"magnifying glass" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. An instrument made of convex glass, used to magnify. Wikipedia link: magnifying glass Categories (topical): Tools Related terms: loupe, 🔍 Translations (instrument): thjerrëz [feminine] (Albanian), عَدَسَة مُكَبِّرَة (ʕadasat mukabbira) [feminine] (Arabic), խոշորացույց (xošoracʻuycʻ) (Armenian), lupa (Azerbaijani), böyüdücü şüşə (Azerbaijani), лу́па (lúpa) [feminine] (Belarusian), павеліча́льнае шкло (pavjeličálʹnaje šklo) [neuter] (Belarusian), আতশকাচ (atśokac) (Bengali), বিবর্ধক কাচ (bibordhok kac) (Bengali), лу́па (lúpa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), увеличи́телно стъкло́ (uveličítelno stǎkló) [neuter] (Bulgarian), မှန်ဘီလူး (hmanbhilu:) (Burmese), သူရကန် (sura.kan) (Burmese), lupa [feminine] (Catalan), ᎠᏔᏃᎯᏍᏗᏍᎩ (atanohisdisgi) (Cherokee), 譀鏡 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 𰶆镜 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 譀镜 (hàm-kiàⁿ) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 放大鏡 (Chinese Cantonese), 放大镜 (fong³ daai⁶ geng³) (Chinese Cantonese), 放大鏡 (Chinese Mandarin), 放大镜 (fàngdàjìng) (Chinese Mandarin), lupa [feminine] (Czech), zvětšovací sklo [neuter] (Czech), lup (Danish), forstørrelsesglas (Danish), vergrootglas [neuter] (Dutch), loep [feminine] (Dutch), 大頭鏡 (Eastern Min Chinese), 大头镜 (duâi-tàu-giáng) (Eastern Min Chinese), lupeo (Esperanto), grandiga vitro (Esperanto), suurendusklaas (Estonian), luup (Estonian), suurennuslasi (Finnish), loupe [feminine] (French), verre grossissant [masculine] (French), lupa [feminine] (Galician), ლუპა (luṗa) (Georgian), გამადიდებელი მინა (gamadidebeli mina) (Georgian), Lupe [feminine] (German), Vergrößerungsglas [neuter] (German), זְכוּכִית מַגְדֶּלֶת (zchuchít magdélet) [feminine] (Hebrew), आवर्धक लेन्स (āvardhak lens) [masculine] (Hindi), nagyító (Hungarian), stækkunargler [neuter] (Icelandic), lupo (Ido), lup (Indonesian), kaca pembesar (Indonesian), suryakanta (Indonesian), gloine mhéadaithe [feminine] (Irish), lente d'ingrandimento [feminine] (Italian), 虫眼鏡 (mushimegane) (alt: むしめがね) (Japanese), 拡大鏡 (kakudaikyō) (alt: かくだいきょう) (Japanese), ルーペ (rūpe) (Japanese), һал шил (ğal şil) (Kalmyk), ಭೂತಗನ್ನಡಿ (bhūtagannaḍi) (Kannada), лупа (lupa) (Kazakh), កែវពង្រីក (kaew pɔɔpŭəngriik) (Khmer), កែវឆ្លុះ (kaew chloh) (Khmer), 돋보기 (dotbogi) (Korean), 확대경 (hwakdaegyeong) (alt: 擴大鏡) (Korean), 루페 (rupe) (Korean), лупа (lupa) (Kyrgyz), ຊີ້ນປົງ (sīn pong) (Lao), ແວ່ນຂະຫຍາຍ (wǣn kha nyāi) (Lao), palielināmais stikls [masculine] (Latvian), lupa [feminine] (Latvian), didinamasis stiklas [masculine] (Lithuanian), lupa [feminine] (Lithuanian), lupa [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), Lupp [feminine] (Luxembourgish), лупа (lupa) [feminine] (Macedonian), зголемувач (zgolemuvač) [masculine] (Macedonian), suryakanta (Malay), kanta pembesar (Malay), karaihe whakanui (Maori), томруулагч шил (tomruulagč šil) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), tózis yéego bee hootʼíní (Navajo), tsésǫʼ áhánídę́ę́ʼ niiniłígíí (Navajo), tózis ntsaago ádaʼaleʼé (Navajo), vèrre d'approche [masculine] (Norman), lupe [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), forstørrelsesglass [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), lupe [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ذرهبین (zarre-bin) (Persian), lupa [feminine] (Polish), szkło powiększające [neuter] (Polish), lupa [feminine] (Portuguese), lente de aumento [feminine] (Portuguese), lupă [feminine] (Romanian), лу́па (lúpa) [feminine] (Russian), увеличи́тельное стекло́ (uveličítelʹnoje stekló) [neuter] (Russian), лупа [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), увеличавајуће стакло [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), lupa [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), uveličavajuće staklo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), lupa [feminine] (Slovak), zväčšovacie sklo [neuter] (Slovak), lupa [feminine] (Slovene), povečevalno steklo [neuter] (Slovene), lupa [feminine] (Spanish), förstoringsglas [neuter] (Swedish), lupp [common-gender] (Swedish), pandako (Tagalog), заррабин (zarrabin) (Tajik), пурбин (purbin) (Tajik), แว่นขยาย (wɛ̂n-kà-yǎai) (Thai), ཆེ་ཤེལ (che shel) (Tibetan), büyüteç (Turkish), pertavsız (Turkish), lupa (Turkmen), лу́па (lúpa) [feminine] (Ukrainian), збі́льшувальне скло (zbílʹšuvalʹne sklo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), lupa (Uzbek), kính lúp (Vietnamese), kiếng lúp (Vietnamese), chwyddwydr [masculine] (Welsh)
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          "ref": "2021, Renata Pepicelli, “The Unfinished Transition. The Post-revolutionary Path of Tunisia and the Test of Covid19. A Historical and Socio-Economic Perspective”, in Francesca Maria Corrao, Riccardo Redaelli, editors, States, Actors and Geopolitical Drivers in the Mediterranean: Perspectives on the New Centrality in a Changing Region, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 284:",
          "text": "Faced with this situation, the arrival of the Covid19 pandemic in late winter/early spring 2020 showed the real situation of the country, its fragility and the challenges it faces. Thus, analysis of the impact of Covid19 on Tunisia offers a useful magnifying glass to understand the path of Tunisia from the 2011 revolution to the present.",
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          "word": "лу́па"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "uveličítelno stǎkló",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "увеличи́телно стъкло́"
        },
        {
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "hmanbhilu:",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "word": "မှန်ဘီလူး"
        },
        {
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "sura.kan",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "word": "သူရကန်"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lupa"
        },
        {
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "atanohisdisgi",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "word": "ᎠᏔᏃᎯᏍᏗᏍᎩ"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "word": "放大鏡"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "fong³ daai⁶ geng³",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "word": "放大镜"
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        {
          "code": "cdo",
          "lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "word": "大頭鏡"
        },
        {
          "code": "cdo",
          "lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
          "roman": "duâi-tàu-giáng",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "word": "大头镜"
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          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "譀鏡"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "zh-min-nan",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "𰶆镜"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
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          "roman": "hàm-kiàⁿ",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "zvětšovací sklo"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "word": "lup"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "word": "forstørrelsesglas"
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          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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        {
          "code": "eo",
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          "sense": "instrument",
          "word": "grandiga vitro"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "word": "suurendusklaas"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "word": "luup"
        },
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          "sense": "instrument",
          "word": "suurennuslasi"
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            "feminine"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "instrument",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lupa"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "sense": "instrument",
          "word": "ლუპა"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gamadidebeli mina",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "word": "გამადიდებელი მინა"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Lupe"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "instrument",
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          "word": "Vergrößerungsglas"
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
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          "sense": "instrument",
          "tags": [
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        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
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          "tags": [
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        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "word": "nagyító"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "code": "io",
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          "sense": "instrument",
          "word": "lupo"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "word": "lup"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "word": "kaca pembesar"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "word": "suryakanta"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gloine mhéadaithe"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lente d'ingrandimento"
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        {
          "alt": "むしめがね",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mushimegane",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "word": "虫眼鏡"
        },
        {
          "alt": "かくだいきょう",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kakudaikyō",
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          "word": "拡大鏡"
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        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "rūpe",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "word": "ルーペ"
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          "code": "xal",
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          "word": "һал шил"
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          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
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          "word": "ಭೂತಗನ್ನಡಿ"
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          "code": "kk",
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          "word": "лупа"
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          "code": "km",
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          "code": "km",
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          "code": "ko",
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          "alt": "擴大鏡",
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          "roman": "hwakdaegyeong",
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        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "rupe",
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            "feminine"
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          "code": "lt",
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          "word": "didinamasis stiklas"
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          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "mk",
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          "word": "зголемувач"
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        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
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          "word": "suryakanta"
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        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "instrument",
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
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          "word": "karaihe whakanui"
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        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
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          "word": "томруулагч шил"
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          "code": "nv",
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          "word": "tózis yéego bee hootʼíní"
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          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "instrument",
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          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
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          "word": "tózis ntsaago ádaʼaleʼé"
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          "code": "nrf",
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          "code": "nb",
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "lupe"
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "zarre-bin",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "word": "ذرهبین"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "instrument",
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          ],
          "word": "lupa"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
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          "word": "lupa"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "instrument",
          "word": "kính lúp"
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "instrument",
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          "ref": "2013 September-October, Henry Petroski, “The Evolution of Eyeglasses”, in American Scientist:",
          "text": "The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, essentially what today we might term a frameless magnifying glass or plain glass paperweight.",
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          "ref": "2021, Renata Pepicelli, “The Unfinished Transition. The Post-revolutionary Path of Tunisia and the Test of Covid19. A Historical and Socio-Economic Perspective”, in Francesca Maria Corrao, Riccardo Redaelli, editors, States, Actors and Geopolitical Drivers in the Mediterranean: Perspectives on the New Centrality in a Changing Region, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 284:",
          "text": "Faced with this situation, the arrival of the Covid19 pandemic in late winter/early spring 2020 showed the real situation of the country, its fragility and the challenges it faces. Thus, analysis of the impact of Covid19 on Tunisia offers a useful magnifying glass to understand the path of Tunisia from the 2011 revolution to the present.",
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "thjerrëz"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕadasat mukabbira",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "عَدَسَة مُكَبِّرَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "xošoracʻuycʻ",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "խոշորացույց"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "lupa"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "böyüdücü şüşə"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "lúpa",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "лу́па"
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pavjeličálʹnaje šklo",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "павеліча́льнае шкло"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "atśokac",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "আতশকাচ"
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      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "bibordhok kac",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "বিবর্ধক কাচ"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lúpa",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "лу́па"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uveličítelno stǎkló",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "увеличи́телно стъкло́"
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      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "hmanbhilu:",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "မှန်ဘီလူး"
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      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "sura.kan",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "သူရကန်"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "lupa"
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    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "atanohisdisgi",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "ᎠᏔᏃᎯᏍᏗᏍᎩ"
    },
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "放大鏡"
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    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "fong³ daai⁶ geng³",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "放大镜"
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    {
      "code": "cdo",
      "lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "大頭鏡"
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    {
      "code": "cdo",
      "lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
      "roman": "duâi-tàu-giáng",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "大头镜"
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    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "譀鏡"
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      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
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      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "𰶆镜"
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      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "hàm-kiàⁿ",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "譀镜"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "放大鏡"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fàngdàjìng",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "放大镜"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lupa"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zvětšovací sklo"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "lup"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "forstørrelsesglas"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "vergrootglas"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "loep"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "lupeo"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "grandiga vitro"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "suurendusklaas"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "luup"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "suurennuslasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "loupe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "verre grossissant"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lupa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "luṗa",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "ლუპა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gamadidebeli mina",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "გამადიდებელი მინა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lupe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Vergrößerungsglas"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "zchuchít magdélet",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "זְכוּכִית מַגְדֶּלֶת"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "āvardhak lens",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "आवर्धक लेन्स"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "nagyító"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stækkunargler"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "lupo"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "lup"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "kaca pembesar"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "suryakanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gloine mhéadaithe"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lente d'ingrandimento"
    },
    {
      "alt": "むしめがね",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mushimegane",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "虫眼鏡"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かくだいきょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kakudaikyō",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "拡大鏡"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rūpe",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "ルーペ"
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    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "ğal şil",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "һал шил"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "bhūtagannaḍi",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "ಭೂತಗನ್ನಡಿ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "lupa",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "лупа"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaew pɔɔpŭəngriik",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "កែវពង្រីក"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaew chloh",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "កែវឆ្លុះ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dotbogi",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "돋보기"
    },
    {
      "alt": "擴大鏡",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hwakdaegyeong",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "확대경"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "rupe",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "루페"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "lupa",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "лупа"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sīn pong",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "ຊີ້ນປົງ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "wǣn kha nyāi",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "ແວ່ນຂະຫຍາຍ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "palielināmais stikls"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lupa"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "didinamasis stiklas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lupa"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lupp"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "lupa",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лупа"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zgolemuvač",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зголемувач"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "suryakanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "kanta pembesar"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "karaihe whakanui"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "tomruulagč šil",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "томруулагч шил"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "tózis yéego bee hootʼíní"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "tsésǫʼ áhánídę́ę́ʼ niiniłígíí"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "tózis ntsaago ádaʼaleʼé"
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    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vèrre d'approche"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lupe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "forstørrelsesglass"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lupe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zarre-bin",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "ذرهبین"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lupa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "szkło powiększające"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lupa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lente de aumento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lupă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lúpa",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лу́па"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uveličítelʹnoje stekló",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "увеличи́тельное стекло́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лупа"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "увеличавајуће стакло"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lupa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "uveličavajuće staklo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lupa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zväčšovacie sklo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lupa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "povečevalno steklo"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lupa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lupa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "förstoringsglas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lupp"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "pandako"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "zarrabin",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "заррабин"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "purbin",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "пурбин"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "wɛ̂n-kà-yǎai",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "แว่นขยาย"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "che shel",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "ཆེ་ཤེལ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "büyüteç"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "pertavsız"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "lupa"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lúpa",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лу́па"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zbílʹšuvalʹne sklo",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "збі́льшувальне скло"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "lupa"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "kính lúp"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "word": "kiếng lúp"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chwyddwydr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "magnifying glass"
}

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