See pediment in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "architectural element",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фронто́н"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "architectural element",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "frontón"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "architectural element",
"word": "fronton"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "architectural element",
"word": "alınlık"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"pediment"
],
"word": "pediment"
}
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