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"code": "de",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prehistoria"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "study of events and conditions before written records",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "förhistoria"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "study of events and conditions before written records",
"word": "prehistorya"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "study of events and conditions before written records",
"word": "tarih öncesi"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "peredistórija",
"sense": "study of events and conditions before written records",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "передісто́рія"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "study of events and conditions before written records",
"word": "thời tiền sử"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "study of events and conditions before written records",
"word": "rujenav"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "naxapatmutʿyun",
"sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
"word": "նախապատմություն"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pjeradhistóryja",
"sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "перадгісто́рыя"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
"word": "發展背景"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fāzhǎn bèijǐng",
"sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
"word": "发展背景"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
"word": "forhistorie"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
"word": "historia"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "préhistoire"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Vorgeschichte"
},
{
"alt": "ぜんし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "zenshi",
"sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
"word": "前史"
},
{
"alt": "前史",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeonsa",
"sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
"word": "전사"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "forhistorie"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "forhistorie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prehistoria"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predystórija",
"sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "предысто́рия"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "peredistórija",
"sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "передісто́рія"
}
],
"word": "prehistory"
}
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