"gum arabic" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gums arabic [plural]
Etymology: gum + Arabic; the name was used in Arabic and other Middle Eastern languages since the 9th century (صَمْغ عَرَبِيّ (ṣamḡ ʕarabiyy)), and retained in the languages of Europeans who first acquired it via Arab ports. Etymology templates: {{m|en|gum}} gum, {{m|en|Arabic}} Arabic, {{m|ar|صَمْغ عَرَبِيّ}} صَمْغ عَرَبِيّ (ṣamḡ ʕarabiyy) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|gums arabic}} gum arabic (countable and uncountable, plural gums arabic)
  1. An edible substance taken from one of two species of sub-Saharan acacia trees, Senegalia senegal and Vachellia seyal, used in the food industry as a stabilizer (e.g. in soda, gumdrops and marshmallows) and other purposes including pharmaceuticals, paints and polishes. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Gums and resins Derived forms: gum arabic tree Translations (substance from acacia trees): arabiese gom (Afrikaans), gomë arabike [feminine] (Albanian), አረብኛ ማስቲካ (ʾäräbña mastika) (Amharic), صَمْغ عَرَبِيّ (ṣamḡ ʕarabiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), عِلْكَة عَرَبِيَّة (ʕilka ʕarabiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), ضمغ (ṣamḡ) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), ռետին արաբերեն (ṙetin araberen) (Armenian), արաբական խեժ (arabakan xež) (Armenian), ərəb diş əti (Azerbaijani), oietako arabiera (Basque), гуміарабік (humiarabik) (Belarusian), আরবি আঠা (arobi aṭha) (Bengali), gom arabek [feminine] (Breton), гума арабика (guma arabika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), goma aràbiga [feminine] (Catalan), tagok arabe (Cebuano), 阿拉伯樹膠 (Chinese Mandarin), 阿拉伯树胶 (Ālābó shùjiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), arabská guma (Czech), gummi arabikum (Danish), arabische gom (Dutch), arabikumi (Finnish), gomme arabique [feminine] (French), goma arábiga [feminine] (Galician), რეზინის არაბული (rezinis arabuli) (Georgian), Gummiarabikum [masculine] (German), ગમ અરબી (gam arabī) (Gujarati), ƙārō [masculine] (Hausa), גומי ערבי (Hebrew), गोंद (gond) [masculine] (Hindi), gumiarabikum (Hungarian), arabískt gúmmí [feminine] (Icelandic), gom arab (Indonesian), guma arabach [masculine] (Irish), アラビアゴム (arabiagomu) (Japanese), permen karet Arab (Javanese), гумиарабик (gumiarabik) (Kazakh), ស្ករកៅស៊ូភាសាអារ៉ាប់ (skarkawsaou pheasaea areab) (Khmer), 아라비아고무 (arabiagomu) (Korean), gumiarābiks (Latvian), gumiarabikas (Lithuanian), ersetzen arabesch (Luxembourgish), арапска гума (arapska guma) (Macedonian), hihy arabo (Malagasy), gam arab (Malay), ഗം അറബിക് (gaṁ aṟabikŭ) (Malayalam), gomma arabika [feminine] (Maltese), kāpia Arāpi (Maori), डिंक अरबी (ḍiṅka arbī) [feminine] (Marathi), goma arabica (Mocoví), араб бохь (arab boxʹ) (Mongolian), गम अरबी (gam arabī) (Nepali), gummi arabiku (Norwegian), شيره عربي (Pashto), صمغ عربی (samğ-e 'arabi) (Persian), انگم عربی (angom-e 'arabi) (Persian), guma arabska [feminine] (Polish), goma-arábica [feminine] (Portuguese), ਅਰਬੀ ਗੂੰਦ (arabī gūnd) (Punjabi), gumă arabică [feminine] (Romanian), гуммиара́бик (gummiarábik) [masculine] (Russian), pulu Arapi (Samoan), ᱜᱚᱵᱞᱚ (gôblô) (Santali), arapska guma [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), гумарабика [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), گم عربي (Sindhi), xanjo carabi (Somali), marenene Searabia (Sotho), goma arábiga [feminine] (Spanish), sandarusi (Swahili), gumi arabicum (Swedish), резини арабӣ (rezini arabī) (Tajik), அரேபியப்பசை (arēpiyappacai) (Tamil), తుమ్మబంక (tummabaṅka) (Telugu), หมากฝรั่งอาหรับ (Thai), arap sakızı (Turkish), гуміарабік (humiarabik) [feminine] (Ukrainian), عربی گم [feminine] (Urdu), arab saqich (Uzbek), aqoqiyo (Uzbek), gôm Ả Rập (Vietnamese), gwm Arabaidd [masculine] (Welsh), seentsini Arabhu (Xhosa), גומע אַראַביש (gume arabish) [feminine] (Yiddish)

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          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "arabiese gom"
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          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "ṙetin araberen",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "ռետին արաբերեն"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "arabakan xež",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "արաբական խեժ"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "ərəb diş əti"
        },
        {
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "oietako arabiera"
        },
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "humiarabik",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "гуміарабік"
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          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "arobi aṭha",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "আরবি আঠা"
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          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gom arabek"
        },
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "guma arabika",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "гума арабика"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "goma aràbiga"
        },
        {
          "code": "ceb",
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "tagok arabe"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "阿拉伯樹膠"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "Ālābó shùjiāo",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "阿拉伯树胶"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "arabská guma"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "gummi arabikum"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "arabische gom"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "arabikumi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gomme arabique"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "goma arábiga"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "rezinis arabuli",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "რეზინის არაბული"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Gummiarabikum"
        },
        {
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "gam arabī",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "ગમ અરબી"
        },
        {
          "code": "ha",
          "lang": "Hausa",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ƙārō"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "גומי ערבי"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "gond",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "गोंद"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "gumiarabikum"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "arabískt gúmmí"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "gom arab"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "guma arabach"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "arabiagomu",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "アラビアゴム"
        },
        {
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "permen karet Arab"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "gumiarabik",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "гумиарабик"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "skarkawsaou pheasaea areab",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "ស្ករកៅស៊ូភាសាអារ៉ាប់"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "arabiagomu",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "아라비아고무"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "gumiarābiks"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "gumiarabikas"
        },
        {
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "ersetzen arabesch"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "arapska guma",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "арапска гума"
        },
        {
          "code": "mg",
          "lang": "Malagasy",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "hihy arabo"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "gam arab"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "gaṁ aṟabikŭ",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "ഗം അറബിക്"
        },
        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gomma arabika"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "kāpia Arāpi"
        },
        {
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "ḍiṅka arbī",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "डिंक अरबी"
        },
        {
          "code": "moc",
          "lang": "Mocoví",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "goma arabica"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "arab boxʹ",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "араб бохь"
        },
        {
          "code": "ne",
          "lang": "Nepali",
          "roman": "gam arabī",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "गम अरबी"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "gummi arabiku"
        },
        {
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "شيره عربي"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "samğ-e 'arabi",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "صمغ عربی"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "angom-e 'arabi",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "انگم عربی"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "guma arabska"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "goma-arábica"
        },
        {
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "arabī gūnd",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "ਅਰਬੀ ਗੂੰਦ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gumă arabică"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gummiarábik",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "гуммиара́бик"
        },
        {
          "code": "sm",
          "lang": "Samoan",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "pulu Arapi"
        },
        {
          "code": "sat",
          "lang": "Santali",
          "roman": "gôblô",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "ᱜᱚᱵᱞᱚ"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "arapska guma"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "гумарабика"
        },
        {
          "code": "sd",
          "lang": "Sindhi",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "گم عربي"
        },
        {
          "code": "so",
          "lang": "Somali",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "xanjo carabi"
        },
        {
          "code": "st",
          "lang": "Sotho",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "marenene Searabia"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "goma arábiga"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "sandarusi"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "gumi arabicum"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "rezini arabī",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "резини арабӣ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "arēpiyappacai",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "அரேபியப்பசை"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "tummabaṅka",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "తుమ్మబంక"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "หมากฝรั่งอาหรับ"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "arap sakızı"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "humiarabik",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "гуміарабік"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "عربی گم"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "arab saqich"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "aqoqiyo"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "gôm Ả Rập"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gwm Arabaidd"
        },
        {
          "code": "xh",
          "lang": "Xhosa",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "word": "seentsini Arabhu"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "gume arabish",
          "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "גומע אַראַביש"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gum arabic"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "gum arabic tree"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gum"
      },
      "expansion": "gum",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Arabic"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "صَمْغ عَرَبِيّ"
      },
      "expansion": "صَمْغ عَرَبِيّ (ṣamḡ ʕarabiyy)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "gum + Arabic; the name was used in Arabic and other Middle Eastern languages since the 9th century (صَمْغ عَرَبِيّ (ṣamḡ ʕarabiyy)), and retained in the languages of Europeans who first acquired it via Arab ports.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gums arabic",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~",
        "2": "gums arabic"
      },
      "expansion": "gum arabic (countable and uncountable, plural gums arabic)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
        "Hausa links with redundant target parameters",
        "en:Gums and resins"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An edible substance taken from one of two species of sub-Saharan acacia trees, Senegalia senegal and Vachellia seyal, used in the food industry as a stabilizer (e.g. in soda, gumdrops and marshmallows) and other purposes including pharmaceuticals, paints and polishes."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "edible",
          "edible"
        ],
        [
          "acacia",
          "acacia"
        ],
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ],
        [
          "stabilizer",
          "stabilizer"
        ],
        [
          "soda",
          "soda"
        ],
        [
          "gumdrop",
          "gumdrop"
        ],
        [
          "marshmallows",
          "marshmallows"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "E414 when used as a thickener"
    },
    {
      "word": "stabiliser"
    },
    {
      "word": "emulsifier"
    },
    {
      "word": "gum acacia"
    },
    {
      "word": "acacia gum"
    },
    {
      "word": "Arabic gum"
    },
    {
      "word": "acacia"
    },
    {
      "word": "Senegal gum"
    },
    {
      "word": "Indian gum"
    },
    {
      "word": "gum-arabic"
    },
    {
      "word": "gumarabic"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "arabiese gom"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gomë arabike"
    },
    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "ʾäräbña mastika",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "አረብኛ ማስቲካ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣamḡ ʕarabiyy",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "صَمْغ عَرَبِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕilka ʕarabiyya",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "عِلْكَة عَرَبِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣamḡ",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ضمغ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ṙetin araberen",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "ռետին արաբերեն"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "arabakan xež",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "արաբական խեժ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "ərəb diş əti"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "oietako arabiera"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "humiarabik",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "гуміарабік"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "arobi aṭha",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "আরবি আঠা"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gom arabek"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "guma arabika",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гума арабика"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "goma aràbiga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "tagok arabe"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "阿拉伯樹膠"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Ālābó shùjiāo",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "阿拉伯树胶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "arabská guma"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "gummi arabikum"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "arabische gom"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "arabikumi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gomme arabique"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "goma arábiga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "rezinis arabuli",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "რეზინის არაბული"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gummiarabikum"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "gam arabī",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "ગમ અરબી"
    },
    {
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ƙārō"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "גומי ערבי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "gond",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "गोंद"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "gumiarabikum"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "arabískt gúmmí"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "gom arab"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guma arabach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "arabiagomu",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "アラビアゴム"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "permen karet Arab"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "gumiarabik",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "гумиарабик"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "skarkawsaou pheasaea areab",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "ស្ករកៅស៊ូភាសាអារ៉ាប់"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "arabiagomu",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "아라비아고무"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "gumiarābiks"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "gumiarabikas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "ersetzen arabesch"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "arapska guma",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "арапска гума"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "hihy arabo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "gam arab"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "gaṁ aṟabikŭ",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "ഗം അറബിക്"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gomma arabika"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "kāpia Arāpi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "ḍiṅka arbī",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "डिंक अरबी"
    },
    {
      "code": "moc",
      "lang": "Mocoví",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "goma arabica"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "arab boxʹ",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "араб бохь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "gam arabī",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "गम अरबी"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "gummi arabiku"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "شيره عربي"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "samğ-e 'arabi",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "صمغ عربی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "angom-e 'arabi",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "انگم عربی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guma arabska"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "goma-arábica"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "arabī gūnd",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "ਅਰਬੀ ਗੂੰਦ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gumă arabică"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gummiarábik",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гуммиара́бик"
    },
    {
      "code": "sm",
      "lang": "Samoan",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "pulu Arapi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sat",
      "lang": "Santali",
      "roman": "gôblô",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "ᱜᱚᱵᱞᱚ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "arapska guma"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гумарабика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sd",
      "lang": "Sindhi",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "گم عربي"
    },
    {
      "code": "so",
      "lang": "Somali",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "xanjo carabi"
    },
    {
      "code": "st",
      "lang": "Sotho",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "marenene Searabia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "goma arábiga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "sandarusi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "gumi arabicum"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "rezini arabī",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "резини арабӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "arēpiyappacai",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "அரேபியப்பசை"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "tummabaṅka",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "తుమ్మబంక"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "หมากฝรั่งอาหรับ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "arap sakızı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "humiarabik",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гуміарабік"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "عربی گم"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "arab saqich"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "aqoqiyo"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "gôm Ả Rập"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gwm Arabaidd"
    },
    {
      "code": "xh",
      "lang": "Xhosa",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "word": "seentsini Arabhu"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "gume arabish",
      "sense": "substance from acacia trees",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "גומע אַראַביש"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gum arabic"
}

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