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"sense": "verb in this tense",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "Plusquamperfekt"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ypersyntélikos",
"sense": "verb in this tense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "υπερσυντέλικος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "hupersuntélikos",
"sense": "verb in this tense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ὑπερσυντέλικος"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "verb in this tense",
"word": "plusquamperfekto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "verb in this tense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "piuccheperfetto"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gwageowallyo",
"sense": "verb in this tense",
"word": "과거완료"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "verb in this tense",
"word": "yl-lanejeant"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "verb in this tense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pretérito mais-que-perfeito"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pljuskvamperfekt",
"sense": "verb in this tense",
"word": "плюсквамперфект"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "verb in this tense",
"word": "pluscuamperfecto"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "verb in this tense",
"word": "pluskvamperfekt"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"pluperfect"
],
"word": "pluperfect"
}
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