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Italian
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)
- (astronomy) almagest