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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-optimum.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-optimum.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-optimum.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-optimum.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-optimum.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "optimalen",
"sense": "best or most advantageous",
"word": "оптимален"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "best or most advantageous",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "optimal"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "best or most advantageous",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "óptimo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "best or most advantageous",
"word": "optymalny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "best or most advantageous",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "najkorzystniejszy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "best or most advantageous",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ótimo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "best or most advantageous",
"word": "óptimo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "best or most advantageous",
"word": "optimal"
}
],
"word": "optimum"
}
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