palestra

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English

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Noun

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palestra (plural palestras or palestrae) (US)

  1. Alternative form of palaestra

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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palestra f

  1. (historical) palaestra

Declension

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Further reading

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  • palestra”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Etymology

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Probably borrowed from Latin palaestra, from Ancient Greek παλαίστρα (palaístra, wrestling school).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paˈlɛ.stra/
  • Rhymes: -ɛstra
  • Hyphenation: pa‧lè‧stra
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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palestra f (plural palestre)

  1. gym, gymnasium

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin palaestra.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paˈlɛs.tra/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛstra
  • Syllabification: pa‧les‧tra

Noun

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palestra f

  1. (literary, law, collective) bar (lawyers collectively)
    Synonym: adwokatura
    usunąć z palestryto disbar
  2. (literary, law) title, function, or position given to a lawyer
  3. (historical) palaestra

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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nouns

Further reading

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  • palestra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • palestra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pa‧les‧tra

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin palaestra, from Ancient Greek παλαίστρα (palaístra, wrestling school).

Noun

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palestra f (plural palestras)

  1. lecture, talk (spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group)
  2. (literary) chat, talk (informal conversation)
  3. (historical) palaestra (public area in ancient Greece and Rome dedicated to the teaching and practice of wrestling and other sports)
Usage notes
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Palestra usually refers to special lectures, often delivered as part of an event. Lectures that are regular classes are not usually called palestras, but aulas.

Etymology 2

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Verb

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palestra

  1. inflection of palestrar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin palaestra.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paˈlestɾa/ [paˈles.t̪ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -estɾa
  • Syllabification: pa‧les‧tra

Noun

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palestra f (plural palestras)

  1. (historical) palaestra

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