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"sense": "polyhedron",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fjórflötungur"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "polyhedron",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tetraedro"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shimentai",
"sense": "polyhedron",
"word": "四面体"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sankakusui",
"sense": "polyhedron",
"word": "三角錐"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "samyeonche",
"sense": "polyhedron",
"word": "사면체"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "polyhedron",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tetraeder"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "polyhedron",
"word": "چهاروجهی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "polyhedron",
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "czworościan"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "polyhedron",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tetraedro"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "polyhedron",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tetraedru"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tetráedr",
"sense": "polyhedron",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тетра́эдр"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "četyrjoxgránnik",
"sense": "polyhedron",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "четырёхгра́нник"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "polyhedron",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tetraedro"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "polyhedron",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tetraeder"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "polyhedron",
"word": "patdayag"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tetráedr",
"sense": "polyhedron",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тетра́едр"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čotyryhránnyk",
"sense": "polyhedron",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "чотиригра́нник"
},
{
"code": "msn",
"lang": "Vurës",
"sense": "polyhedron",
"word": "wanagvet"
},
{
"alt": "せいしめんたい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "seishimentai",
"sense": "regular tetrahedron",
"word": "正四面体"
}
],
"word": "tetrahedron"
}
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