See malin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"f": "maligne",
"f2": "maline"
},
"expansion": "malin m (plural malins, feminine maligne or maline)",
"name": "fr-noun"
}
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"shrewd person, smart person"
],
"links": [
[
"shrewd",
"shrewd"
],
[
"smart",
"smart"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "rusé"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ma.lɛ̃/"
},
{
"audio": "Fr-malin.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/19/Fr-malin.ogg/Fr-malin.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Fr-malin.ogg"
}
],
"word": "malin"
}
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