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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "Similarly producing results or works in abundance",
"word": "prolifico"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "Similarly producing results or works in abundance",
"word": "produttivo"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "Similarly producing results or works in abundance",
"word": "tōnui"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"lang_code": "no",
"sense": "Similarly producing results or works in abundance",
"word": "suksessrik"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "Similarly producing results or works in abundance",
"word": "wyborowy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "Similarly producing results or works in abundance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prolífico"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "plodovítyj",
"sense": "Similarly producing results or works in abundance",
"word": "плодови́тый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "produktívnyj",
"sense": "Similarly producing results or works in abundance",
"word": "продукти́вный"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "Similarly producing results or works in abundance",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "плодан"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "Similarly producing results or works in abundance",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"masculine"
],
"word": "plodan"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "Similarly producing results or works in abundance",
"word": "prolífico"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "Similarly producing results or works in abundance",
"word": "produktiv"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "Similarly producing results or works in abundance",
"word": "bereketli"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "Similarly producing results or works in abundance",
"word": "üretken"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "Similarly producing results or works in abundance",
"word": "verimli"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "Similarly producing results or works in abundance",
"word": "yediveren"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "produktývnyj",
"sense": "Similarly producing results or works in abundance",
"word": "продукти́вний"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "Similarly producing results or works in abundance",
"word": "cynhyrchiol"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "Similarly producing results or works in abundance",
"word": "toreithiog"
}
],
"word": "prolific"
}
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