See selfie in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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],
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"neuter"
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{
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"sense": "photographic self-portrait",
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{
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"code": "pt",
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"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "photographic self-portrait",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"sense": "photographic self-portrait",
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/70/En-uk-selfie.ogg/En-uk-selfie.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/En-uk-selfie.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛlfi"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "afb",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "afb",
"roman": "ḵiḏa silfi",
"sense": "to take a selfie",
"tags": [
"Gulf-Arabic"
],
"word": "خذا سلفي"
},
{
"code": "afb",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "afb",
"roman": "ṣawwar silfi",
"sense": "to take a selfie",
"tags": [
"Gulf-Arabic"
],
"word": "صور سلفي"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "selpis iɣebs",
"sense": "to take a selfie",
"word": "სელფის იღებს"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "tvitpoṭos iɣebs",
"sense": "to take a selfie",
"word": "თვითფოტოს იღებს"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "vgázo sélfi",
"sense": "to take a selfie",
"word": "βγάζω σέλφι"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"roman": "'asá sélfi",
"sense": "to take a selfie",
"word": "עָשָׂה סֶלְפִי"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to take a selfie",
"word": "szelfizik"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "to take a selfie",
"word": "berswafoto"
},
{
"code": "quc",
"lang": "K'iche'",
"lang_code": "quc",
"sense": "to take a selfie",
"word": "esaxik ib' jun wachb'al"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"sense": "to take a selfie",
"word": "berswafoto"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "délat' sélfi",
"sense": "to take a selfie",
"word": "делать селфи"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "sélfitʹsja",
"sense": "to take a selfie",
"word": "селфиться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to take a selfie",
"word": "selfiar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to take a selfie",
"word": "autofotografiar"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"sense": "to take a selfie",
"word": "piga selfi"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"roman": "seel-fîi",
"sense": "to take a selfie",
"word": "เซลฟี"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Kim Ju-sung"
],
"word": "selfie"
}
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