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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin exercitium. The gender was probably changed to conform with many other nouns on -(it)ie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɛk.sərˈsi.(t)si/
- Hyphenation: exer‧ci‧tie
- Rhymes: -itsi
Noun
exercitie f (plural exercities)
- drill, military exercise
- exercise, problem on which one practices as part of training
- (formal, by extension) exercise, any act of putting something into practice
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- (obsolete) exercise, training, both mental and physical
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