See glacis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "gentle incline in front of a fortification",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "гла̀сија"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "gentle incline in front of a fortification",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "glàsija"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "gentle incline in front of a fortification",
"word": "glasija"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "gentle incline in front of a fortification",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "glacis"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "gentle incline in front of a fortification",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "glaci"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "gentle incline in front of a fortification",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "glacis"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "gentle incline in front of a fortification",
"word": "glasi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "gentle incline in front of a fortification",
"word": "şev"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "hlasýs",
"sense": "gentle incline in front of a fortification",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гласи́с"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "angled armour plate",
"word": "etulevy"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "prédna plóča",
"sense": "angled armour plate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пре́дна пло́ча"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zakósena plóča",
"sense": "angled armour plate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "зако́сена пло́ча"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lobovája detálʹ",
"sense": "angled armour plate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лобова́я дета́ль"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "device for sorting mail",
"word": "luiska"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Krak des Chevaliers"
],
"word": "glacis"
}
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