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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "trogátelen",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "трога́телен"
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"roman": "gǎnrén",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "感人"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "使……感動"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shǐ ... gǎndòng",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "使……感动"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "dojemný"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "rørende"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "roerend"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "liikuttava"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "koskettava"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "touchant"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "rührend"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "anrührend"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "ergreifend"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sygkinitikós",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "συγκινητικός"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "megható"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "megindító"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "commovente"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "toccante"
},
{
"alt": "かんどうてきな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kandōteki na",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "感動的な"
},
{
"alt": "感動的",
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"roman": "gamdongjeok",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "감동적"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "flexanimus"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "trogatelen",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "трогателен"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "whakaaroharoha"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "whakaaroha"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "rørende"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "wzruszający"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "tocante"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "trógatelʹnyj",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "тро́гательный"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
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{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "dojímavý"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "dojemný"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "ganljiv"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "enternecedor"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "conmovedor"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "rörande"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "känslosam"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "hüzünlü"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "hazin"
},
{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"tags": [
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zvorúšlyvyj",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "звору́шливий"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "provoking sadness and pity",
"word": "cảm động"
}
],
"word": "touching"
}
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"The act by which something is touched."
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"A snack served with alcoholic drinks in an informal environment."
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lams",
"sense": "The act by which something is touched",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "لَمْس"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dokosvane",
"sense": "The act by which something is touched",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "докосване"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "The act by which something is touched",
"word": "dokunuş"
}
],
"word": "touching"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-01 using wiktextract (ee658f9 and be4df6b). 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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