chrestomathy

English

WOTD – 24 June 2006

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χρηστομάθεια (khrēstomátheia, “useful for learning”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɹɛˈstɒməθi/
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Noun

chrestomathy (plural chrestomathies)

A collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language.
EC Bridgman's Chinese Chrestomathy in the Canton Dialect (1841)
A collection of choice passages from an author or authors.
A Mencken Chrestomathy (1982)

Derived terms

chrestomathic

Translations

collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language

Asturian: crestomatía f
Belarusian: хрэстама́тыя f (xrestamátyja)
Catalan: crestomatia (ca) f
Esperanto: krestomatio
Finnish: krestomatia (fi), lukemisto (fi), lukukirja
French: chrestomathie (fr) f
Galician: crestomatía f
German: Chrestomathie f
Ido: krestomatio (io)
Italian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: chrestomatia (pl) f
Russian: хрестома́тия (ru) f (xrestomátija)
Spanish: crestomatía (es) f
Swedish: krestomati (sv), läsebok (sv)
Ukrainian: хрестома́тія f (xrestomátija)

collection of choice passages from an author or authors

Finnish: krestomatia (fi), lukemisto (fi)
Italian: crestomazia (it) f
Yiddish: כרעסטאָמאַטיע‎ f (khrestomatye)

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Translations to be checked

Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} христоматия (bg) (hristomatija)