almagesto

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْمَجِسْطِي (al-majisṭī, almagest), which is an addition of the Arabic definite article to a transliteration of Ancient Greek μεγίστη (megístē, greatest).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al.maˈd͡ʒɛ.sto/
  • Rhymes: -ɛsto
  • Hyphenation: al‧ma‧gè‧sto

Noun

almagesto m (plural almagesti)

  1. (astronomy) almagest