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"ipa": "/ˈsaɪdɪŋ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪdɪŋ"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-siding.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e5/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-siding.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-siding.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e5/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-siding.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-siding.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "straničen kolovoz",
"sense": "side track",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "страничен коловоз"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "side track",
"word": "sidespor"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "side track",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vigespor"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "side track",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "voie de garage"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "side track",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Nebengleis"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "side track",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Abstellgleis"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "side track",
"word": "mellékvágány"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "side track",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "sidespor"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "side track",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "sidespor"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "side track",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bocznica"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "side track",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "via muerta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "side track",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "sidospår"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "side track",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "stickspår"
}
],
"word": "siding"
}
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