"chrestomathy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kɹɛˈstɒməθi/ Audio: En-us-chrestomathy.ogg 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), хрестома́тия (xrestomátija) [feminine] (Russian), антоло́гия (antológija) [feminine] (Russian), כרעסטאָמאַטיע (khrestomatye) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-chrestomathy-en-noun-D82ZQHhq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of 'collection of choice passages from an author or authors': 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chrestomathic Related terms: anthology

Inflected forms

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      "roman": "khrestomatye",
      "sense": "collection of choice passages from an author or authors",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "כרעסטאָמאַטיע"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "chrestomathy"
  ],
  "word": "chrestomathy"
}

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