See dette in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"glosses": [
"Required, necessary; not optional."
],
"links": [
[
"Required",
"required"
],
[
"necessary",
"necessary"
],
[
"optional",
"optional"
]
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Just or deserved; according to justice."
],
"links": [
[
"Just",
"just"
],
[
"deserve",
"deserve"
]
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈdɛt(ə)/"
}
],
"word": "dette"
}
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