See taffeta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "Indonesian",
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"word": "taf"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "woven fabric",
"word": "tafeta"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "woven fabric",
"word": "taftah"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "woven fabric",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "taffetà"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tafuta",
"sense": "woven fabric",
"word": "タフタ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "taepiteo",
"sense": "woven fabric",
"word": "태피터"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "woven fabric",
"word": "tefte"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "woven fabric",
"word": "tafta"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "woven fabric",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "taft"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "woven fabric",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "taft"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tâfte",
"sense": "woven fabric",
"word": "تافته"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "woven fabric",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Zaunft"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "woven fabric",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tafta"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "woven fabric",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tafetá"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "woven fabric",
"word": "tafta"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tafta",
"sense": "woven fabric",
"word": "тафта"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "woven fabric",
"word": "taft"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "woven fabric",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tafetán"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "woven fabric",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tafeta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "woven fabric",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "taft"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "woven fabric",
"word": "tapetan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "woven fabric",
"word": "tafta"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "woven fabric",
"word": "vải mỏng"
}
],
"word": "taffeta"
}
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