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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "jelzői vagy szabad határozói kifejezés (szerepű)",
"sense": "grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase"
},
{
"alt": "しゅうしょくご",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shūshokugo",
"sense": "grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase",
"word": "修飾語"
},
{
"alt": "しゅうしょくし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shūshokushi",
"sense": "grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase",
"word": "修飾子"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "susigeo",
"sense": "grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase",
"word": "수식어"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "viśēṣaṇaṁ",
"sense": "grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase",
"word": "വിശേഷണം"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "bhēdakaṁ",
"sense": "grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase",
"word": "ഭേദകം"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "adledd"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase",
"word": "وصفال"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "przydawka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "modificador"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "opredelénije",
"sense": "grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "определе́ние"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "viśeṣaṇa",
"sense": "grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "विशेषण"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "modificador"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "attribut"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"modifier"
],
"word": "modifier"
}
{
"called_from": "translations/609-20230504",
"msg": "Translation too long compared to word, so it is skipped",
"path": [
"modifier"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "modifier",
"trace": ""
}
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