See softness in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
"code": "pms",
"lang": "Piedmontese",
"sense": "the quality of being soft",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meuj"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the quality of being soft",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "suavidade"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the quality of being soft",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "moliciune"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mjáxkostʹ",
"sense": "the quality of being soft",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мя́гкость"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the quality of being soft",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "suavidad"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the quality of being soft",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "molicie"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the quality of being soft",
"word": "mjukhet"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "kōmalatvaṁ",
"sense": "the quality of being soft",
"word": "కోమలత్వం"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "mettana",
"sense": "the quality of being soft",
"word": "మెత్తన"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "narmī",
"sense": "the quality of being soft",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "نَرْمی"
}
],
"word": "softness"
}
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