retoryka

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See also: retoryką

Polish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rhetorica, from rhetoricus, from Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós), from ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (standard) /rɛˈtɔ.rɘ.ka/
  • IPA(key): (colloquial; common in casual speech) /rɛ.tɔˈrɘ.ka/
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  • Rhymes: -ɘka
  • Syllabification: re‧to‧ry‧ka

Noun

retoryka f

  1. (linguistics, rhetoric) rhetoric (art of using language for persuasion)
  2. (rhetoric) rhetoric (meaningless language)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
adverb
noun

Further reading

  • retoryka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • retoryka in Polish dictionaries at PWN