See gridlock in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"feminine"
],
"word": "opstopping"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "on a smaller scale",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "verkeersopstopping"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "on a smaller scale",
"word": "tukos"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "on a smaller scale",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "embouteillage"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "on a smaller scale",
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"word": "Stau"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "on a smaller scale",
"word": "forgalmi dugó"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "on a smaller scale",
"word": "(közlekedési) dugó"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "on a smaller scale",
"word": "torlódás"
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"code": "hu",
"english": "minor",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "on a smaller scale",
"translation": "minor",
"word": "fennakadás"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "on a smaller scale",
"word": "elakadás"
},
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "jūtai",
"sense": "on a smaller scale",
"word": "渋滞"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"roman": "zattō",
"sense": "on a smaller scale",
"word": "雑踏"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
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"sense": "on a smaller scale",
"word": "雑沓"
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"code": "nb",
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"code": "nb",
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "on a smaller scale",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "engarrafamento"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "próbka",
"sense": "on a smaller scale",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "про́бка"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "zatór",
"sense": "on a smaller scale",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "зато́р"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "on a smaller scale",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "atasco"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"lang_code": "hy",
"roman": "pʻakuġi",
"sense": "deadlock",
"word": "փակուղի"
},
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"lang_code": "hy",
"roman": "meṙyal ket",
"sense": "deadlock",
"word": "մեռյալ կետ"
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"code": "cmn",
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"lang_code": "cmn",
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"sense": "deadlock",
"word": "僵局"
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"word": "impasse"
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"code": "nl",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "deadlock",
"word": "suma"
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"code": "fi",
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"lang_code": "fi",
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"word": "umpikuja"
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"word": "impasse"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "deadlock",
"word": "interblocage"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "gamouvali siṭuacia",
"sense": "deadlock",
"word": "გამოუვალი სიტუაცია"
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"lang_code": "ka",
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
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"sense": "deadlock",
"word": "holtpont"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "deadlock",
"word": "patthelyzet"
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"code": "ga",
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"lang_code": "ga",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "sáinn"
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{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "teitai",
"sense": "deadlock",
"word": "停滞"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "deadlock",
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"masculine"
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"word": "impasse"
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"masculine"
],
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"masculine"
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"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "мёртвая то́чка"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "deadlock",
"word": "paralización"
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"To cause traffic congestion."
],
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