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"word": "potpuri"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a medley of songs or music",
"word": "purpuri"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a medley of songs or music",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pot-pourri"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a medley of songs or music",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Potpourri"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "maḥrozet",
"sense": "a medley of songs or music",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מַחְרוֹזֶת"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a medley of songs or music",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "varietà"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a medley of songs or music",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "misto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a medley of songs or music",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "miscuglio"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a medley of songs or music",
"word": "potpourri"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a medley of songs or music",
"word": "pot-pourri"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "popurrí",
"sense": "a medley of songs or music",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "попурри́"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a medley of songs or music",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "potpurri"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a medley of songs or music",
"word": "potpuri"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "a mixture of dried fragrant plant material used to scent a room",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "potpourri"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a mixture of dried fragrant plant material used to scent a room",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "potpourri"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a mixture of dried fragrant plant material used to scent a room",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pot-pourri"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a mixture of dried fragrant plant material used to scent a room",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Potpourri"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a mixture of dried fragrant plant material used to scent a room",
"word": "potpourri"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a mixture of dried fragrant plant material used to scent a room",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "potpurri"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"potpourri"
],
"word": "potpourri"
}
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