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"word": "det"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the person or thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "celui"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the person or thing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "celle"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the person or thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "o"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the person or thing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "a"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"The One"
],
"word": "the one"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (82c8ff9 and f4967a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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