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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "momataxtak",
"sense": "tablet covered with wax",
"word": "մոմատախտակ"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "tablet covered with wax",
"word": "vahataulu"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "tablet covered with wax",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tablette de cire"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "tablet covered with wax",
"word": "Wachstafel"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kḗra",
"sense": "tablet covered with wax",
"word": "κήρα"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "tablet covered with wax",
"word": "viasztábla"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "tablet covered with wax",
"word": "tavoletta cerata"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "tablet covered with wax",
"word": "cēra"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "tablet covered with wax",
"word": "tabula cerāta"
},
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"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "tablet covered with wax",
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "tablet covered with wax",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tabliczka woskowa"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "voskovája tablíčka",
"sense": "tablet covered with wax",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "воскова́я табли́чка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "tablet covered with wax",
"word": "tablilla de cera"
}
]
}
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"word": "wax tablet"
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"lang": "Armenian",
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"sense": "tablet covered with wax",
"word": "մոմատախտակ"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "tablet covered with wax",
"word": "vahataulu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "tablet covered with wax",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tablette de cire"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "tablet covered with wax",
"word": "Wachstafel"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kḗra",
"sense": "tablet covered with wax",
"word": "κήρα"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "tablet covered with wax",
"word": "viasztábla"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "tablet covered with wax",
"word": "tavoletta cerata"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "tablet covered with wax",
"word": "cēra"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "tablet covered with wax",
"word": "tabula cerāta"
},
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"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "tablet covered with wax",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ǣstel"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "tablet covered with wax",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tabliczka woskowa"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "voskovája tablíčka",
"sense": "tablet covered with wax",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "воскова́я табли́чка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "tablet covered with wax",
"word": "tablilla de cera"
}
],
"word": "wax tablet"
}
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