multisecular
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From multi- (“many”) + secular (“of or related to centuries”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌmʌltiˈsɛkjələ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌmʌltiˈsɛkjəlɚ/, /ˌmʌltaɪˈsɛkjələr/
Adjective
[edit]multisecular (comparative more multisecular, superlative most multisecular)
- (rare, academic) Of or related to a span of several centuries, centuries-old.
- 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 17: Ithaca]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part III [Nostos], page 624:
- […] the multisecular stability of its primeval basin […]
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- “multi-, comb. form”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French multiséculaire.
Adjective
[edit]multisecular m or n (feminine singular multiseculară, masculine plural multiseculari, feminine and neuter plural multiseculare)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | multisecular | multiseculară | multiseculari | multiseculare | |||
definite | multisecularul | multiseculara | multisecularii | multisecularele | ||||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | multisecular | multiseculare | multiseculari | multiseculare | |||
definite | multisecularului | multisecularei | multisecularilor | multisecularelor |
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]multisecular m or f (masculine and feminine plural multiseculares)
- multisect
- 2015 November 17, “Tribuna”, in El País[1]:
- Siendo la prostitución una práctica multisecular, frecuentemente se argumenta que es inútil su abordaje por los poderes públicos porque siempre ha sido así, y así será.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
[edit]- “multisecular”, 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
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