See rickety in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over",
"word": "precarious"
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"_dis1": "61 7 32",
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"_dis1": "61 7 32",
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"roman": "razklaten",
"sense": "not strong because of poor construction or upkeep",
"word": "разклатен"
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"word": "不牢"
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"sense": "not strong because of poor construction or upkeep",
"word": "krakkemikkig"
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"sense": "not strong because of poor construction or upkeep",
"word": "branlant"
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"_dis1": "96 1 3",
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "not strong because of poor construction or upkeep",
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"roman": "ngǭn ngǣn",
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"word": "ງ່ອນແງ່ນ"
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"roman": "ngɔ̂n-ngɛ̂n",
"sense": "not strong because of poor construction or upkeep",
"word": "ง่อนแง่น"
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"roman": "grà-ngɔ̂n-grà-ngɛ̂n",
"sense": "not strong because of poor construction or upkeep",
"word": "กระง่อนกระแง่น"
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"text": "The rickety old man hardly managed to climb the stairs.",
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"Feeble in the joints; tottering."
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"(of a person) Feeble in the joints; tottering."
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"sense": "feeble in the joints, tottering",
"word": "inestable"
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"sense": "feeble in the joints, tottering",
"word": "gebrekkig"
},
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"sense": "feeble in the joints, tottering",
"word": "hauras"
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"sense": "feeble in the joints, tottering",
"word": "boiteux"
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"word": "gebrechlich"
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"sense": "feeble in the joints, tottering",
"word": "roskatag"
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"_dis1": "1 97 2",
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "feeble in the joints, tottering",
"word": "támolygó"
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"_dis1": "1 97 2",
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "feeble in the joints, tottering",
"word": "tántorgó"
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"_dis1": "1 97 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "fakassani",
"sense": "feeble in the joints, tottering",
"word": "فکسّنی"
},
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"_dis1": "1 97 2",
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "trjasuščijsja",
"sense": "feeble in the joints, tottering",
"word": "трясущийся"
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"_dis1": "1 97 2",
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"roman": "ɔ̀ɔn-ɛɛ",
"sense": "feeble in the joints, tottering",
"word": "อ่อนแอ"
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"_dis1": "1 97 2",
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"roman": "bprɔ̀-baang",
"sense": "feeble in the joints, tottering",
"word": "เปราะบาง"
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"Affected with or suffering from rickets."
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"_dis1": "5 6 89",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rahitičen",
"sense": "affected with rickets",
"word": "рахитичен"
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"_dis1": "5 6 89",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gōulóubìngde",
"sense": "affected with rickets",
"word": "佝偻病的"
},
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"_dis1": "5 6 89",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "affected with rickets",
"word": "rachitisch"
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{
"_dis1": "5 6 89",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "affected with rickets",
"word": "riisitautinen"
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"_dis1": "5 6 89",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "affected with rickets",
"word": "rachitique"
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"_dis1": "5 6 89",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "affected with rickets",
"word": "rachitisch"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "rachitikós",
"sense": "affected with rickets",
"tags": [
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"word": "ραχιτικός"
},
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"_dis1": "5 6 89",
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "affected with rickets",
"word": "rachitik"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 6 89",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "affected with rickets",
"word": "angolkóros"
},
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"_dis1": "5 6 89",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "affected with rickets",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rachitico"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 6 89",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "affected with rickets",
"word": "raquítico"
},
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"_dis1": "5 6 89",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "raxitičnyj",
"sense": "affected with rickets",
"word": "рахитичный"
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"_dis1": "5 6 89",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bpen-rôok-grà-dùuk-ɔ̀ɔn",
"sense": "affected with rickets",
"word": "เป็นโรคกระดูกอ่อน"
}
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"ipa": "/ˈɹɪk.e.ti/",
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"word": "gebrekkig"
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "tántorgó"
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"word": "อ่อนแอ"
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"word": "เปราะบาง"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "gōulóubìngde",
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"word": "佝偻病的"
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"code": "nl",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"word": "riisitautinen"
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"word": "rachitique"
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"code": "hu",
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"word": "angolkóros"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "affected with rickets",
"word": "raquítico"
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"sense": "affected with rickets",
"word": "рахитичный"
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"roman": "bpen-rôok-grà-dùuk-ɔ̀ɔn",
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"word": "เป็นโรคกระดูกอ่อน"
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.