See profanity in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "fr",
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},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
"word": "kangakanga"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "küfr",
"sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
"word": "كفر"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "przekleństwo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wulgaryzm"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "profanidade"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "înjurătură"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skvernoslóvije",
"sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "скверносло́вие"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rúganʹ",
"sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ру́гань"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "máterščina",
"sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ма́терщина"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mat",
"sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мат"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "branʹ",
"sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "брань"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nenormatívnaja léksika",
"sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ненормати́вная ле́ксика"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "псо̑вка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "psȏvka"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lenguaje soez"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "lyxoslívʺja",
"sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "лихослі́в'я"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nenormatývna léksyka",
"sense": "obscene, lewd or abusive language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ненормати́вна ле́ксика"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"profanity"
],
"word": "profanity"
}
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