"paintbrush" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpeɪntˌbɹʌʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-paintbrush.wav Forms: paintbrushes [plural]
Etymology: From paint + brush. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|paint|brush}} paint + brush Head templates: {{en-noun}} paintbrush (plural paintbrushes)
  1. A thin brush for applying paint. Categories (topical): Painting, Tools Derived forms: devil's paintbrush, Flora's paintbrush, Indian paintbrush Translations (thin brush): فُرْشَاة الطِلَاء (alt: furšā(t) aṭ-ṭilāʔ) [feminine] (Arabic), վրձին (vrjin) (Armenian), пэ́ндзаль (péndzalʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), пэ́ндзлік (péndzlik) [masculine] (Belarusian), пэ́ндзьлік (péndzʹlik) [Taraškievica, masculine] (Belarusian), че́тка (čétka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), биирэ (biire) (Buryat), pinzell [masculine] (Catalan), 畫筆 (Chinese Mandarin), 画笔 (huàbǐ) (english: generally smaller, for artistic purposes) (Chinese Mandarin), 油漆刷 (yóuqīshuā) (english: generally larger, for commercial purposes) (Chinese Mandarin), malířský štětec [masculine] (Czech), štětec [masculine] (Czech), pensel [common-gender] (Danish), penseel [neuter] (Dutch), peniko (Esperanto), pensil [masculine] (Faroese), sivellin (Finnish), pinceau (French), pinel [masculine] (Friulian), Pinsel (German), Farbpinsel [masculine] (German), Malerpinsel [masculine] (German), πινέλο (pinélo) [neuter] (Greek), מִכְחוֹל (mikh'khól) [masculine] (Hebrew), מִבְרֶשֶׁת (mivréshet) [feminine] (Hebrew), ecset (Hungarian), pensill [masculine] (Icelandic), scuab phéinte [feminine] (Irish), cleiteán [masculine] [computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] (Irish), pennello [masculine] (Italian), 絵筆 (efude) (alt: えふで) (Japanese), (fude) (alt: ふで) (Japanese), қылқалам (qylqalam) (Kazakh), 화필 (hwapil) (Korean), (but) (Korean), pēnicillum [neuter] (Latin), ota [feminine] (Latvian), sarene [feminine] (Latvian), четка (četka) [feminine] (Macedonian), pinzell [masculine] (Maltese), бийр (biir) (Mongolian), багс (bags) (Mongolian), pensel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), pensel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), pincèl [Lengadocian, masculine] (Occitan), pincèu [Gascon, masculine] (Occitan), pędzel [masculine] (Polish), pędzelek [diminutive, masculine] (Polish), pincel [masculine] (Portuguese), pensulă [feminine] (Romanian), кисть (kistʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ки́сточка (kístočka) [feminine] (Russian), pinzeḍḍu [masculine] (Sicilian), štetec [masculine] (Slovak), pincel [masculine] (Spanish), pensel [common-gender] (Swedish), målarpensel [common-gender] (Swedish), pinsel (english: large) (Tagalog), brotsa (english: large) (Tagalog), தூரிகை (tūrikai) (Tamil), พู่กัน (pûu-gan) (Thai), пе́нзель (pénzelʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), пе́нзлик (pénzlyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), щі́точка (ščítočka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), pensit (Volapük), פּענדזל (pendzl) [masculine] (Yiddish)
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          "word": "վրձին"
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          "roman": "péndzalʹ",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "generally smaller, for artistic purposes",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "huàbǐ",
          "sense": "thin brush",
          "word": "画笔"
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          "english": "generally larger, for commercial purposes",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yóuqīshuā",
          "sense": "thin brush",
          "word": "油漆刷"
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "thin brush",
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          "word": "malířský štětec"
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          "code": "da",
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "thin brush",
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          "sense": "thin brush",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "thin brush",
          "word": "sivellin"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "thin brush",
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          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "thin brush",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "thin brush",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "thin brush",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "thin brush",
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        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "pinélo",
          "sense": "thin brush",
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          "word": "πινέλο"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "mikh'khól",
          "sense": "thin brush",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "מִכְחוֹל"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "mivréshet",
          "sense": "thin brush",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "מִבְרֶשֶׁת"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "thin brush",
          "word": "ecset"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "thin brush",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pensill"
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        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "thin brush",
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          "word": "scuab phéinte"
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          "code": "ga",
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          "topics": [
            "computing",
            "engineering",
            "mathematics",
            "sciences",
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          "word": "cleiteán"
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          "sense": "thin brush",
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          "word": "pennello"
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          "roman": "fude",
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          "roman": "qylqalam",
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "but",
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          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "bags",
          "sense": "thin brush",
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          "code": "nb",
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
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          "code": "oc",
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          "sense": "thin brush",
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            "Lengadocian",
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          "word": "pincèl"
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          "code": "oc",
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          "sense": "thin brush",
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            "Gascon",
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          "sense": "thin brush",
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          "word": "pędzel"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "thin brush",
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            "diminutive",
            "masculine"
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          "word": "pędzelek"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "thin brush",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "pincel"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "thin brush",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pensulă"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kistʹ",
          "sense": "thin brush",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кисть"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kístočka",
          "sense": "thin brush",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ки́сточка"
        },
        {
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "thin brush",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pinzeḍḍu"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "thin brush",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "štetec"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "thin brush",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pincel"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "thin brush",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "pensel"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "thin brush",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "målarpensel"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "english": "large",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "thin brush",
          "word": "pinsel"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "english": "large",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "thin brush",
          "word": "brotsa"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "tūrikai",
          "sense": "thin brush",
          "word": "தூரிகை"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "pûu-gan",
          "sense": "thin brush",
          "word": "พู่กัน"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pénzelʹ",
          "sense": "thin brush",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пе́нзель"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pénzlyk",
          "sense": "thin brush",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пе́нзлик"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ščítočka",
          "sense": "thin brush",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "щі́точка"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "thin brush",
          "word": "pensit"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "pendzl",
          "sense": "thin brush",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "פּענדזל"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈpeɪntˌbɹʌʃ/"
    },
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  ],
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}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "devil's paintbrush"
    },
    {
      "word": "Flora's paintbrush"
    },
    {
      "word": "Indian paintbrush"
    }
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        "3": "brush"
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      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "paintbrushes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "paintbrush (plural paintbrushes)",
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    }
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        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Buryat translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Faroese translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Friulian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Kazakh translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Maltese translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Mongolian translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
        "Terms with Occitan translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Sicilian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tagalog translations",
        "Terms with Tamil translations",
        "Terms with Thai translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Volapük translations",
        "Terms with Yiddish translations",
        "en:Painting",
        "en:Tools"
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        "A thin brush for applying paint."
      ],
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        [
          "brush",
          "brush"
        ],
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          "paint",
          "paint"
        ]
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈpeɪntˌbɹʌʃ/"
    },
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    {
      "alt": "furšā(t) aṭ-ṭilāʔ",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "فُرْشَاة الطِلَاء"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "vrjin",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "word": "վրձին"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "péndzalʹ",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пэ́ндзаль"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "péndzlik",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пэ́ндзлік"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "péndzʹlik",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "Taraškievica",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пэ́ндзьлік"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čétka",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "че́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bua",
      "lang": "Buryat",
      "roman": "biire",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "word": "биирэ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pinzell"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "word": "畫筆"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "generally smaller, for artistic purposes",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huàbǐ",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "word": "画笔"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "generally larger, for commercial purposes",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yóuqīshuā",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "word": "油漆刷"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malířský štětec"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "štětec"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pensel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "penseel"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "word": "peniko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pensil"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "word": "sivellin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "word": "pinceau"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pinel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "word": "Pinsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Farbpinsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Malerpinsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pinélo",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "πινέλο"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mikh'khól",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מִכְחוֹל"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mivréshet",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מִבְרֶשֶׁת"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "word": "ecset"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pensill"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scuab phéinte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "cleiteán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pennello"
    },
    {
      "alt": "えふで",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "efude",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "word": "絵筆"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふで",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fude",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "word": "筆"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qylqalam",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "word": "қылқалам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hwapil",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "word": "화필"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "but",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "word": "붓"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pēnicillum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ota"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sarene"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "četka",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "четка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pinzell"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "biir",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "word": "бийр"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "bags",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "word": "багс"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pensel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pensel"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "Lengadocian",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pincèl"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "Gascon",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pincèu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pędzel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pędzelek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pincel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pensulă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kistʹ",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кисть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kístočka",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ки́сточка"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pinzeḍḍu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "štetec"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pincel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pensel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "målarpensel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "english": "large",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "word": "pinsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "english": "large",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "word": "brotsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "tūrikai",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "word": "தூரிகை"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pûu-gan",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "word": "พู่กัน"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pénzelʹ",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пе́нзель"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pénzlyk",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пе́нзлик"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ščítočka",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "щі́точка"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "word": "pensit"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "pendzl",
      "sense": "thin brush",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פּענדזל"
    }
  ],
  "word": "paintbrush"
}

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