See svelte in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "attractively thin, slender",
"word": "schlank"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "attractively thin, slender",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "smukły"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "attractively thin, slender",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "esbelto"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "attractively thin, slender",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "esbelta"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "strójnyj",
"sense": "attractively thin, slender",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "стро́йный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gíbkij",
"sense": "attractively thin, slender",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ги́бкий"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "attractively thin, slender",
"word": "esbelto"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "attractively thin, slender",
"word": "slank"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "attractively thin, slender",
"word": "smärt"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "attractively thin, slender",
"word": "smäcker"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izjašten",
"sense": "refined, delicate",
"word": "изящен"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "refined, delicate",
"word": "hento"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "refined, delicate",
"word": "hienovarainen"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izjáščnyj",
"sense": "refined, delicate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "изя́щный"
}
],
"word": "svelte"
}
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