See impromptu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"UK"
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"translations": [
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"lang_code": "az",
"sense": "short composition",
"word": "ekspromt"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "short composition",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "impromptu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "short composition",
"word": "improvisaatio"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "short composition",
"word": "impromptu"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "short composition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Impromptu"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "aftoschediasmós",
"sense": "short composition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "αυτοσχεδιασμός"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "short composition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "improviso"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "eksprómt",
"sense": "short composition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "экспро́мт"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "improvizácija",
"sense": "short composition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "импровиза́ция"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "short composition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "impromptu"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "short composition",
"word": "doğaç"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "improvizacija",
"sense": "any composition, musical or otherwise, that is created on the spot without preparation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "импровизация"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "any composition, musical or otherwise, that is created on the spot without preparation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "impromptu"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "any composition, musical or otherwise, that is created on the spot without preparation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "impromptu"
}
],
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}
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