See theremin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "teremim"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "termenvóks",
"sense": "electronic musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "терменво́кс"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "electronic musical instrument",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "терѐмӣн"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "electronic musical instrument",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "terèmīn"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "electronic musical instrument",
"word": "theremin"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "electronic musical instrument",
"word": "teremin"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "electronic musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "theremín"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "electronic musical instrument",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "theremin"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "electronic musical instrument",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "teremin"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "electronic musical instrument",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "thereminvox"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "electronic musical instrument",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "aetherophone"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "electronic musical instrument",
"word": "เธรามิน"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "termenvoks",
"sense": "electronic musical instrument",
"word": "терменвокс"
}
],
"word": "theremin"
}
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