ref": "2008, Robert P. Maloney, “The Quiet Carpenter”, in America, volume 199, number 19, page 18",
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"ref": "2007, Alan Cheuse, “A Little Death”, in Southern Review, volume 43, number 3, page 692",
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{
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{
"_dis1": "21 7 1 9 3 3 20 25 8 2",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"word": "នាយឧត្តមនាវី"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 7 1 9 3 3 20 25 8 2",
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},
{
"_dis1": "21 7 1 9 3 3 20 25 8 2",
"code": "km",
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"sense": "military rank",
"word": "មេទ័ព"
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{
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"lang": "Korean",
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{
"_dis1": "21 7 1 9 3 3 20 25 8 2",
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{
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{
"_dis1": "21 7 1 9 3 3 20 25 8 2",
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"word": "ພົນເອກ"
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{
"_dis1": "21 7 1 9 3 3 20 25 8 2",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "imperator"
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"masculine"
],
"word": "dux"
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{
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"masculine"
],
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{
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{
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{
"_dis1": "21 7 1 9 3 3 20 25 8 2",
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{
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{
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{
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"word": "پاشا"
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{
"_dis1": "21 7 1 9 3 3 20 25 8 2",
"code": "fa",
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"word": "ژنرال"
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],
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],
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{
"_dis1": "21 7 1 9 3 3 20 25 8 2",
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{
"_dis1": "21 7 1 9 3 3 20 25 8 2",
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],
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{
"_dis1": "21 7 1 9 3 3 20 25 8 2",
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"_dis1": "21 7 1 9 3 3 20 25 8 2",
"code": "sv",
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],
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{
"_dis1": "21 7 1 9 3 3 20 25 8 2",
"code": "sv",
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{
"_dis1": "21 7 1 9 3 3 20 25 8 2",
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"general"
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"_dis1": "21 7 1 9 3 3 20 25 8 2",
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{
"_dis1": "21 7 1 9 3 3 20 25 8 2",
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{
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"code": "no",
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"code": "ang",
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"code": "pl",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "involving every part or member, not specific or particular",
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"code": "ro",
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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"A general anesthetic."
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"(countable) A general anesthetic."
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"countable"
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"categories": [
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"General anesthesia."
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"links": [
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"(uncountable) General anesthesia."
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"uncountable"
]
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"English uncountable nouns",
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"UK",
"US"
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"lang": "Arabic",
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
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{
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{
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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{
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "generál",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "my",
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{
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"word": "將軍"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"word": "将军"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "military rank",
"word": "將帥"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiàngshuài",
"sense": "military rank",
"word": "将帅"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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{
"code": "nl",
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{
"code": "egy",
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{
"code": "et",
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"sense": "military rank",
"word": "kindral"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "military rank",
"word": "kenraali"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "generali",
"sense": "military rank",
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "el",
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"roman": "stratigós",
"sense": "military rank",
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{
"code": "el",
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"roman": "ptérarchos",
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"code": "grc",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "grc",
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"sense": "military rank",
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"masculine"
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"code": "he",
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"tags": [
"general",
"masculine"
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
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{
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"word": "generális"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "military rank",
"word": "tábornok"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "military rank",
"word": "jenderal"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"alt": "たいしょう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "military rank",
"word": "大将"
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{
"alt": "しょうぐん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"word": "将軍"
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{
"code": "krc",
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"word": "инарал"
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{
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"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "phkaay",
"sense": "military rank",
"word": "ផ្កាយ"
},
{
"code": "km",
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"roman": "prĕəh pŭəl teep seenaa",
"sense": "military rank",
"word": "ព្រះពលទេពសេនាបតី"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "utdɑm seeniiy",
"sense": "military rank",
"word": "ឧត្តមសេនីយ"
},
{
"code": "km",
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"roman": "néayʼŏttâmôséniy៍",
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{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
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"sense": "military rank",
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{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
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"sense": "military rank",
"word": "សេនាឯក"
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{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "meitŏəp",
"sense": "military rank",
"word": "មេទ័ព"
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{
"alt": "將軍",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "janggun",
"sense": "military rank",
"word": "장군"
},
{
"alt": "大將",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "daejang",
"sense": "military rank",
"word": "대장"
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{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "генерал"
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{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "phon ʼēk",
"sense": "military rank",
"word": "ພົນເອກ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "imperator"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dux"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ģenerālis"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "generál",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "military rank",
"word": "jeneral"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "military rank",
"word": "tianara"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "senāptī",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "सेनापती"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "janral",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "जनरल"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
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"general"
],
"word": "генерал"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "heretoga"
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{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "paşa",
"sense": "military rank",
"word": "پاشا"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ženerâl",
"sense": "military rank",
"word": "ژنرال"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "generał"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vojenačálʹnik",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
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],
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
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],
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "generál",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "генера́л"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
"word": "ђенѐра̄л"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
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"code": "sl",
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"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "military rank",
"word": "jenerali"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "härförare"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "general"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "military rank",
"word": "heneral"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "генерал"
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "pon-èek",
"sense": "military rank",
"word": "พลเอก"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "dmag spyi",
"sense": "military rank",
"word": "དམག་སྤྱི"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "military rank",
"word": "general"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "military rank",
"word": "general"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "polkovódecʹ",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "полково́дець"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "henerál",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "генера́л"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vojenačálʹnyk",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "воєнача́льник"
},
{
"code": "uum",
"lang": "Urum",
"sense": "military rank",
"word": "yeral"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "military rank",
"word": "general"
},
{
"alt": "将軍",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "military rank",
"word": "tướng quân"
},
{
"code": "sah",
"lang": "Yakut",
"roman": "nyadıraal",
"sense": "military rank",
"word": "ньадыраал"
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{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
"word": "גענעראַל"
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{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "generalshe",
"sense": "military rank",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "גענעראַלשע"
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{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "military rank",
"word": "general"
}
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