See miscellany in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ráznoje",
"sense": "Miscellaneous items",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ра́зное"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "Miscellaneous items",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "measgachadh"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Miscellaneous items",
"word": "miscelánea"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sbornik",
"sense": "A collection of writings on various subjects, topics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сборник"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "almanah",
"sense": "A collection of writings on various subjects, topics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "алманах"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "A collection of writings on various subjects, topics",
"tags": [
"Recueil-scientifique-ou-littéraire",
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "miscellanées"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "A collection of writings on various subjects, topics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "(Littéraire ou presse) varia"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "A collection of writings on various subjects, topics",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sammlung"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "A collection of writings on various subjects, topics",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "antologie"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "A collection of writings on various subjects, topics",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "culegere"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sbórnik",
"sense": "A collection of writings on various subjects, topics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сбо́рник"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "A collection of writings on various subjects, topics",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "miscelánea"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "A collection of writings on various subjects, topics",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "antología"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "A collection of writings on various subjects, topics",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "antologi"
}
],
"word": "miscellany"
}
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