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"neuter"
],
"word": "ρητό"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "paroimía",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "παροιμία"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"word": "mondás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"word": "közmondás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"word": "szólásmondás"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"word": "pepatah"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"word": "dicto"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"word": "proverbio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "proverbio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "detto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "massima"
},
{
"alt": "かくげん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kakugen",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"word": "格言"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gyeogeon",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"word": "격언"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sokdam",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"word": "속담"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "dictum"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fatus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ēlogium"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Sprachwuert"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Sproch"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pogovorka",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izreka",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "изрека"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "poslovica",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пословица"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "paḻamoḻi",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"word": "പഴമൊഴി"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "paḻañcollŭ",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"word": "പഴഞ്ചൊല്ല്"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"word": "tūātau"
},
{
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"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"word": "whakapepeha"
},
{
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"word": "kīanga"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Saj"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"word": "powiedzenie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ditado"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "provérbio"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zicală"
},
{
"code": "ro",
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zicătoare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poslóvica",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "посло́вица"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "погово́рка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "prískazka",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
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"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "poslovica"
},
{
"code": "sh",
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"Roman",
"feminine"
],
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"plural"
],
"word": "rčenie"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "príslovie"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dicho"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "proverbio"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "refrán"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"word": "msemo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ordspråk"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"dated",
"neuter"
],
"word": "ordstäv"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"word": "sabi"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"word": "kasabihan"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prýkazka",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "при́казка"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pryslívʺja",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "прислі́в'я"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "kahāvat",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"word": "کہاوت"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"word": "câu nói"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spot"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dijhêye"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dywediad"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "shprikhvort",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "שפּריכוואָרט"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "folksvertl",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "פֿאָלקסווערטל"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "veltsvertl",
"sense": "proverb or maxim",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "וועלטסווערטל"
}
],
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],
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}
{
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
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{
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:saying",
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"word": "talkative"
},
{
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"word": "Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 496. Maxim"
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{
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"word": "Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class V § 697. Precept"
}
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{
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:saying",
"word": "hackneyed"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:saying",
"word": "oft-repeated"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:saying",
"word": "proverbial"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:saying",
"word": "rumored"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:saying",
"word": "sententious"
}
],
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]
}
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}
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