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"word": "Naturtalent"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "extremely talented person, especially a child",
"word": "csodagyerek"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "extremely talented person, especially a child",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prodigio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "extremely talented person, especially a child",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fenomeno"
},
{
"alt": "しんどう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "of a child",
"roman": "shindō",
"sense": "extremely talented person, especially a child",
"word": "神童"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "extremely talented person, especially a child",
"word": "taniwha"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "extremely talented person, especially a child",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vidunderbarn"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "extremely talented person, especially a child",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prodígio"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "of a child",
"roman": "vunderkínd",
"sense": "extremely talented person, especially a child",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вундерки́нд"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "génij",
"sense": "extremely talented person, especially a child",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ге́ний"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "extremely talented person, especially a child",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prodigio"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "extremely talented person, especially a child",
"word": "fenómeno"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "extremely talented person, especially a child",
"word": "genio"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "extremely talented person, especially a child",
"word": "niño prodigio"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "extremely talented person, especially a child",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "underbarn"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "extremely talented person, especially a child",
"word": "dâhi çocuk"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "znamenie",
"sense": "extraordinary thing seen as an omen",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "знамение"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "extraordinary thing seen as an omen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prodigi"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "extraordinary thing seen as an omen",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "znamení"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "extraordinary thing seen as an omen",
"word": "enne"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "extraordinary thing seen as an omen",
"word": "ennusmerkki"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "extraordinary thing seen as an omen",
"word": "présage"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "extraordinary thing seen as an omen",
"word": "augure"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "extraordinary thing seen as an omen",
"word": "auspices"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "extraordinary thing seen as an omen",
"word": "Orakel"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "extraordinary thing seen as an omen",
"word": "presagio"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "zenchō",
"sense": "extraordinary thing seen as an omen",
"word": "前兆"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "extraordinary thing seen as an omen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prodigium"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "extraordinary thing seen as an omen",
"word": "inati"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "extraordinary thing seen as an omen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "presságio"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "extraordinary thing seen as an omen",
"word": "presagio"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "extraordinary thing seen as an omen",
"word": "augurio"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "extraordinary thing seen as an omen",
"word": "agüero"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "extraordinary thing seen as an omen",
"word": "auspicio"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "extraordinary thing seen as an omen",
"word": "kâhin"
}
],
"word": "prodigy"
}
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