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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "law already enacted by legislature",
"word": "lainsäädäntö"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "law already enacted by legislature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "loi"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "law already enacted by legislature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lexislación"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳanoni",
"sense": "law already enacted by legislature",
"word": "კანონი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "law already enacted by legislature",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Gesetz"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "nomothétēma",
"sense": "law already enacted by legislature",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "νομοθέτημα"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "law already enacted by legislature",
"word": "becikkelyezett törvény"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "law already enacted by legislature",
"word": "undang-undang"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "law already enacted by legislature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "reachtaíocht"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "law already enacted by legislature",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "leggi"
},
{
"alt": "ほうりつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hōritsu",
"sense": "law already enacted by legislature",
"word": "法律"
},
{
"alt": "法律",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "beomnyul",
"sense": "law already enacted by legislature",
"word": "법률"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "law already enacted by legislature",
"word": "akta"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "law already enacted by legislature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "leġiżlazzjoni"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "law already enacted by legislature",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "lovgivning"
},
{
"code": "fa-ira",
"lang": "Iranian Persian",
"roman": "ğânun",
"sense": "law already enacted by legislature",
"word": "قانون"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "law already enacted by legislature",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ustawodawstwo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "law already enacted by legislature",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "prawodawstwo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "law already enacted by legislature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "legislação"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zakón",
"sense": "law already enacted by legislature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "зако́н"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "law already enacted by legislature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "legislación"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "law already enacted by legislature",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "lagstiftning"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zakón",
"sense": "law already enacted by legislature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "зако́н"
}
],
"word": "legislation"
}
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