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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολεμικός (polemikós, “bellicose, hostile”), from πόλεμος (pólemos, “war, battle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poˈlɛ.mi.ko/
- Rhymes: -ɛmiko
- Hyphenation: po‧lè‧mi‧co
Adjective
polemico (feminine polemica, masculine plural polemici, feminine plural polemiche)
- polemic, polemical
Further reading
- polemico in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- polemico in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- polemico in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- polemico in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- polemico in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- polemico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana