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Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek συμπόσιον (sumpósion) with semantic loan from English symposium (“conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /simˈbo.si.o/
- Hyphenation: συ‧μπό‧σι‧ο
Noun
συμπόσιο • (sympósio) n (plural συμπόσια)
- (originally Ancient Greece) symposium, convivium, drinking party
- symposium (a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations)
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