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retorisk

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós)

Adjective

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retorisk (plural and definite singular attributive retoriske)

  1. rhetorical

Inflection

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Inflection of retorisk
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular retorisk 2
indefinite neuter singular retorisk 2
plural retoriske 2
definite attributive1 retoriske

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Adjective

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retorisk (neuter singular retorisk, definite singular and plural retoriske)

  1. rhetorical
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Adjective

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retorisk (neuter singular retorisk, definite singular and plural retoriske)

  1. rhetorical
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Swedish

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Adjective

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retorisk (not comparable)

  1. rhetorical
    en retorisk fråga
    a rhetorical question

Declension

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Inflection of retorisk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular retorisk
neuter singular retoriskt
plural retoriska
masculine plural2 retoriske
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 retoriske
all retoriska

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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