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"code": "la",
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"sense": "alteration or adjustment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "modificatio"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "alteration or adjustment",
"word": "pengubahsuaian"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "alteration or adjustment",
"word": "modifikasi"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "alteration or adjustment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "modifikazzjoni"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "alteration or adjustment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "modificação"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "alteration or adjustment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "modificare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "modifikacii",
"sense": "alteration or adjustment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "модификации"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "alteration or adjustment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "modifikácija"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "alteration or adjustment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "modificación"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "alteration or adjustment",
"word": "değişiklik"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "alteration or adjustment",
"word": "değiştirme"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vydozmina",
"sense": "alteration or adjustment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "видозміна"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "modyfikacija",
"sense": "alteration or adjustment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "модифікація"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "alteration or adjustment",
"word": "sự sửa đổi"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "change to an organism",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "modificatie"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "change to an organism",
"word": "muutos"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "change to an organism",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Modifikation"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "change to an organism",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "modificazione"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "change to an organism",
"word": "modificare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "modifikacii",
"sense": "change to an organism",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "модификации"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "change to a word",
"word": "pengubahan"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "change to a word",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "modificare"
}
],
"word": "modification"
}
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