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French
Etymology
From mot (“word”) + ad hoc.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mo a.d‿ɔk/
Noun
mot ad hoc m (plural mots ad hoc)
- (linguistics) nonce word
2000, Jean-Marc Narbonne, Bjarne Melkevik, Une philosophie dans l’histoire : hommages à Raymond Klibansky, Presses Université Laval:Aristote a parfaitement conscience de la nouveauté de sa démarche théologique. En fait, il a créé un mot ad hoc pour distinguer cette science de celle de ses prédécesseurs : theologikē par opposition à theologia.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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