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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Laie"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Laiin"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tuata"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "profano"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "profana"
},
{
"alt": "しろうと",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shirōto",
"sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
"word": "素人"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "leigo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "diletánt",
"sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дилета́нт"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "diletántka",
"sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дилета́нтка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ljubítelʹ",
"sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "люби́тель"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ljubítelʹnica",
"sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "люби́тельница"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "profán",
"sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "профа́н"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "laik"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "neodborník"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "lekman"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
"word": "uzman dışı biri"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
"word": "uzmanı olmayan biri"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
"word": "uzman dışı kimse"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
"word": "uzmanı olmayan kimse"
}
],
"word": "layperson"
}
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