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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs",
"word": "låtskrivare"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs",
"word": "kompositör"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "nák-dtɛ̀ng-pleeng",
"sense": "someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs",
"word": "นักแต่งเพลง"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs",
"word": "şarkı yazarı"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pisnjár",
"sense": "someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пісня́р"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs",
"word": "cyfansoddwr m caneuon"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lietsjeskriuwer"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lietskriuwer"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "menagen",
"sense": "someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מנגן"
}
],
"word": "songwriter"
}
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