"chrestomathy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kɹɛˈstɒməθi/ Audio: En-us-chrestomathy.ogg [US] Forms: chrestomathies [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χρηστομάθεια (khrēstomátheia, “useful for learning”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|χρηστομάθεια||useful for learning}} Ancient Greek χρηστομάθεια (khrēstomátheia, “useful for learning”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} chrestomathy (plural chrestomathies)
  1. A collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language. Translations (collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language): crestomatía [feminine] (Asturian), хрэстама́тыя (xrestamátyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), crestomatia [feminine] (Catalan), krestomatio (Esperanto), krestomatia (Finnish), lukemisto (Finnish), lukukirja (Finnish), chrestomathie [feminine] (French), crestomatía [feminine] (Galician), Chrestomathie [feminine] (German), krestomatio (Ido), chrestomatia [feminine] (Polish), хрестома́тия (xrestomátija) [feminine] (Russian), crestomatía [feminine] (Spanish), krestomati (Swedish), läsebok (Swedish), хрестома́тія (xrestomátija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-chrestomathy-en-noun-XwbF~wi3 Disambiguation of 'collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language': 89 11
  2. A collection of choice passages from an author or authors. Translations (collection of choice passages from an author or authors): krestomatia (Finnish), lukemisto (Finnish), crestomazia [feminine] (Italian), כרעסטאָמאַטיע (khrestomatye) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-chrestomathy-en-noun-D82ZQHhq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 31 69 Disambiguation of 'collection of choice passages from an author or authors': 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chrestomathic Related terms: anthology

Inflected forms

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