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],
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"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "la.hcut",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"word": "လဆုတ်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"word": "lluna minvant"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"word": "aftagende måne"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "afnemende maan"
},
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"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "wanende maan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"word": "vähenevä kuu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"word": "alakuu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"word": "lune décroissante"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lúa minguante"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "minguante"
},
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
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"word": "devalo"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "lúa vella"
},
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cuarto minguante"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳlebadi mtvare",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"word": "კლებადი მთვარე"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "abnehmender Mond"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "luna calante"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "luna decrescens"
},
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "luna senescens"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pogibel",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"word": "погибел"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "helâl-e kâhande",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"word": "هلال کاهنده"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lua minguante"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"word": "luna menguante"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"word": "avtagande måne"
}
]
}
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"word": "waning moon"
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"A moon (usually the Moon, that is, Earth's moon) when it appears smaller each night as it progresses from a full moon to a new moon: a moon in any of the diminishing lunar phases."
],
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"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "la.hcut",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"word": "လဆုတ်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"word": "lluna minvant"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"word": "aftagende måne"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "afnemende maan"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "wanende maan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"word": "vähenevä kuu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"word": "alakuu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"word": "lune décroissante"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lúa minguante"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "minguante"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "devalo"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lúa vella"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cuarto minguante"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳlebadi mtvare",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"word": "კლებადი მთვარე"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "abnehmender Mond"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "luna calante"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "luna decrescens"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "luna senescens"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pogibel",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"word": "погибел"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "helâl-e kâhande",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"word": "هلال کاهنده"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lua minguante"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"word": "luna menguante"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon",
"word": "avtagande måne"
}
],
"word": "waning moon"
}
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