See innuendo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "insinuatie"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation",
"word": "vihjaus"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "insinuation"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sous-entendu"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Anspielung"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation",
"tags": [
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"word": "Innuendo"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "yponooúmeno",
"sense": "a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation",
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
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"sense": "a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation",
"tags": [
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation",
"word": "célzás"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation",
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "insinuazione"
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{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "atetsukegamashii",
"sense": "a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation",
"word": "当て付けがましい"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "insinuasjon"
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
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{
"code": "nb",
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"sense": "a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "insynuacja"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "insinuação"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "indireta"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "намёк"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation",
"tags": [
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"code": "sh",
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"tags": [
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"word": "aluzija"
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "poznámka"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "es",
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"code": "te",
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"roman": "anyāpadēśamu",
"sense": "a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation",
"word": "అన్యాపదేశము"
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation",
"word": "kinaye"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation",
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"ref": "1894, Frank Towers Cooper, A Handbook of the Law of Defamation and Verbal Injury, page 119:",
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