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"feminine"
],
"word": "хладнокр́вно̄ст"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "composure, self-possession or imperturbability",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "hladnokŕvnōst"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "composure, self-possession or imperturbability",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sangre fría"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "composure, self-possession or imperturbability",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "behärskning"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "composure, self-possession or imperturbability",
"word": "soğukkanlılık"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "composure, self-possession or imperturbability",
"word": "serinkanlılık"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "xolodnokróvnistʹ",
"sense": "composure, self-possession or imperturbability",
"word": "холоднокро́вність"
}
],
"word": "sangfroid"
}
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