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"word": "kvislelyd"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sibilant"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sibilante"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sibiljánt",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сибиля́нт"
},
{
"alt": "звук, for \"s\", \"z\"",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svistjaščij",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свистящий"
},
{
"alt": "звук, for \"sh\", \"zh\"",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šipjáščij",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "шипя́щий"
},
{
"alt": "звук",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svistjášče-šipjáščij",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свистя́ще-шипя́щий"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "сибѝлант"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "пи̏скавац"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "sibìlant"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pȉskavac"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sibilante"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "väsljud"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sibilant"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sisiolyn"
}
],
"word": "sibilant"
}
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