See micrometer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌmiːtəɹ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌmiːɾɚ]",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "micròmetre"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "weimi",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"word": "微米"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mikrometr"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "mikrometer"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "micrometer"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"word": "mikrometro"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"word": "mikrometri"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "micromètre"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Mikrometer"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "mikrómetro",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μικρόμετρο"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"word": "mikrométer"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"lang_code": "io",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"word": "mikrometro"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"lang_code": "ia",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"word": "micrometro"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "micriméadar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "micron"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "maikuromētoru",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"word": "マイクロメートル"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "maikeuromiteo",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"word": "마이크로미터"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"word": "micrometrus"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"word": "mikrometer"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mikrometr"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"tags": [
"Portugal",
"masculine"
],
"word": "micrómetro"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"masculine"
],
"word": "micrômetro"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "mikrométr",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "микроме́тр"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "mikrón",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "микро́н"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "micrómetro"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "mikrometer"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "mikrometro"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"lang_code": "te",
"roman": "maikrōmīṭaru",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"word": "మైక్రోమీటరు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"word": "ไมโครเมตร"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "one millionth of a meter",
"word": "micrômet"
}
],
"word": "micrometer"
}
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