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"word": "vanilla slice"
},
{
"sense": "pastry",
"word": "mille-feuille"
},
{
"sense": "pastry",
"word": "millefeuille"
},
{
"word": "Napoleon"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "20-franc gold goin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "napolon"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "20-franc gold goin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "napoleon"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "20-franc gold goin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "napoleondor"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "napoleondór",
"sense": "20-franc gold goin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "наполеондо́р"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "napoleón",
"sense": "20-franc gold goin",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"masculine"
],
"word": "наполео́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Napoleón",
"sense": "a person resembling Napoleon Bonaparte",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Наполео́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "napoleón",
"sense": "12-pounder cannon of the Second French Empire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "наполео́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "napoleón",
"sense": "millefeuille pastry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "наполео́н"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Napoleon III"
],
"word": "napoleon"
}
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