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{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "shkalla sipërore"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "daraja fāʔiqa",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "دَرَجَة فَائِقَة"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "(grammar)",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "derez-uhelañ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"word": "最高級"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "zuìgāojí",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"word": "最高级"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"word": "overtreffende trap"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"word": "superlatiivi"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "superlatif"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Superlativ"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "yperthetikós vathmós",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "υπερθετικός βαθμός"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"word": "felsőfok"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "efsta stig"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sárchéim"
},
{
"alt": "さいじょうきゅう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "saijōkyū",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"word": "最上級"
},
{
"alt": "最上級",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "choesanggeup",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"word": "최상급"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sefat-e bartarin",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"word": "صفت برترین"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stopień najwyższy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "grau superlativo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "grad superlativ"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "superlativ"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prevosxódnaja stépenʹ",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "превосхо́дная сте́пень"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "superljatív",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "суперляти́в"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"word": "superlatív"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"word": "tretí stupeň"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "preséžnik"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"word": "pasukdol"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"word": "cấp cao nhất"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gradd eithaf"
}
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}
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"(grammar) adverbial or adjectival forms modified by most or ending in -est, used when comparing three or more things"
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "shkalla sipërore"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "daraja fāʔiqa",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "دَرَجَة فَائِقَة"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "derez-uhelañ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"word": "最高級"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zuìgāojí",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"word": "最高级"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"word": "overtreffende trap"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"word": "superlatiivi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "superlatif"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Superlativ"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "yperthetikós vathmós",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "υπερθετικός βαθμός"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"word": "felsőfok"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "efsta stig"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sárchéim"
},
{
"alt": "さいじょうきゅう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "saijōkyū",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"word": "最上級"
},
{
"alt": "最上級",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "choesanggeup",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"word": "최상급"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sefat-e bartarin",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"word": "صفت برترین"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stopień najwyższy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "grau superlativo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "grad superlativ"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "superlativ"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prevosxódnaja stépenʹ",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "превосхо́дная сте́пень"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "superljatív",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "суперляти́в"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"word": "superlatív"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"word": "tretí stupeň"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "preséžnik"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"word": "pasukdol"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"word": "cấp cao nhất"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "(grammar)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gradd eithaf"
}
],
"word": "superlative degree"
}
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