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"word": "Ausgangszustand"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kathestós",
"sense": "the state of things",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "καθεστώς"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "státous kvo",
"sense": "the state of things",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "στάτους κβο"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "the state of things",
"word": "סטטוס קוו"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "the state of things",
"word": "nuna stando"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "the state of things",
"word": "status quo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the state of things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "status quo"
},
{
"alt": "げんじょう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "genjō",
"sense": "the state of things",
"word": "現状"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "stʰaan pʰiep nɨv dɑdael",
"sense": "the state of things",
"word": "ស្ថានភាពនៅដដែល"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "the state of things",
"word": "status quo"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "vaz'-e mowjud",
"sense": "the state of things",
"word": "وضع موجود"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "vaz'-e fe'li",
"sense": "the state of things",
"word": "وضع فعلی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the state of things",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "status quo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the state of things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "status quo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the state of things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "statu quo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the state of things",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "statu-quo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "státus-kvo",
"sense": "the state of things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ста́тус-кво"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the state of things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "estado del asunto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the state of things",
"word": "statu quo"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "the state of things",
"word": "kairalan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the state of things",
"word": "statüko"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "státus-kvó",
"sense": "the state of things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ста́тус-кво́"
},
{
"code": "sah",
"lang": "Yakut",
"roman": "status-kvo",
"sense": "the state of things",
"word": "статус-кво"
}
],
"word": "status quo"
}
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