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"roman": "ápax legómeno",
"sense": "word occurring only once",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "άπαξ λεγόμενο"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "milá yeḥidaít",
"sense": "word occurring only once",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מִלָּה יְחִידָאִית"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "word occurring only once",
"word": "hapax legomenon"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "takbâr vâže",
"sense": "word occurring only once",
"word": "تکبار واژه"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "word occurring only once",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hapax legomenon"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "word occurring only once",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hapaks legomenon"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "word occurring only once",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hápax"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gapaks",
"sense": "word occurring only once",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гапакс"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "word occurring only once",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jednokratnica"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "word occurring only once",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hapax legomenon"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "word occurring only once",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "legomena hápax"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "word occurring only once",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hápax"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "word occurring only once",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hapax legomenon"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "word occurring only once",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hapax"
}
],
"word": "hapax legomenon"
}
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