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"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "melodrama"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "melodramat"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "melodrama"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodramă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "melodráma",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мелодра́ма"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "мелодрама"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodrama"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodráma"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melodrama"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"word": "himigdula"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"word": "melodram"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "melodráma",
"sense": "romantic drama",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мелодра́ма"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"melodrama"
],
"word": "melodrama"
}
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