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"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "signaal"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "sein"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "signalo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "signaal"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "merkki"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "signaali"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "signal"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sinal"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "signali",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "სიგნალი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Signal"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "síma",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "σήμα"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ot",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אוֹת"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "signál",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "סִיגְנָל"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "saṅket",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "संकेत"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "iśārā",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "इशारा"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "jel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "jelzés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "jeladás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "driving",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "index"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "a tune",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "szignál"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "isyarat"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "anggai"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "segnale"
},
{
"alt": "しんごう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shingō",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "信号"
},
{
"alt": "あいず",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "aizu",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "合図"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "signal",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "сигнал"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "tɑmroy",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "តម្រុយ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "sɑɑsɑngkeet",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "សង្កេត"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "saññaa",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "សញ្ញា"
},
{
"alt": "信號",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sinho",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "신호"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "signal",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "сигнал"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "san nyān",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "ສັນຍານ"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "signāls"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "signalas"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "signal",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сигнал"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "isyarat"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "doxio",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "дохио"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "dokiy-a",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠳᠣᠬᠢᠶᠠ"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "signal"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "signal"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "işaret",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "اشارت"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "ešārá",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "اشاره"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "signál",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سيګنل"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "zignãl",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "زيګنال"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "signâl",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "سیگنال"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ešâre",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "اشاره"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sygnał"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sinal"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "semnal"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "signál",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сигна́л"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "znak",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "знак"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "сѝгна̄л"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "sìgnāl"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "znamenie"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "signál"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "signal"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "señal"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "ishara"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "signal"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "išora",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "ишора"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "išorat",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "ишорат"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "signal",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "сигнал"
},
{
"alt": "1",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "sañjña",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "సంజ్ఞ"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "saṅkētaṁ",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "సంకేతం"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sǎn-yaan",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "สัญญาณ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "sinyal"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "signal"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "syhnál",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сигна́л"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "znak",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "знак"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "iśāra",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "اشاره"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "signal",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "سىگنال"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "signal"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "ishora"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "sign made to give notice",
"word": "tín hiệu"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "semafór",
"sense": "device to give indication",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "семафо́р"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "device to give indication",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "senyal"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "device to give indication",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "signál"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "device to give indication",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "signal"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "device to give indication",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "sein"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "device to give indication",
"word": "opastin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "device to give indication",
"word": "merkinantolaite"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "device to give indication",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "signal"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "device to give indication",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sinal"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "device to give indication",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Signal"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "device to give indication",
"word": "szemafor"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "device to give indication",
"word": "jelzőberendezés"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "device to give indication",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "segnale"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "device to give indication",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "signal"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "device to give indication",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "signal"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "device to give indication",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sygnał"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "device to give indication",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sinal"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "device to give indication",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "semnal indicator"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "device to give indication",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "semnalizator"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "device to give indication",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "señal"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "device to give indication",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "signal"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "signál",
"sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сигна́л"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "senyal"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xìnhào",
"sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
"word": "信号"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "signal"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "signaal"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
"word": "signalo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
"word": "signaali"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sinal"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
"tags": [
"general"
],
"word": "jel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
"topics": [
"radio",
"broadcasting",
"media"
],
"word": "rádiójel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
"topics": [
"telephony",
"telecommunications",
"communications",
"electrical-engineering",
"engineering",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences"
],
"word": "térerő"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
"word": "térerősség"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
"word": "sinyal"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "segnale"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "campo"
},
{
"alt": "でんぱ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "denpa",
"sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
"word": "電波"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "signal"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "signal"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sinal"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "of a mobile phone",
"sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
"word": "rede"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "semnal"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "señal"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "signal"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
"word": "sinyal"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information",
"word": "tín hiệu"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "action, change or process to convey information",
"word": "signalo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "action, change or process to convey information",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "señal"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "znak",
"sense": "foreshadowing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "знак"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "foreshadowing",
"word": "enne"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "foreshadowing",
"word": "ennusmerkki"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "foreshadowing",
"word": "pertanda"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "foreshadowing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sinal"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "signál",
"sense": "useful information as opposed to noise",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сигна́л"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "useful information as opposed to noise",
"word": "signaali"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "useful information as opposed to noise",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sinal"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "signál",
"sense": "computing: simple interprocess communication",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сигна́л"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "computing: simple interprocess communication",
"word": "signaali"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "computing: simple interprocess communication",
"word": "signal"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "computing: simple interprocess communication",
"word": "sinyal"
}
],
"word": "signal"
}
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