See pointer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1972, Lynn Hall, Sticks and Stones:",
"text": "The talkers and pointers had undermined him. They had touched him with the acid of their suspicions, and the corrosion spread until he himself had lost sight of the truth.",
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"ref": "2006, Alexandre Dumas, translated by Richard Pevear, The Three Musketeers, Viking, →ISBN, pages 645–646:",
"text": "The man he addressed drew back in horror, but answered the musketeer’s words by pointing his finger. Athos offered the man a half pistole to accompany him, but the man refused. Athos went down the street that the pointer had indicated to him with his finger; […]",
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"ref": "2010, Donald Junkins, Half Hitch, iUniverse, →ISBN:",
"text": "“Hey,” the finger pointer said, re-pointing his finger at Joe, “are you a joke or what?” / “I don't think I'm a joke.” / “Well I think you're a joke.” He dropped his hand and then lifted it again and pointed his finger at Joe's chest.",
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"ref": "2020, J.M. Griffin, Who’s Dead, Doc?, Kensington Books, →ISBN:",
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"ref": "2007, American Kennel Club, The Complete Dog Book, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 30:",
"text": "Most of the early wirehaired pointers represented a combination of Griffon, Stichelhaar, Pudelpointer, and German Shorthair. The Pudelpointer was a cross between a Poodle dog and an English Pointer bitch; the Griffon and the Stichelhaar were composed of Pointer, Foxhound, Pudelpointer, and a Polish water dog.",
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"roman": "pójnter",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"tags": [
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"word": "по́йнтер"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǐbiāoquǎn",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"word": "指標犬 /指标犬"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"word": "pointteri"
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{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"word": "seisoja"
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{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"word": "kanakoira"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"tags": [
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"word": "braque"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"word": "chien d’arrêt"
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{
"_dis1": "1 8 4 69 3 10 2 1 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"word": "Vorstehhund"
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{
"_dis1": "1 8 4 69 3 10 2 1 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"tags": [
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"word": "Pointer"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "póinter",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"tags": [
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"word": "πόιντερ"
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{
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"sense": "hunting dog",
"word": "angol vizsla"
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"sense": "hunting dog",
"word": "pointer"
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"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"word": "brako"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"tags": [
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"word": "puntatore"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cane da punta"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 4 69 3 10 2 1 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bracco"
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{
"_dis1": "1 8 4 69 3 10 2 1 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "pointeo",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"word": "포인터"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 4 69 3 10 2 1 2",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"word": "poyinter"
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{
"_dis1": "1 8 4 69 3 10 2 1 2",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"word": "anjing penuding"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"tags": [
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"word": "wyżeł"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "hunting dog",
"tags": [
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"word": "pointer"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pójntɛr",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"tags": [
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"word": "по́йнтер"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ukazátelʹ",
"sense": "anything that points or is used for pointing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "указа́тель"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything that points or is used for pointing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "puntero"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "anything that points or is used for pointing",
"word": "ไม้ชี้"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ukázka",
"sense": "anything that points or is used for pointing",
"word": "ука́зка"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "anything that points or is used for pointing",
"word": "que chỉ"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "kürhətkes",
"sense": "teacher's pointer",
"word": "күрһәткес"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ukázka",
"sense": "teacher's pointer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ука́зка"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pokazálka",
"sense": "teacher's pointer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "показа́лка"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiàobiān",
"sense": "teacher's pointer",
"word": "教鞭"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "teacher's pointer",
"word": "karttakeppi"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "teacher's pointer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Zeigestock"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "teacher's pointer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Zeigestab"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "teacher's pointer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bacchetta"
},
{
"alt": "さしぼう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sashibō",
"sense": "teacher's pointer",
"word": "指し棒"
},
{
"alt": "敎鞭",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gyopyeon",
"sense": "teacher's pointer",
"word": "교편"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "teacher's pointer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wskaźnik"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ukázka",
"sense": "teacher's pointer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ука́зка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "teacher's pointer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "puntero"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "teacher's pointer",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "pekpinne"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "teacher's pointer",
"word": "işaret çubuğu"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ukázka",
"sense": "teacher's pointer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ука́зка"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"word": "ibrə"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "strélka",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "стрэ́лка"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "strelká",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "стрелка́"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǐzhēn",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"word": "指針 /指针"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"word": "montrilo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"word": "osoitin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "viisari"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aiguille"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Zeiger"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Nadel"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "indicatore"
},
{
"alt": "ししん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shishin",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"word": "指針"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "baneul",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"word": "바늘"
},
{
"alt": "指針",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jichim",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"word": "지침"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nîşanderk"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mîl"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"word": "jarum penunjuk"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "iğne",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"word": "ایكنه"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "wskazówka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ponteiro"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "strélka",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "стре́лка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ка̀за̄љка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "kàzāljka"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aguja"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "saeta"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "índex"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "saetilla"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "manecilla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "visare"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "strílka",
"sense": "needle of a timepiece or measuring device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "стрі́лка"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pójnter",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "по́йнтер"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǐbiāoquǎn",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"word": "指標犬 /指标犬"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"word": "pointteri"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"word": "seisoja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"word": "kanakoira"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "braque"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"word": "chien d’arrêt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"word": "Vorstehhund"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Pointer"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "póinter",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "πόιντερ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"word": "angol vizsla"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"word": "pointer"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"word": "brako"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "puntatore"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cane da punta"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bracco"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "pointeo",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"word": "포인터"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"word": "poyinter"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"word": "anjing penuding"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wyżeł"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pointer"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pójntɛr",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "по́йнтер"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cù-eunaich"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"word": "perro de muestra"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"word": "braco"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "hunting dog",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "pointer"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "muʔaššir",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مُؤَشِّر"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ukazátel",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "указа́тел"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pójnter",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "по́йнтер"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apuntador"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǐbiāo",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"word": "指標 /指标"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǐzhēn",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"word": "指針 /指针"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ukazatel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"word": "pointer"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"word": "viit"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"word": "osoitin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "pointteri"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pointeur"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Zeiger"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Pointer"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "deíktis",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "δείκτης"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bendir"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "puntatore"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "pointa",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"word": "ポインタ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "pointeo",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"word": "포인터"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nîşanderk"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"word": "penuding"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"word": "اشارال"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wskaźnik"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ponteiro"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pointer"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ukazátelʹ",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "указа́тель"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pójntɛr",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "по́йнтер"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ка̀за̄љка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "показѝва̄ч"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "kàzāljka"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pokazìvāč"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apuntador"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "puntero"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "pekare"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"word": "göstergeç"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vkazivnýk",
"sense": "computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вказівни́к"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ukazánie",
"sense": "tip, bit of advice",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "указа́ние"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "tip, bit of advice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Fingerzeig"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "tip, bit of advice",
"word": "tīwhiri"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "tip, bit of advice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "wskazówka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "tip, bit of advice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dica"
}
],
"word": "pointer"
}
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