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Etymology
Borrowed from French prétexte, from Latin praetextum (“an ornament, etc., wrought in front, a pretense”), neuter of praetextus, past participle of praetexere (“to weave before, fringe or border, allege”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /preˈteksto/
- Hyphenation: pre‧teks‧to
- Rhymes: -eksto
Noun
preteksto (accusative singular pretekston, plural pretekstoj, accusative plural pretekstojn)
- pretext
- excuse