See placeholder in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "popolnuvač",
"sense": "that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пополнувач"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "rezervirano mesto",
"sense": "that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "резервирано место"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later",
"word": "puri tūranga"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plassholder"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zamiennik"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "symbol zastępczy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later",
"word": "calhau"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zapolnítelʹ",
"sense": "that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "заполни́тель"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rýba",
"sense": "that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ры́ба"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "marcador"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "platshållare"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later",
"word": "dalfan"
}
],
"word": "placeholder"
}
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