See pulpit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1915, Russell H. Conwell, Robert Shackleton, chapter IV, in Acres of Diamonds, His Life and Achievements:",
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"word": "ամբիոն"
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "pulpitu"
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"roman": "kafjedra",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"word": "kador-brezeg"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"word": "púlpit"
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"word": "trona"
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"lang_code": "yue",
"roman": "gong² toi⁴",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "講臺 /讲台"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"roman": "jiǎngdàotán",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "講道壇 /讲道坛"
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"word": "prædikestol"
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
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"word": "chaire"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "ḳatedra",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "კათედრა"
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"note": "with a stairway",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"word": "Predigtstuhl"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"roman": "ámvonas",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"word": "άμβωνας"
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"used to describe the platform in a synagogue where the rabbi conducts the sermon"
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "szószék"
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"word": "predikunarstóll"
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"code": "io",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "katedro"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
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"word": "puilpid"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
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"word": "crannóg"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
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"word": "pulpito"
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"alt": "こうだん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "koudan",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "講壇"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "seolgyodan",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "설교단"
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "kancele"
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
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"word": "sakykla"
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"code": "mk",
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"word": "preikestol"
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"word": "كرسی"
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"word": "منبر"
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"word": "prižnica"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "dungu"
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"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"note": "in a mosque",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "mimbari"
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{
"_dis1": "58 9 7 0 3 1 8 2 10 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
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"word": "predikstol"
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "pulpito"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"roman": "tam-mâat",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "ธรรมาสน์"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "katedra",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
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"word": "катедра"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "káfedra",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "ка́федра"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "kazalʹnycja",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
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"word": "казальниця"
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"code": "vi",
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"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "tòa giảng"
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"code": "wa",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
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"word": "pirlodje"
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"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"lang_code": "wa",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
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"word": "pretchoe"
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{
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"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"lang_code": "wa",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
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"word": "tcheyire di verité"
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{
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"word": "ամբիոն"
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "講臺 /讲台"
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"word": "講道壇 /讲道坛"
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"code": "eo",
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"word": "predikejo"
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "kantsel"
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"word": "predikunarstóll"
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{
"code": "io",
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"word": "katedro"
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{
"code": "ga",
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{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "it",
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"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pulpito"
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{
"alt": "こうだん",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "講壇"
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{
"code": "ko",
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"roman": "seolgyodan",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "설교단"
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{
"code": "lv",
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"lang_code": "lv",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "lt",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"feminine"
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"word": "sakykla"
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{
"code": "mk",
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"word": "амвон"
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{
"code": "nb",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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{
"code": "nn",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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{
"code": "ota",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "كرسی"
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{
"code": "fa",
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"word": "منبر"
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{
"code": "pdt",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"feminine"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"word": "kazalnica"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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{
"code": "gd",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "sh",
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},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "propovjedaonica"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"lang_code": "sk",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kazateľnica"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"lang_code": "sl",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prižnica"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "púlpito"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "dungu"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"note": "in a mosque",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "mimbari"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "predikstol"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "pulpito"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"roman": "tam-mâat",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "ธรรมาสน์"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "katedra",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "катедра"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "káfedra",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ка́федра"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "kazalʹnycja",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "казальниця"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "amvon",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "амвон"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "tòa giảng"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "toà giảng"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "giảng đài"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "bục giảng"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"lang_code": "wa",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pirlodje"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"lang_code": "wa",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pretchoe"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"lang_code": "wa",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tcheyire di verité"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pulpud"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "kazannja",
"sense": "activity performed from a church pulpit",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "казання"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "podium",
"sense": "raised base for a speaker",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "подиум"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "raised base for a speaker",
"word": "puhujakoroke"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "nautical: railing at the bow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "preekstoel"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "nautical: railing at the bow",
"word": "keulakaide"
}
],
"word": "pulpit"
}
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