komenco

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Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

komenci +‎ -o

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [koˈment͡so]
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  • Rhymes: -ent͡so
  • Hyphenation: ko‧men‧co

Noun[edit]

komenco (accusative singular komencon, plural komencoj, accusative plural komencojn)

  1. beginning, start, commencement
    Synonym: eko
    • 1910, Lewis Carroll, E.L. Kearney, transl., La Aventuroj de Alicio en Mirlando, British Esperanto Association:
      "Malseka, same malseka kiel en la komenco," Alicio respondis iom melankolie.
      "Wet, as wet as in the start," responded Alice in a melancholy tone.