See invention in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "something invented",
"word": "ixtiro"
},
{
"alt": "發明",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "something invented",
"word": "phát minh"
},
{
"alt": "創制",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "something invented",
"word": "sáng chế"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "something invented",
"word": "datuvot"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "something invented",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dyfais"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "act of inventing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "invención"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otkrivane",
"sense": "act of inventing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "откриване"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izobretjavane",
"sense": "act of inventing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "изобретяване"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "act of inventing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "invenció"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of inventing",
"word": "keksiminen"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "act of inventing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "invención"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gamogoneba",
"sense": "act of inventing",
"word": "გამოგონება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of inventing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Erfinden"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "efévresi",
"sense": "act of inventing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "εφεύρεση"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "heúresis",
"sense": "act of inventing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "εὕρεσις"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "act of inventing",
"word": "feltalálás"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "act of inventing",
"word": "invento"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "act of inventing",
"word": "penemuan"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "act of inventing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fionnachtain"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "act of inventing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "izgudrošana"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "act of inventing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "orþanc"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act of inventing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "wynalezienie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act of inventing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "invenção"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izobreténije",
"sense": "act of inventing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "изобрете́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sozdánije",
"sense": "act of inventing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "созда́ние"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izobretatelnost",
"sense": "capacity to invent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "изобретателност"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "capacity to invent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "inventiva"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "capacity to invent",
"word": "kekseliäisyys"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gamomgonebloba",
"sense": "capacity to invent",
"word": "გამომგონებლობა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "capacity to invent",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Einfallsreichtum"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "capacity to invent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aireag"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "capacity to invent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "invenção"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "capacity to invent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "inventividade"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izobretátelʹnostʹ",
"sense": "capacity to invent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "изобрета́тельность"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naxódčivostʹ",
"sense": "capacity to invent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "нахо́дчивость"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "capacity to invent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "invención"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "capacity to invent",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "uppfinningsförmåga"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "capacity to invent",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "uppfinningsrikedom"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "small self-contained musical composition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "invenció"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "small self-contained musical composition",
"word": "inventio"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "small self-contained musical composition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Invention"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "small self-contained musical composition",
"word": "invenció"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "small self-contained musical composition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "inventione"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "small self-contained musical composition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "invenzione"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "inbenshon",
"sense": "small self-contained musical composition",
"word": "インベンション"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "small self-contained musical composition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "invenção"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "invéncija",
"sense": "small self-contained musical composition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "инве́нция"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "small self-contained musical composition",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "invention"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "invéncija",
"sense": "small self-contained musical composition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "інве́нція"
}
],
"word": "invention"
}
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