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"sense": "the speed of light",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "брзина на светлината"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sor'at-e nur",
"sense": "the speed of light",
"word": "سرعت نور"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the speed of light",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "velocidade da luz"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the speed of light",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "viteza luminii"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skórostʹ svéta",
"sense": "the speed of light",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ско́рость све́та"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the speed of light",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "velocidad de la luz"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the speed of light",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "velocidad lumínica"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the speed of light",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ljushastighet"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kwaam-reo-sɛ̌ɛng",
"sense": "the speed of light",
"word": "ความเร็วแสง"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the speed of light",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ışık hızı"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "the speed of light",
"word": "tốc độ ánh sáng"
}
],
"word": "lightspeed"
}
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