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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "instruktørinne"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "instruktør"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "instruktrise"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "âmuzgâr",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"word": "آموزگار"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "modarres",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"word": "مدرس"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "mo'allem",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"word": "معلم"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "instruktor"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "instruktorka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "instrutor"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "instrutora"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"note": "obsolete spelling",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "instructor"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"note": "obsolete spelling",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "instructora"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "instructor"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "instructoare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "instrúktor",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "инстру́ктор"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "instrúktorša",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "инстру́кторша"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "prepodavátelʹ",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "преподава́тель"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "prepodavátelʹnica",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "преподава́тельница"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "učítelʹ",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "учи́тель"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "učítelʹnica",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "учи́тельница"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "tréner",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"sports",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle"
],
"word": "тре́нер"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "trénerša",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"sports",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle"
],
"word": "тре́нерша"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "instructor"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "instructora"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "instruktör"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"common-gender",
"feminine"
],
"word": "instruktris"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "handledare"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"common-gender",
"feminine"
],
"word": "handledarinna"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "lärare"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"common-gender",
"feminine"
],
"word": "lärarinna"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "utbildare"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"word": "dalubturo"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"word": "Dtro."
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"lang_code": "tg",
"roman": "omüzgor",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"word": "омӯзгор"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"lang_code": "tg",
"roman": "muallim",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"word": "муаллим"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"roman": "aa-jaan",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"word": "อาจารย์"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "instrúktor",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "інстру́ктор"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "instrúktorka",
"sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "інстру́кторка"
}
],
"word": "instructor"
}
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