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],
"word": "oža"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "the sense of smell",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "uoslė"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "miris",
"sense": "the sense of smell",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мирис"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "setilo za miris",
"sense": "the sense of smell",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "сетило за мирис"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "the sense of smell",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "luktesans"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "the sense of smell",
"word": "بویایی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the sense of smell",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "węch"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the sense of smell",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "olfato"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the sense of smell",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "faro"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the sense of smell",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "miros"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obonjánije",
"sense": "the sense of smell",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "обоня́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "njux",
"sense": "the sense of smell",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "нюх"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the sense of smell",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "њу̑х"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the sense of smell",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "njȗh"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "the sense of smell",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "čuch"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "the sense of smell",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voh"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the sense of smell",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "olfato"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the sense of smell",
"word": "luktsinne"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the sense of smell",
"word": "lukt"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "šomma",
"sense": "the sense of smell",
"word": "шомма"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the sense of smell",
"word": "koku alma duyusu"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the sense of smell",
"word": "koku duyusu"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the sense of smell",
"word": "olfaksiyon"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "njux",
"sense": "the sense of smell",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "нюх"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "the sense of smell",
"word": "khứu giác"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "the sense of smell",
"word": "oda"
}
],
"word": "olfaction"
}
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