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],
"word": "parapet"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a fortification consisting of a wall",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ohrazení"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a fortification consisting of a wall",
"word": "rintavarustus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a fortification consisting of a wall",
"word": "parapetti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a fortification consisting of a wall",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parapet"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a fortification consisting of a wall",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Wehrmauer"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "a fortification consisting of a wall",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "uchtbharr"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a fortification consisting of a wall",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parapetto"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a fortification consisting of a wall",
"word": "parepare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a fortification consisting of a wall",
"word": "pātatara"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a fortification consisting of a wall",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parapet"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a fortification consisting of a wall",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "przedpiersie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a fortification consisting of a wall",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parapeito"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a fortification consisting of a wall",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "parapet"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "brústver",
"sense": "a fortification consisting of a wall",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бру́ствер"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a fortification consisting of a wall",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parapeto"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a fortification consisting of a wall",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "parapet"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "a fortification consisting of a wall",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rhagfur"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "a fortification consisting of a wall",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parapet"
}
],
"word": "parapet"
}
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