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"word": "temperancia"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "umerenost",
"sense": "one of seven virtues",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "умереност"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "one of seven virtues",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "temprança"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "one of seven virtues",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "střídmost"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "one of seven virtues",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "mådehold"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "one of seven virtues",
"word": "kohtuullisuus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "one of seven virtues",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tempérance"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "one of seven virtues",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "temperanza"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"roman": "mētìnut",
"sense": "one of seven virtues",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מתינות"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"roman": "ipuk",
"sense": "one of seven virtues",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "איפוק"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "one of seven virtues",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "temperanza"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "one of seven virtues",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "templanza"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "one of seven virtues",
"word": "temperancia"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "umerenost",
"sense": "Tarot card",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "умереност"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "Tarot card",
"word": "temperança"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "Tarot card",
"word": "umění"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "Tarot card",
"word": "umírněnost"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "Tarot card",
"word": "gematigheid"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "Tarot card",
"word": "kohtuus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "Tarot card",
"word": "tempérance"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "Tarot card",
"word": "Mäßigkeit"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"roman": "mētìnut",
"sense": "Tarot card",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מתינות"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "Tarot card",
"word": "megfontoltság"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "Tarot card",
"word": "temperanza"
},
{
"alt": "せっせい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "sessei",
"sense": "Tarot card",
"word": "節制"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "jeolje",
"sense": "Tarot card",
"word": "절제"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "Tarot card",
"word": "umiarkowanie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "Tarot card",
"word": "powściągliwość"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "Tarot card",
"word": "temperança"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "Tarot card",
"word": "templanza"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "Tarot card",
"word": "temperancia"
}
],
"word": "temperance"
}
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