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"feminine"
],
"word": "juntura"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "futra ḥāsima",
"sense": "critical moment in time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "فُتْرَة حَاسِمَة"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kritičen moment",
"sense": "critical moment in time",
"word": "критичен момент"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "critical moment in time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "klíčový okamžik"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "critical moment in time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kantelpunt"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "critical moment in time",
"word": "käännekohta"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "critical moment in time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "(kritischer) Augenblick"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "critical moment in time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Zeitpunkt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "critical moment in time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Stelle"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "konʺjunktúra",
"sense": "critical moment in time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "конъюнкту́ра"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stečénije obstojátelʹstv",
"sense": "critical moment in time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "стече́ние обстоя́тельств"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "položénije del",
"sense": "critical moment in time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "положе́ние дел"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "manner of transition between two consecutive sounds",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "předěl"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "manner of transition between two consecutive sounds",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "junktura"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "manner of transition between two consecutive sounds",
"word": "junktuuri"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "manner of transition between two consecutive sounds",
"word": "joncture"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "manner of transition between two consecutive sounds",
"word": "Junktur"
}
],
"word": "juncture"
}
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