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},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "music: small piece for plucking strings",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plectro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "music: small piece for plucking strings",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "púa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "music: small piece for plucking strings",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "plektrum"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "music: small piece for plucking strings",
"word": "puwa"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bpík",
"sense": "music: small piece for plucking strings",
"word": "ปิ๊ก"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "music: small piece for plucking strings",
"word": "mızrap"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "music: small piece for plucking strings",
"word": "tezene"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "music: small piece for plucking strings",
"word": "pena"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "music: small piece for plucking strings",
"word": "çalgıç"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "plektr",
"sense": "music: small piece for plucking strings",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "плектр"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "mediátor",
"sense": "music: small piece for plucking strings",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "медіа́тор"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "beyndl",
"sense": "music: small piece for plucking strings",
"word": "ביינדל"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "plíktro",
"sense": "anatomical part",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "πλήκτρο"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "anatomical part",
"word": "plektrum"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"plectrum"
],
"word": "plectrum"
}
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