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"word": "طبقه متوسط"
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"word": "srednji razred"
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"sense": "social and economic class",
"word": "tabaka la kati"
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"word": "medelklass"
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"word": "panggitnang uri"
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"word": "panggitnang na klase"
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"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "madya taragati",
"sense": "social and economic class",
"word": "మద్య తరగతి"
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"sense": "social and economic class",
"word": "ชนชั้นกลาง"
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"word": "orta sınıf"
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"word": "middelklas"
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"roman": "ṭabaqa wusṭā",
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"word": "طَبَقَة وُسْطَى"
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"word": "միջին խավ"
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"roman": "sjarédni klas",
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"tags": [
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"word": "сре́дна кла́са"
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"sense": "social and economic class",
"word": "中產階級"
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"tags": [
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"sense": "social and economic class",
"word": "keskiluokka"
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"sense": "social and economic class",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "classe moyenne"
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "social and economic class",
"tags": [
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"word": "clase media"
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"roman": "sašualo ḳlasi",
"sense": "social and economic class",
"word": "საშუალო კლასი"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sašualo pena",
"sense": "social and economic class",
"word": "საშუალო ფენა"
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},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sredna klasa",
"sense": "social and economic class",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "средна класа"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "social and economic class",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "middelklasse"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "social and economic class",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "middelklasse"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tabaqe-ye motavasset",
"sense": "social and economic class",
"word": "طبقه متوسط"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "social and economic class",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "klasa średnia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "social and economic class",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "classe média"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "social and economic class",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "clasă de mijloc"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "social and economic class",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "clasă mijlocie"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "social and economic class",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "clasă medie"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "srédnij klass",
"sense": "social and economic class",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сре́дний класс"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "social and economic class",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "средња класа"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "social and economic class",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "srednja klasa"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "social and economic class",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "stredná trieda"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "social and economic class",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "srednji razred"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "social and economic class",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "clase media"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "social and economic class",
"word": "tabaka la kati"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "social and economic class",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "medelklass"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "social and economic class",
"word": "panggitnang uri"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "social and economic class",
"word": "panggitnang na klase"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "madya taragati",
"sense": "social and economic class",
"word": "మద్య తరగతి"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "social and economic class",
"word": "ชนชั้นกลาง"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "social and economic class",
"word": "orta sınıf"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "serédnij klas",
"sense": "social and economic class",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сере́дній клас"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "social and economic class",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dosbarth canol"
},
{
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "social and economic class",
"word": "kò-là-kò-ṣagbe"
}
],
"word": "middle class"
}
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