litota

See also: litotą

Polish

Etymology

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French litotebor.

Polish litota

Borrowed from French litote. Doublet of litotes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈtɔ.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Syllabification: li‧to‧ta

Noun

litota f

1. (rhetoric) litotes (figure of speech whereby something is stated by denying its opposite, particularly the negation of a negative quality to say something positive)

   Synonym: litotes

Declension

Declension of litota

	singular	plural
nominative	litota	litoty
genitive	litoty	litot
dative	litocie	litotom
accusative	litotę	litoty
instrumental	litotą	litotami
locative	litocie	litotach
vocative	litoto	litoty

Further reading

• “litota”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)
• litota in PWN's encyclopedia

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

litòta f (Cyrillic spelling лито̀та)

1. litotes (rhetoric: stating a point by denying its opposite)