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Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἑρμηνεία (hermēneía) with semantic loan from French interprétation in the artistic sense.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɾ.miˈni.a/
- Hyphenation: ερ‧μη‧νεί‧α
Noun
ερμηνεία • (ermineía) f (plural ερμηνείες)
- interpretation, construal, explanation (an act of interpreting or explaining something unclear)
- interpretation, construal (a sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning)
- (art) rendition, interpretation (of a role or piece of music by a performer)
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