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"word": "piksevarras"
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"masculine"
],
"word": "громобран"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "metallic conductor that protects from lightning",
"word": "konduktor kilat"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "metallic conductor that protects from lightning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lynavleder"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "metallic conductor that protects from lightning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lynavleiar"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "metallic conductor that protects from lightning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "piorunochron"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "metallic conductor that protects from lightning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "para-raios"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "metallic conductor that protects from lightning",
"word": "paratrăsnet"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gromootvód",
"sense": "metallic conductor that protects from lightning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "громоотво́д"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "molnijeotvód",
"sense": "metallic conductor that protects from lightning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "молниеотво́д"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "metallic conductor that protects from lightning",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "гро̏мобра̄н"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "metallic conductor that protects from lightning",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "муњобран"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "metallic conductor that protects from lightning",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "громосвод"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "metallic conductor that protects from lightning",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "grȍmobrān"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "metallic conductor that protects from lightning",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "munjobran"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "metallic conductor that protects from lightning",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "gromosvod"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "metallic conductor that protects from lightning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "strelovod"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "metallic conductor that protects from lightning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pararrayos"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "metallic conductor that protects from lightning",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "åskledare"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "metallic conductor that protects from lightning",
"word": "kayag-kidlat"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "metallic conductor that protects from lightning",
"word": "pararayos"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sǎai-lɔ̂ɔ-fáa",
"sense": "metallic conductor that protects from lightning",
"word": "สายล่อฟ้า"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "metallic conductor that protects from lightning",
"word": "yıldırımsavar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "metallic conductor that protects from lightning",
"word": "paratoner"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "blyskavýčnyk",
"sense": "metallic conductor that protects from lightning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "блискави́чник"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "blyskavkovidvíd",
"sense": "metallic conductor that protects from lightning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "блискавковідві́д"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "hromovidvid",
"sense": "metallic conductor that protects from lightning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "громовідвід"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "metallic conductor that protects from lightning",
"word": "cột thu lôi"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "grǎmootvod",
"sense": "metaphorically: person or thing that distracts criticism from another target",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гръмоотвод"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "metaphorically: person or thing that distracts criticism from another target",
"word": "颱風尾"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "metaphorically: person or thing that distracts criticism from another target",
"word": "台风尾"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "metaphorically: person or thing that distracts criticism from another target",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hromosvod"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "metaphorically: person or thing that distracts criticism from another target",
"word": "piksevarras"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "metaphorically: person or thing that distracts criticism from another target",
"word": "ukkosenjohdatin"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "keravnós",
"sense": "metaphorically: person or thing that distracts criticism from another target",
"word": "κεραυνός"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stréločnik",
"sense": "metaphorically: person or thing that distracts criticism from another target",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "стре́лочник"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kozjól otpuščénija",
"sense": "metaphorically: person or thing that distracts criticism from another target",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "козёл отпуще́ния"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "metaphorically: person or thing that distracts criticism from another target",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hromozvod"
}
],
"word": "lightning rod"
}
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