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Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin perigēum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛ.rɘˈɡɛ.um/
- Rhymes: -ɛum
- Syllabification: pe‧ry‧ge‧um
Noun
perygeum n
- (astronomy) perigee (closest point in an orbit about the Earth)
- Antonym: apogeum
Declension
Further reading
- perygeum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- perygeum in Polish dictionaries at PWN