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"sense": "picaresque novel",
"word": "رواية شطارية"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xabebayapatum",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"word": "խաբեբայապատում"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"word": "eleberri pikaresko"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"english": "pikareskovijat roman",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пикаресковият роман"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"word": "novel·la picaresca"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"word": "流浪漢小說"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "liúlànghànxiǎoshuō",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"word": "流浪汉小说"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "schelmenroman"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"word": "pikareska romano"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"word": "pikareskiromaani"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"word": "veijariromaani"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "picaresque"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗiḳaresḳuli romani",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"word": "პიკარესკული რომანი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schelmenroman"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pikarésko",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"word": "πικαρέσκο"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"word": "רומן פיקרסקי"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"word": "pikareszk regény"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "píkareska skáldsagan"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "romanzo picaresco"
},
{
"alt": "あっかんしょうせつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "akkanshōsetsu",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"word": "悪漢小説"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "pikareseukeu soseol",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"word": "피카레스크 소설"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pikaresk roman"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"word": "رندنامه"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "powieść łotrzykowska"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "romance picaresco"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "roman picaresc"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "plutovskój",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"word": "плутовско́й"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pikarésknyj román",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пикаре́скный рома́н"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pikarski roman"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pikareska"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"word": "pikareskný román"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pikareskni roman"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "novela picaresca"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"word": "pikaresk"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"word": "pikaresk roman"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"english": "krutijsʹkyj roman",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "крутійський роман"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "picaresque novel",
"word": "skelmeroman"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Medina del Campo"
],
"word": "picaresque"
}
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