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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin syzygia, from Ancient Greek συζυγία (suzugía).
Pronunciation
Noun
syzygie f (plural syzygies)
- syzygy
1873, Jules Verne, Le Pays des fourrures:Les marées sont assez fortes dans les mers arctiques, […]. Bien des navigateurs qui les ont observées, […], ont vu la mer, à l’époque des syzygies, monter de vingt à vingt-cinq pieds au-dessus du niveau moyen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Swedish
Etymology
Used in Swedish since 1748. Cognate with Danish syzygie, German Syzygie, from Late Latin syzygia and Ancient Greek σύζυγος (súzugos, “yoked together”).
Noun
syzygie c
- (astronomy) a syzygy
Declension
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