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Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek καταληκτικός (katalēktikós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.taˈlɛk.sa/
- Rhymes: -ɛksa
- Syllabification: ka‧ta‧lek‧sa
Noun
kataleksa f
- (poetry, prosody) catalectic (a line with incomplete meter, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot)
- Antonym: akataleksa
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