See vanguard in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"word": "先鋒"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiānfēng",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"word": "先锋"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"word": "先驅"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiānqū",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"word": "先驱"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qiányán",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"word": "前沿"
},
{
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"word": "avangard"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "předvoj"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avantgarda"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"word": "voorhoede"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"word": "etujoukko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"word": "edelläkävijät"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"word": "suunnannäyttäjät"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avant-garde"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Avantgarde"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Spitze"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "protoporía",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "πρωτοπορία"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aván-gkarnt",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"word": "αβάν-γκαρντ"
},
{
"alt": "先鋒",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seonbong",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"word": "선봉"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "avangards"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "priekšpulks"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "avangárda",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "аванга́рда"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"word": "hāpai"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "banebryter"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "avantgarde"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "pišgâm",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"word": "پیشگام"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "pištâz",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"word": "پیشتاز"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vanguarda"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avangardă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "avangárd",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "аванга́рд"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toiseach"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "predvoj"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avantgarda"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vanguardia"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
"word": "tät"
}
],
"word": "vanguard"
}
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