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a tun", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "ton" }, { "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun", "word": "tonelada" }, { "code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "tonna", "sense": "various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun", "word": "тонна" }, { "code": "tt", "lang": "Tatar", "roman": "tonn", "sense": "various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun", "word": "тонн" }, { "code": "tt", "lang": "Tatar", "roman": "tonna", "sense": "various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun", "word": "тонна" }, { "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "dtan", "sense": "various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun", "word": "ตัน" }, { "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "dtoon", "sense": "various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun", "word": "โตน" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun", "word": "ton" }, { "code": "tk", "lang": "Turkmen", "sense": "various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun", "word": "tonna" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "tónna", "sense": "various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "то́нна" }, { "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "ṭan", "sense": "various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ٹَن" }, { "code": "ug", "lang": "Uyghur", "roman": "tonna", "sense": "various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun", "word": "توننا" }, { "code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "sense": "various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun", "word": "tonna" }, { "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun", "word": "tấn" }, { "code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "tan", "sense": "various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun", "word": "טאַן" }, { "code": "yo", "lang": "Yoruba", "sense": "various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun", "word": "tọ́ọ̀nù" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount", "word": "läjäpäin" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "tonne" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "flopée" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount", "word": "rengeteg" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount", "word": "(egy) rakás" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount", "word": "(egy) halom" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount", "word": "egy csomó" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount", "word": "a base de bien" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount", "word": "a cholón" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount", "word": "a cascoporro" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount", "word": "a porrillo" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount", "word": "a espuertas" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount", "word": "a mansalva" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount", "word": "a punta de pala" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount", "word": "a patadas" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount", "word": "ton" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount", "word": "tonvis" }, { "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount", "word": "tone-tonelada" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "note": "satanen (note that km/h is used in Finland and thus satanen is generally understood as 100 km/h or about 60 mph; 100 mph is around 160 km/h)", "sense": "slang: speed of 100 mph" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "slang: speed of 100 mph", "word": "száz mérföld per óra" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "note": "óránként száz mérföld (-es sebesség)", "sense": "slang: speed of 100 mph" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "slang: £100", "word": "satanen" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "slang: £100", "word": "satku" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "note": "of any currency", "sense": "slang: £100", "word": "huntti" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "slang: £100", "word": 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