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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "face"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "avers"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Vorderseite"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Bildseite"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kopf"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Avers"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "the heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aghaidh boinn"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dritto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "testa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lato principale"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "faccia anteriore"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "the heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "forside"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "awers"
},
{
"code": "rgn",
"lang": "Romagnol",
"sense": "the heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lètra"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "avers",
"sense": "the heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal",
"word": "аверс"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal",
"word": "anverso"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "avers",
"sense": "the heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "аверс"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "the heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal",
"word": "mặt phải"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "the heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ochr flaen"
}
],
"word": "obverse"
}
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