"vernissage" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From French vernissage, derived from the earlier habit of the artists to varnish their paintings the day before the opening of an exhibition.",
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        "A private viewing of an art exhibition before it opens to the public."
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          "word": "preview"
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          "word": "private view"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "private viewing of an exhibition before it opens to the public",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vernisáž"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "private viewing of an exhibition before it opens to the public",
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            "plural"
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          "word": "avajaiset"
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          "sense": "private viewing of an exhibition before it opens to the public",
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          "word": "vernissage"
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          "sense": "private viewing of an exhibition before it opens to the public",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Vernissage"
        },
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "vernisáz",
          "sense": "private viewing of an exhibition before it opens to the public",
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            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "βερνισάζ"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "private viewing of an exhibition before it opens to the public",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "wernisaż"
        },
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          "roman": "vernisáž",
          "sense": "private viewing of an exhibition before it opens to the public",
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          "word": "vernissage"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "private viewing of an exhibition before it opens to the public",
          "word": "vernisaj"
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          "sense": "private viewing of an exhibition before it opens to the public",
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            "masculine"
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        "UK"
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      "ipa": "/ˌvɛɹnəˈsɑʒ/",
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      ],
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      "sense": "private viewing of an exhibition before it opens to the public",
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      "word": "vernisáž"
    },
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      "sense": "private viewing of an exhibition before it opens to the public",
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      ],
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    },
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      "sense": "private viewing of an exhibition before it opens to the public",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vernissage"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "private viewing of an exhibition before it opens to the public",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vernissage"
    },
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      "sense": "private viewing of an exhibition before it opens to the public",
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      ],
      "word": "βερνισάζ"
    },
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      "sense": "private viewing of an exhibition before it opens to the public",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wernisaż"
    },
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      "sense": "private viewing of an exhibition before it opens to the public",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "верниса́ж"
    },
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      "word": "vernissage"
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      "sense": "private viewing of an exhibition before it opens to the public",
      "word": "vernisaj"
    },
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      "roman": "vernisáž",
      "sense": "private viewing of an exhibition before it opens to the public",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "верніса́ж"
    }
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