chrestomathy

English

WOTD – 24 June 2006

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χρηστομάθεια (khrēstomátheia, “useful for learning”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹɛˈstɒməθi/

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Noun

chrestomathy (plural chrestomathies)

1. A collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language.

   EC Bridgman's Chinese Chrestomathy in the Canton Dialect (1841)

2. A collection of choice passages from an author or authors.

   A Mencken Chrestomathy (1982)

Derived terms

• chrestomathic

Translations

collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language

• Asturian: crestomatía f
• Belarusian: хрэстама́тыя f (xrestamátyja)
• Catalan: crestomatia (ca) f
• Esperanto: krestomatio
• Finnish: krestomatia (fi), lukemisto (fi), lukukirja
• French: chrestomathie (fr) f
• Galician: crestomatía f
• German: Chrestomathie f
• Ido: krestomatio (io)
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: chrestomatia (pl) f
• Russian: хрестома́тия (ru) f (xrestomátija)
• Spanish: crestomatía (es) f
• Swedish: krestomati (sv), läsebok (sv)
• Ukrainian: хрестома́тія f (xrestomátija)

collection of choice passages from an author or authors

• Finnish: krestomatia (fi), lukemisto (fi)
• Italian: crestomazia (it) f
• Russian: хрестома́тия (ru) f (xrestomátija), антоло́гия (ru) f (antológija)
• Yiddish: כרעסטאָמאַטיע f (khrestomatye)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} христоматия (bg) (hristomatija)

See also

• anthology