syzygie
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin syzygia, from Ancient Greek συζυγία (suzugía).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
syzygie f (plural syzygies)
- syzygy
- 1873, Jules Verne, Le Pays des fourrures:
- Les marées sont assez fortes dans les mers arctiques, […]. Bien des navigateurs qui les ont observées, […], ont vu la mer, à l’époque des syzygies, monter de vingt à vingt-cinq pieds au-dessus du niveau moyen.
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Further reading[edit]
- “syzygie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Used in Swedish since 1748. Cognate with Danish syzygie, German Syzygie, from Late Latin syzygia and Ancient Greek σύζυγος (súzugos, “yoked together”).
Noun[edit]
syzygie c
Declension[edit]
| Declension of syzygie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | syzygie | syzygien | syzygier | syzygierna |
| Genitive | syzygies | syzygiens | syzygiers | syzygiernas |
References[edit]
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