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"masculine"
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"word": "conventillo"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned",
"word": "verpachting"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned",
"word": "Mietshaus"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned",
"word": "bérlet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned",
"word": "bérlemény"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned",
"word": "bérlakás"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tionóntán"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "arendovannoje imúščestvo",
"sense": "any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "арендованное иму́щество"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"tenement"
],
"word": "tenement"
}
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