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categoria

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See also: categoría

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin, from Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría, public accusation). Doublet of category.

Noun

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categoria (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) Exposure of an opponent's secret wickedness, especially in the opponent's presence.

Aromanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin catēgoria, from Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría).

Noun

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categoria f (plural categoriur)

  1. category

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin catēgoria, from Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría).

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Noun

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categoria f (plural categories)

  1. category

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin catēgoria, from Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ka.te.ɡoˈri.a/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: ca‧te‧go‧rì‧a
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Noun

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categoria f (plural categorie)

  1. category, topic
  2. class

Hyponyms

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Ladin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin catēgoria, from Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría).

Noun

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categoria f (plural categories)

  1. category

Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría, charge, accusation; logic: predication, category).

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Noun

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catēgoria f (genitive catēgoriae); first declension

  1. accusation
  2. predicament
  3. (logic) category

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative catēgoria catēgoriae
genitive catēgoriae catēgoriārum
dative catēgoriae catēgoriīs
accusative catēgoriam catēgoriās
ablative catēgoriā catēgoriīs
vocative catēgoria catēgoriae

Descendants

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References

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  • categoria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • categoria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Lombard

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Noun

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categoria f

  1. category

Occitan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin catēgoria, from Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría).

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Noun

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categoria f (plural categorias)

  1. category

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Late Latin catēgoria, from Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -iɐ
  • Hyphenation: ca‧te‧go‧ri‧a

Noun

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categoria f (plural categorias)

  1. category
    • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “O annel do diplomata [The diplomat’s ring]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 80:
      Assim fallavam alguns indivíduos pertencentes a diversas cathegorias da pequena sociedade da villa de X∗∗∗ []
      Thus spoke some individuals belonging to various classes of the small society of the town of X∗∗∗ []

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