kakofonia

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Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see French cacophonie), ultimately from Ancient Greek κακοφωνία (kakophōnía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑkofoniɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -oniɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): ka‧ko‧fo‧nia

Noun

kakofonia

  1. cacophony

Declension

Inflection of kakofonia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative kakofonia kakofoniat
genitive kakofonian kakofonioiden
kakofonioitten
partitive kakofoniaa kakofonioita
illative kakofoniaan kakofonioihin
singular plural
nominative kakofonia kakofoniat
accusative nom. kakofonia kakofoniat
gen. kakofonian
genitive kakofonian kakofonioiden
kakofonioitten
kakofoniain rare
partitive kakofoniaa kakofonioita
inessive kakofoniassa kakofonioissa
elative kakofoniasta kakofonioista
illative kakofoniaan kakofonioihin
adessive kakofonialla kakofonioilla
ablative kakofonialta kakofonioilta
allative kakofonialle kakofonioille
essive kakofoniana kakofonioina
translative kakofoniaksi kakofonioiksi
abessive kakofoniatta kakofonioitta
instructive kakofonioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kakofonia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

Further reading

Polish

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Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek κακοφωνία (kakophōnía), from κακός (kakós, bad) + φωνή (phōnḗ, sound).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.kɔˈfɔɲ.ja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɲja
  • Syllabification: ka‧ko‧fon‧ia

Noun

kakofonia f

  1. cacophony
    Antonym: eufonia

Declension

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

  • kakofonia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kakofonia in Polish dictionaries at PWN