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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "topic about which someone loves to talk",
"word": "keppihevonen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "topic about which someone loves to talk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dada"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "topic about which someone loves to talk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "violon d’Ingres"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "topic about which someone loves to talk",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Steckenpferd"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "topic about which someone loves to talk",
"word": "vesszőparipa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "topic about which someone loves to talk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cavallo di battaglia"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "topic about which someone loves to talk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kjepphest"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "topic about which someone loves to talk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "konik"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "konjók",
"sense": "topic about which someone loves to talk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "конёк"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "topic about which someone loves to talk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monotema"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "topic about which someone loves to talk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "caballito de batalla"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "topic about which someone loves to talk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "caballo de batalla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "topic about which someone loves to talk",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "käpphäst"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "puppet-like costume",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cheval-jupon"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "puppet-like costume",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "masque-cheval"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "early bicycle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "draisine"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "early bicycle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "draisienne"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"hobby horse"
],
"word": "hobby horse"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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