bustrofedon

See also: bustrófedon, bustrofédon, and bustrofèdon

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βουστροφηδόν (boustrophēdón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bus.trɔˈfɛ.dɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛdɔn
• Syllabification: bus‧tro‧fe‧don

Noun

bustrofedon m inan

1. (calligraphy, historical) boustrophedon (writing that is alternately right-to-left and left-to-right)

Declension

Declension of bustrofedon

	singular
nominative	bustrofedon
genitive	bustrofedonu
dative	bustrofedonowi
accusative	bustrofedon
instrumental	bustrofedonem
locative	bustrofedonie
vocative	bustrofedonie

Further reading

• bustrofedon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French boustrophédon.

Noun

bustrofedon n (uncountable)

1. boustrophedon

Declension

declension of bustrofedon (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) bustrofedon	bustrofedonul
genitive/dative	(unui) bustrofedon	bustrofedonului
vocative	bustrofedonule

Spanish

Noun

bustrofedon m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of bustrófedon

Further reading

• “bustrofedon”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28