isthme

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin isthmus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἰσθμός (isthmós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ism/ ~ /izm/
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Noun

isthme m (plural isthmes)

  1. (geography) isthmus

Further reading

Latin

Noun

isthme

  1. vocative singular of isthmus