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"ref": "2008 January 7, Charles Hugh Smith, Can a Fragmented Culture Find Common Ground?",
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
"word": "識字的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
"word": "识字的"
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"code": "ckt",
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"roman": "kėḷigʺjuḷetyḷʹyn",
"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
"word": "кэԓигъюԓетыԓьын"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
"word": "alphabète"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
"word": "lettré"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣era-ḳitxvis mcodne",
"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
"word": "წერა-კითხვის მცოდნე"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "of cultures also",
"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
"word": "literal"
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"code": "hi",
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"roman": "śikṣit",
"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
"word": "शिक्षित"
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{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "paṛhā likhā",
"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
"word": "पढ़ा लिखा"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yomikaki ga dekiru",
"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
"word": "読み書きができる"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "xwêndewar",
"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
"word": "خوێندەوار"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "okumal",
"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
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"code": "ky",
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"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
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{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
"word": "stæfwīs"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
"word": "piśmienny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
"word": "letrado"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
"word": "alfabetizado"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "grámotnyj",
"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
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{
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
"word": "alfabetizado"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
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"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
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"code": "sv",
"english": "able to write",
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"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
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"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
"word": "okuryazar"
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"roman": "hrámotnyj",
"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
"word": "гра́мотний"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pysʹménnyj",
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"sense": "able to read, having literacy",
"word": "llythrennog"
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"roman": "graget",
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"sense": "knowledgeable in literature and writing",
"word": "lletrat"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "yǒu wénhuà de",
"sense": "knowledgeable in literature and writing",
"word": "有文化的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "knowledgeable in literature and writing",
"word": "博識"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bóshì",
"sense": "knowledgeable in literature and writing",
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"sense": "knowledgeable in literature and writing",
"word": "lettré"
},
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "knowledgeable in literature and writing",
"word": "belesen"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "knowledgeable in literature and writing",
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"sense": "knowledgeable in literature and writing",
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"sense": "knowledgeable in literature and writing",
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"sense": "knowledgeable in literature and writing",
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"sense": "knowledgeable in literature and writing",
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"sense": "knowledgeable in literature and writing",
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"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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