treatise

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtriːtɪs/, /ˈtriːtɪz/

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Noun

treatise (plural treatises)

1. A formal, usually lengthy, systematic discourse on some subject.
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 232d.

     And if someone wants to know how to make objections to actual craftsmen themselves on the subject of art in general or any particular art, there are published treatises available, as you know.

Synonyms

• dissertation
• disquisition
• monograph
• treatment (Informal explanation, usually in essay form.)

Translations

systematic discourse on some subject

• Czech: pojednání (cs) n
• Dutch: verhandeling f, scriptie
• Esperanto: traktaĵo (eo)
• Finnish: tutkielma (fi)
• French: traité (fr) m
• Galician: tratado (gl) m
• German: Abhandlung (de) f

• Greek: διατριβή (el) (ðiatriví) f, πραγματεία (el) (pragmatía) f
• Icelandic: fræðileg ritgerð f
• Latin: detractatus m
• Portuguese: tratado (pt) m
• Romanian: tratat (ro) n
• Russian: трактат (ru) (traktat) m, курс (ru) (kurs) m
• Spanish: tratado (es) m

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