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"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
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"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "صَاعِقَة"
},
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"roman": "mǎlnija",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
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"roman": "grǎmotevica",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "霹靂"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pīlì",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "霹雳"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xùnléi",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "迅雷"
},
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"code": "cv",
"lang": "Chuvash",
"roman": "śiś̬ĕm",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "ҫиҫӗм"
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"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "bliksemstraal"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "donderstraal"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "salamanisku"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "ukkosenjyrähdys"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "salama"
},
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
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"masculine"
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"code": "fur",
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"code": "fur",
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"code": "fur",
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"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lóstrego"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "de",
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"code": "de",
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"masculine"
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"code": "el",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
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"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "villámcsapás"
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{
"code": "ist",
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"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "fulmine"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "folgore"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "saetta"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "lampo"
},
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"alt": "かみなり",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaminari",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "雷"
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{
"alt": "らくらい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "rakurai",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "落雷"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "byeorak",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "벼락"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
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"code": "nds",
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"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
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"masculine"
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"code": "ml",
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"roman": "minnalppiṇaṟ",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "മിന്നൽപ്പിണർ"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "dambhōḷi",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "ദംഭോളി"
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"code": "ml",
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"roman": "aśani",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "അശനി"
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{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "iṭivāḷ",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "ഇടിവാൾ"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "epa"
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"code": "nrf",
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"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "ota",
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"roman": "yıldırım",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "یلدرم"
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{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "saʿika",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "صاعقه"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ra'd-o-barq",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "رعد و برق"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sâ'eqe",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "صاعقه"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "âzaraxš",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "آذرخش"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"tags": [
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},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "raio"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
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"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "udár mólnii",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "уда́р мо́лнии"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "perún",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"tags": [
"dated",
"masculine",
"poetic"
],
"word": "перу́н"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "aśani",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "अशनि"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "kuliśa",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "कुलिश"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "vajra",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "वज्र"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rayo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vigg"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tordön"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "åskknall"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "soyiqa",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "соиқа"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "piḍugu",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "పిడుగు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sǎai-fáa",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "สายฟ้า"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "yıldırım"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sita"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "saéta"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "taranau"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "flash of lightning accompanied by thunder",
"word": "taranfollt"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected",
"word": "järkytys"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "keravnós",
"sense": "an event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κεραυνός"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "byeorak",
"sense": "an event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected",
"word": "벼락"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "an event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "grom z jasnego nieba"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "grom sredí jásnovo néba",
"sense": "an event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гром среди́ я́сного не́ба"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "piḍugupāṭu",
"sense": "an event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected",
"word": "పిడుగుపాటు"
}
],
"word": "thunderbolt"
}
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