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"word": "metafiziko"
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"sense": "branch of philosophy that studies first principles",
"word": "អស្តិរូបវិជ្ជា"
},
{
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"sense": "branch of philosophy that studies first principles",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"sense": "branch of philosophy that studies first principles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "metafizika"
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"sense": "branch of philosophy that studies first principles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "метафи́зика"
},
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "branch of philosophy that studies first principles",
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"masculine"
],
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},
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"sense": "branch of philosophy that studies first principles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "metafisica"
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"sense": "branch of philosophy that studies first principles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "metafizyka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "branch of philosophy that studies first principles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "metafísica"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "metafízika",
"sense": "branch of philosophy that studies first principles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "метафи́зика"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "branch of philosophy that studies first principles",
"word": "metapheisics"
},
{
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "branch of philosophy that studies first principles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "metafyzika"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "branch of philosophy that studies first principles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "metafizika"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "branch of philosophy that studies first principles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"sense": "branch of philosophy that studies first principles",
"tags": [
"class-9"
],
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "branch of philosophy that studies first principles",
"word": "higliknayan"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "branch of philosophy that studies first principles",
"word": "labawsugnayan"
},
{
"code": "th",
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"sense": "branch of philosophy that studies first principles",
"word": "อภิปรัชญา"
},
{
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"sense": "branch of philosophy that studies first principles",
"word": "metafizik"
},
{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "branch of philosophy that studies first principles",
"word": "mabaduttabiyye"
},
{
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"sense": "branch of philosophy that studies first principles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "метафі́зика"
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{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "branch of philosophy that studies first principles",
"word": "siêu hình học"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "branch of philosophy that studies first principles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "metafizike"
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{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "metafizik",
"sense": "branch of philosophy that studies first principles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מעטאַפֿיזיק"
}
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],
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}
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