See non sequitur in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e7/En-au-non_sequitur.ogg/En-au-non_sequitur.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/En-au-non_sequitur.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "non-sequitur"
},
{
"word": "nonsequitur"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "any abrupt and inexplicable transition or occurrence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Gedankensprung"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anakolouthía",
"sense": "any abrupt and inexplicable transition or occurrence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ανακολουθία"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "invalid argument",
"word": "väärä johtopäätös"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "invalid argument",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "unlogisches Argument"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "invalid argument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Nonsens"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "invalid argument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Fehlschluss"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anakolouthía",
"sense": "invalid argument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ανακολουθία"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "invalid argument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "błąd wnioskowania"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nelogičnoje zaključenije",
"sense": "invalid argument",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "нелогичное заключение"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "invalid argument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "incongruencia"
}
],
"word": "non sequitur"
}
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