See interregnum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"feminine"
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"word": "Unterbrechung"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "break in continuity — see also gap, intermission",
"word": "interegnum"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "break in continuity — see also gap, intermission",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "интеррѐгнум"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "break in continuity — see also gap, intermission",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"masculine"
],
"word": "interrègnum"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "break in continuity — see also gap, intermission",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"neuter"
],
"word": "međuvlašće"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "period of time between when a minister or pastor leaves a church and when a new one is installed",
"word": "interregnum"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "bezvlastie",
"sense": "period of time between the end of one political leader’s term and the start of the term of their successor; period of time during which normal executive leadership is interrupted or suspended",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "безвластие"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "gǎicháohuàndài",
"sense": "period of time between the end of one political leader’s term and the start of the term of their successor; period of time during which normal executive leadership is interrupted or suspended",
"word": "改朝换代"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "period of time between the end of one political leader’s term and the start of the term of their successor; period of time during which normal executive leadership is interrupted or suspended",
"word": "hallituspula"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "period of time between the end of one political leader’s term and the start of the term of their successor; period of time during which normal executive leadership is interrupted or suspended",
"word": "interegnum"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "period of time between the end of one political leader’s term and the start of the term of their successor; period of time during which normal executive leadership is interrupted or suspended",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "interregnum"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "period of time between the end of one political leader’s term and the start of the term of their successor; period of time during which normal executive leadership is interrupted or suspended",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bezkrólewie"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "period of time between the end of one political leader’s term and the start of the term of their successor; period of time during which normal executive leadership is interrupted or suspended",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "интеррѐгнум"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "period of time between the end of one political leader’s term and the start of the term of their successor; period of time during which normal executive leadership is interrupted or suspended",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"masculine"
],
"word": "interrègnum"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "period of time between the end of one political leader’s term and the start of the term of their successor; period of time during which normal executive leadership is interrupted or suspended",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"neuter"
],
"word": "međuvlašće"
}
],
"word": "interregnum"
}
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