See spar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"masculine"
],
"word": "espat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "any crystal with readily discernible faces",
"word": "sälpä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "any crystal with readily discernible faces",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spath"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "any crystal with readily discernible faces",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Spat"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "any crystal with readily discernible faces",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sparra"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "špat",
"sense": "any crystal with readily discernible faces",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "шпат"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "any crystal with readily discernible faces",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "espato"
}
],
"word": "spar"
}
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{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": from Dutch \"rondhout\" - roundwood vs. rangóut",
"path": [
"spar"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "spar",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": boj vs. vesti",
"path": [
"spar"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "spar",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": vesti vs. trenirovočnyj",
"path": [
"spar"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "spar",
"trace": ""
}
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