See knave in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Many a duteous and knee-crooking knave that, doting on his own obsequious bondage, wears out his time, much like his master's ass, For naught but provender, and when he's old – cashier'd! Whip me such honest knaves.",
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"text": "I could plainly diſcover from whence one Family derives a long Chin; why a ſecond hath abounded with Knaves for two Generations, and Fools for two more; why a third happened to be crack-brained, and a fourth to be Sharpers.",
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"text": "He was a man whom scarcely any amount of fortune could have benefited permanently, and who was made to be ruined, to cheat small tradesmen, to be the victim of astuter sharpers: to be niggardly and reckless, and as destitute of honesty as the people who cheated him, and a dupe, chiefly because he was too mean to be a successful knave.",
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"ref": "1951, Geoffrey Chaucer, translated by Nevill Coghill, The Canterbury Tales: Translated into Modern English (Penguin Classics), Penguin Books, published 1977, page 204:",
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"roman": "ègùn",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"word": "惡棍 /恶棍"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lotr"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "darebák"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ničema"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bídák"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "schelm"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"word": "lurjus"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voyou"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fourbe"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "aramzada",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"word": "არამზადა"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gaiʒvera",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"word": "გაიძვერა"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "taɣliti",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"word": "თაღლითი"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Gauner"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schurke"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Bösewicht"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Übeltäter"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Unhold"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Strolch"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apateón",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "απατεών"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "panoûrgos",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "πανοῦργος"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"word": "gazember"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"word": "lókötő"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"word": "pernahajder"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"word": "csibész"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"word": "zsivány"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"alt": "あくとう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "akutō",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"word": "悪党"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ízmamnik",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "и́змамник"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "levend",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"word": "لوند"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Hollunk"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pungaș"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bandit"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ticălos"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nemernic"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podléc",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "подле́ц"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "plut",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "плут"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žúlik",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жу́лик"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "negodjáj",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "негодя́й"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podónok",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "подо́нок"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bellaco"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "villano"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"word": "ghulamu"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "skojare"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 83 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "deceitful fellow",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "gynnare"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Card games",
"orig": "en:Card games",
"parents": [
"Games",
"Recreation",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "20 30 33 16",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "People",
"orig": "en:People",
"parents": [
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack."
],
"id": "en-knave-en-noun-oAlVP5Kv",
"links": [
[
"card game",
"card game"
],
[
"playing card",
"playing card"
],
[
"jack",
"jack"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(card games) A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack."
],
"topics": [
"card-games",
"games"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔaʕraj",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "أَعْرَج"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "zinvor",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "զինվոր"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "valet",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "վալետ"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "gōlam",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "গোলাম"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vale",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "вале"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sota"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "cic",
"lang": "Chickasaw",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "minko' oshi'"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "zik¹",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "積 /积"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gōu",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "鉤 /钩"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "J"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spodek"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kluk"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "knægt"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "boer"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"Flemish",
"masculine"
],
"word": "zot"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "bubo"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "fanto"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "paĝio"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "poiss"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "jätkä"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "sotilas"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "sotamies"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "solttu"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "valet"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "valeṭi",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "ვალეტი"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Bube"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "valés",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "βαλές"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ġulām",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "ग़ुलाम"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "bubi"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "jumbó"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gosi"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "pajo"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cuireata"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "fante"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jakku",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "ジャック"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "balta",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "балта"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jaek",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "잭"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "žemys"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "žemukas"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kojinis"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kaplys"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "džándar",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "џа́ндар"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "pekak"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kavall"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "tiaki"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "bool",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "боол ᠪᠣᠭᠣᠯ"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "sóóda"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "valet"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "knekt"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "knekt"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "zhiimaaganish"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "oğlan",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "اوغلان"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "bacak",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "باجاق"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "fanti",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "فانتی"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "xešt",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "خشت"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"animate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "walet"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "valete"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "valet"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "valét",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вале́т"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dečko"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dolník"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fant"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pob"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sota"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "ghulamu"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "mzungu wa tatu"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "knekt"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "bacak"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "oğlan"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 5 89",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "vale"
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"common-gender"
],
"word": "gynnare"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔaʕraj",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "أَعْرَج"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "zinvor",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "զինվոր"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "valet",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "վալետ"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "gōlam",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "গোলাম"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vale",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "вале"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sota"
},
{
"code": "cic",
"lang": "Chickasaw",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "minko' oshi'"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "zik¹",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "積 /积"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gōu",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "鉤 /钩"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "J"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spodek"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kluk"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "knægt"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "boer"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"Flemish",
"masculine"
],
"word": "zot"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "bubo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "fanto"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "paĝio"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "poiss"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "jätkä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "sotilas"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "sotamies"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "solttu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "valet"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "valeṭi",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "ვალეტი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Bube"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "valés",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "βαλές"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ġulām",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "ग़ुलाम"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "bubi"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "jumbó"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gosi"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "pajo"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cuireata"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "fante"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jakku",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "ジャック"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "balta",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "балта"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jaek",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "잭"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "žemys"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "žemukas"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kojinis"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kaplys"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "džándar",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "џа́ндар"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "pekak"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kavall"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "tiaki"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "bool",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "боол ᠪᠣᠭᠣᠯ"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "sóóda"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "valet"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "knekt"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "knekt"
},
{
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "zhiimaaganish"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "oğlan",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "اوغلان"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "bacak",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "باجاق"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "fanti",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "فانتی"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "xešt",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "خشت"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"animate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "walet"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "valete"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "valet"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "valét",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вале́т"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dečko"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dolník"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fant"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pob"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sota"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "ghulamu"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "mzungu wa tatu"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "knekt"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "bacak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "oğlan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "vale"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "ġulām",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "غُلام"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jac"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "playing card",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "milwr"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "vale"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "playing card",
"word": "zelat"
}
],
"word": "knave"
}
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