syzygie
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin syzygia, from Ancient Greek συζυγία (suzugía).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]syzygie f (plural syzygies)
- syzygy
- 1873, Jules Verne, Le Pays des fourrures:
- Les marées sont assez fortes dans les mers arctiques, […]. Bien des navigateurs qui les ont observées, […], ont vu la mer, à l’époque des syzygies, monter de vingt à vingt-cinq pieds au-dessus du niveau moyen.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
[edit]- “syzygie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Used in Swedish since 1748. Cognate with Danish syzygie, German Syzygie, from Late Latin syzygia and Ancient Greek σύζυγος (súzugos, “yoked together”).
Noun
[edit]syzygie c
Declension
[edit]Declension of syzygie
References
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