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"roman": "ǯadosnuri siṭq̇va",
"sense": "word with magical effect",
"word": "ჯადოსნური სიტყვა"
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"word": "varázsige"
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"(in teaching polite behaviour to children) One of the words please, thank you, or hello."
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"sense": "the word \"please\", \"thank you\" or \"hello\""
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"text": "When someone offers you drugs, the magic word is \"no\"."
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "word with magical effect",
"word": "咒語"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "zhòuyǔ",
"sense": "word with magical effect",
"word": "咒语"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"sense": "word with magical effect",
"word": "咒文"
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"sense": "word with magical effect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"sense": "word with magical effect",
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"word": "trylleformel"
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"sense": "word with magical effect",
"word": "magia formulo"
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"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "word with magical effect",
"word": "võlusõna"
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"sense": "word with magical effect",
"word": "taikasana"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "word with magical effect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "word with magical effect",
"tags": [
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"word": "incantation"
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"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ǯadosnuri siṭq̇va",
"sense": "word with magical effect",
"word": "ჯადოსნური სიტყვა"
},
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"sense": "word with magical effect",
"tags": [
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"word": "Zauberspruch"
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"sense": "word with magical effect",
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"tags": [
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"roman": "magikí léxi",
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"word": "μαγική λέξη"
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"word": "varázsszó"
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"word": "呪文"
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"word": "おまじない"
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"sense": "word with magical effect",
"word": "마법의 말"
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"word": "ورد"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "word with magical effect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "palavra mágica"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "word with magical effect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fórmula mágica"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "volšébnoje slóvo",
"sense": "word with magical effect",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "волше́бное сло́во"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaklinánije",
"sense": "word with magical effect",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "заклина́ние"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "word with magical effect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "palabra mágica"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "word with magical effect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fórmula mágica"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "word with magical effect",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "magiskt ord"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "word with magical effect",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "trollformel"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "the word \"please\", \"thank you\" or \"hello\"",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kouzelné slovíčko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "not used in Finnish (instead, the question is mitä sanotaan? (“what does one say?”))",
"sense": "the word \"please\", \"thank you\" or \"hello\""
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the word \"please\", \"thank you\" or \"hello\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mot magique"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the word \"please\", \"thank you\" or \"hello\"",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Zauberwort"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the word \"please\", \"thank you\" or \"hello\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "parola magica"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the word \"please\", \"thank you\" or \"hello\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "parolina magica"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the word \"please\", \"thank you\" or \"hello\"",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "magiczne słowo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the word \"please\", \"thank you\" or \"hello\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "palavra mágica"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the word \"please\", \"thank you\" or \"hello\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "palavrinha mágica"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "volšébnoje slóvo",
"sense": "the word \"please\", \"thank you\" or \"hello\"",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "волше́бное сло́во"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the word \"please\", \"thank you\" or \"hello\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "palabra mágica"
}
],
"word": "magic word"
}
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