See translucent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it",
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it",
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"sense": "allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it",
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"sense": "allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it",
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"sense": "allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it",
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"sense": "allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it",
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"sense": "allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it",
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"sense": "allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it",
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"sense": "allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it",
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"sense": "allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it",
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"sense": "allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it",
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"sense": "allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it",
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"sense": "allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it",
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"sense": "allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it",
"word": "โปร่งแสง"
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"sense": "allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it",
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it",
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"sense": "allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it",
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"note": "напівпрозо́рий (napivprozóryj, literally “semitransparent”)",
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"note": "світлопроникни́й (svitlopronyknýj, literally “light-permeable”)",
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"sense": "clear, lucid, or transparent",
"word": "清楚"
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"sense": "clear, lucid, or transparent",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "clear, lucid, or transparent",
"word": "kirkas"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "clear, lucid, or transparent",
"word": "luzid"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "diafanís",
"sense": "clear, lucid, or transparent",
"word": "διαφανής"
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "clear, lucid, or transparent",
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"code": "ja",
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"code": "lb",
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"sense": "clear, lucid, or transparent",
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"sense": "clear, lucid, or transparent",
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