exercitie
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin exercitium. The gender was probably changed to conform with many other nouns on -(it)ie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɛk.sərˈsi.(t)si/
- Hyphenation: exer‧ci‧tie
- Rhymes: -itsi
Noun
exercitie f (plural exercities)
- drill, military exercise
- exercise, problem on which one practices as part of training
- (formal, by extension) exercise, any act of putting something into practice
- Tweets melden vanwege belabberde spelling is een exercitie in zinloosheid.
- Reporting tweets on the basis of dreadful spelling is an exercise in futility.
- (obsolete) exercise, training, both mental and physical
Derived terms
- exercitieplein
- exercitieterrein
- exercitieveld