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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "color primari"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yuánsè",
"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
"word": "原色"
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"roman": "jīsè",
"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
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"word": "couleur primaire"
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"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
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"word": "cor primaria"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
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"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
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"roman": "vasikó chróma",
"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
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"word": "βασικό χρώμα"
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"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "mūḷ raṅg",
"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
"word": "મૂળ રંગ"
},
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"alt": "げんしょく",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "genshoku",
"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
"word": "原色"
},
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "wonsaek",
"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
"word": "원색"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
"word": "tae mātāmua"
},
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
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"word": "culoare primară"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
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"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
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"word": "color primario"
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"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
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"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "yuánsè",
"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
"word": "原色"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīsè",
"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
"word": "基色"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
"word": "pääväri"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "couleur primaire"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cor primaria"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Grundfarbe"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Primärfarbe"
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"code": "el",
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"roman": "vasikó chróma",
"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
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],
"word": "βασικό χρώμα"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "mūḷ raṅg",
"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
"word": "મૂળ રંગ"
},
{
"alt": "げんしょく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "genshoku",
"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
"word": "原色"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "wonsaek",
"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
"word": "원색"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
"word": "tae mātāmua"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "culoare primară"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "culoare fundamentală"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "color primario"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "any of three colours which can generate all other colours",
"word": "pangunahing kulay"
}
],
"word": "primary colour"
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