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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "device used to travel in time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mașina timpului"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mašína vrémeni",
"sense": "device used to travel in time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "маши́на вре́мени"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "device used to travel in time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вре̏мепло̄в"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "device used to travel in time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vrȅmeplōv"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "device used to travel in time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "временска машина"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "device used to travel in time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vremenska mašina"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "device used to travel in time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "časostroj"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "device used to travel in time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stroj času"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "device used to travel in time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "časovni stroj"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "device used to travel in time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "máquina del tiempo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "device used to travel in time",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tidsmaskin"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "device used to travel in time",
"word": "zaman makinası"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "mašýna čásu",
"sense": "device used to travel in time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "маши́на ча́су"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "device used to travel in time",
"word": "cỗ máy thời gian"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "device used to travel in time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "peiriant amser"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"H. G. Wells",
"The Time Machine",
"Time Machine"
],
"word": "time machine"
}
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