chrestomathy
Meaning of chrestomathy
noun
a selection of passages from an author or authors, designed to help in learning a language.
mid 19th century: from Greek khrēstomatheia, from khrēstos ‘useful’ + -matheia ‘learning’.
Information about chrestomathy
- It is a name.
- The plural form of chrestomathy is: chrestomathies.
- Languages in which chrestomathy is used:
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Hyphenation of chrestomathy
chrestomathy
- It consists of 1 syllables and 12 chars.
- chrestomathy is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Translation of chrestomathy
- Spanish: crestomatía
- French: chrestomathie
- Portuguese: crestomatia
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