See sapiosexual in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"common-gender"
],
"word": "sapioseksuel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "sapiosexual person",
"word": "sapioseksueel"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sapiosexual person",
"word": "sapioseksuaali"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sapiosexual person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sapiosexuel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sapiosexual person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Sapiosexueller"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sapiosexual person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sapiosexuelle"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "sapiosexual person",
"word": "sapyoseksüel"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"sapiosexual"
],
"word": "sapiosexual"
}
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