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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish retoric, from Latin rhētorica, from Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós, “concerning public speech”), from ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr, “public speaker”).
Pronunciation
Noun
reitric f (genitive singular reitrice)
- rhetoric
- Synonym: roscaireacht
Declension
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “retoiric”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “reitric”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “reitric”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “reitric”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025