"litotes" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [język angielski]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-litotes.wav
  1. litota, litotes
    Sense id: pl-litotes-en-noun-r9J01qb~ Categories (other): Cudzysłowy w parametrze „hasło” Topics: linguistics, literature
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Angielski (indeks)

Noun [język polski]

  1. litota (środek stylistyczny) Tags: variant
    Sense id: pl-litotes-pl-noun-0yEfGYH3 Topics: linguistics, literature
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Polski (indeks)

Noun [język słowacki]

  1. litota, litotes
    Sense id: pl-litotes-sk-noun-r9J01qb~ Categories (other): Cudzysłowy w parametrze „hasło” Topics: linguistics, literature
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Słowacki (indeks)

Noun [język łaciński]

IPA: ˈliː.tɔ.teːs, ˈliː.t̪o.t̪es
  1. litota, litotes Tags: Late-Latin
    Sense id: pl-litotes-la-noun-r9J01qb~ Categories (other): Cudzysłowy w parametrze „hasło”, Język łaciński Topics: linguistics, literature
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Łaciński (indeks)
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