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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Vergleich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Gleichnis"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "gajukō",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "𐌲𐌰𐌾𐌿𐌺𐍉"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "paromoíosi",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "παρομοίωση"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "dimmúy",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "דִּמּוּי"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "hasonlat"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "líking"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "samlíking"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "viðlíking"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "similitudine"
},
{
"alt": "ちょくゆ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chokuyu",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "直喩"
},
{
"alt": "ひゆ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hiyu",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "比喩"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shimire",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "シミレ"
},
{
"alt": "直喻",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jigyu",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "직유"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "simille",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "시밀레"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sporedba",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "споредба"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "upama",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "ഉപമ"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "kupu whakarite"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tašbih",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "تشبیه"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "porównanie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "símile"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "comparație"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sravnénije",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "сравне́ние"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "upamā",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "उपमा"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "поређење"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "поредба"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "успоредба"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "poređenje"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "poredba"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "usporedba"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "prirovnanie"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "primera"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "símil"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "tashbihi"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "liknelse"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "uvamai",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "உவமை"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "ùp-bpà-maa",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "อุปมา"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "teşbih"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "porívnjannja",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "порі́вняння"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"word": "tashbih"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cymhariaeth"
}
],
"word": "simile"
}
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