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"word": "calm"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "spokójnyj",
"sense": "calm and quiet; peaceful",
"word": "споко́йный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bezmjatéžnyj",
"sense": "calm and quiet; peaceful",
"word": "безмяте́жный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mírnyj",
"sense": "calm and quiet; peaceful",
"word": "ми́рный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "calm and quiet; peaceful",
"word": "plácido"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "calm and quiet; peaceful",
"word": "lugn"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "calm and quiet; peaceful",
"word": "stilla"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "calm and quiet; peaceful",
"word": "durgun"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "calm and quiet; peaceful",
"word": "sakin"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "calm and quiet; peaceful",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vınderde"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "calm and quiet; peaceful",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vınderdi"
}
],
"word": "placid"
}
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