PALAISTRA

Meaning of PALAISTRA in English

noun

see palaestra

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

PALAESTRA — noun (plural ~e) Etymology: Middle English palestre arena, from Latin ~ place for wrestling, from Greek palaistra, from palaiein to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PALAESTRA — noun also pa·les·tra pəˈlestrə, chiefly Brit -lēs- ; or pa·lais·tra -līs-, -lās- ( plural palaes·trae -eˌstrē ; or palaes·tras -_strəz …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PALESTRA — /peuh les"treuh/ , n. , pl. palestras, palestrae /-tree/ . Gk. Antiq. a public place for training or exercise in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PALAESTRA — noun ( plural pa·laes·trae -(ˌ)trē) Etymology: Middle English palestre arena, from Latin palaestra place for wrestling, from Greek palaistra, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PALAESTRA — [ pə'li:strə , -'lʌɪstrə ] (also palestra ) ■ noun (in ancient Greece and Rome) a wrestling school or gymnasium. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PALAESTRA — [pa.laes.tra] n, pl -trae [ME palestre arena, fr. L palaestra place for wrestling, fr. Gk palaistra, fr. palaiein to wrestle] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PALAESTRA — n. (also palestra) Gk & Rom. Antiq. a wrestling-school or gymnasium. [ME f. L palaestra f. Gk palaistra f. palaio …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PALAESTRA — n. (also palestra) Gk & Rom. Antiq. a wrestling-school or gymnasium. [ ME f. L palaestra f. Gk palaistra f. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PALAESTRA — n. (also palestra) Gk & Rom. Antiq. a wrestling-school or gymnasium. Etymology: ME f. L palaestra f. Gk palaistra f. …
Oxford English vocab

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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