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"neuter"
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"word": "symulakrum"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "physical image or representation of a deity, person, or thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "simulacro"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "physical image or representation of a deity, person, or thing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "simulacru"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "physical image or representation of a deity, person, or thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "симулакрум"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "physical image or representation of a deity, person, or thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "simulacro"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "thing which has the appearance or form of another thing, but not its true qualities",
"word": "simulakrumi"
}
],
"word": "simulacrum"
}
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