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},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "chemical element",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "selen"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "chemical element",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "selèni"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "chemical element",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "selen"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "chemical element",
"tags": [
"Portugal",
"masculine"
],
"word": "selénio"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "chemical element",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"masculine"
],
"word": "selênio"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "chemical element",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "seleniu"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "selén",
"sense": "chemical element",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "селе́н"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "chemical element",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "selenium"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "chemical element",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "се̏ле̄н"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "chemical element",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "сѐле̄ниј"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "chemical element",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "селенијум"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "chemical element",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "sȅlēn"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "chemical element",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "sèlēnij"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "chemical element",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "selenijum"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "chemical element",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "selén"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "chemical element",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "selen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "chemical element",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "selenio"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "chemical element",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "selen"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "chemical element",
"word": "selenyo"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "selen",
"sense": "chemical element",
"word": "селен"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "ceṅkantakam",
"sense": "chemical element",
"word": "செங்கந்தகம்"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sii-lii-nîiam",
"sense": "chemical element",
"word": "ซีลีเนียม"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "chemical element",
"word": "selenyum"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "selén",
"sense": "chemical element",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "селе́н"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "chemical element",
"word": "selen"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "chemical element",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "seleniwm"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "chemical element",
"word": "seleen"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Jöns Jacob Berzelius",
"selenium"
],
"word": "selenium"
}
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
"msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Lingala: 'seleni class 9a/10a', originally 'seleni class 9a/10a'",
"path": [
"selenium"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "selenium",
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}
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