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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "inkrustacija",
"sense": "material placed within another material as decoration.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "инкрустация"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "material placed within another material as decoration.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "incrustació"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "material placed within another material as decoration.",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "inlegsel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "material placed within another material as decoration.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "incrustatie"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "material placed within another material as decoration.",
"word": "upotus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "material placed within another material as decoration.",
"word": "upote"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "material placed within another material as decoration.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "incrustation"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "xâtam kâri",
"sense": "material placed within another material as decoration.",
"word": "خاتم کاری"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "material placed within another material as decoration.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "incrustație"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "inkrustácija",
"sense": "material placed within another material as decoration.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "инкруста́ция"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "material placed within another material as decoration.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "incrustación"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "material placed within another material as decoration.",
"word": "inläggning"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "plomba",
"sense": "dentistry: filling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пломба"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "dentistry: filling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vulling"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "dentistry: filling",
"word": "paikka"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dentistry: filling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Plombe"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "dentistry: filling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "incrustación"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "dentistry: filling",
"word": "tandfyllning"
}
],
"word": "inlay"
}
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