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"sense": "characterized by irony",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
],
"word": "irônico"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "characterized by irony",
"word": "ironic"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ironíčeskij",
"sense": "characterized by irony",
"word": "ирони́ческий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ironíčnyj",
"sense": "characterized by irony",
"word": "ирони́чный"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "characterized by irony",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "иро̀ничан"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "characterized by irony",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "iròničan"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "characterized by irony",
"word": "ironický"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "characterized by irony",
"word": "ironičen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "characterized by irony",
"word": "irónico"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "characterized by irony",
"word": "ironisk"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ironíčnyj",
"sense": "characterized by irony",
"word": "іроні́чний"
}
],
"word": "ironic"
}
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