klimaks
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch climax, from Latin clīmax, from Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax, “ladder, staircase, [rhetorical] climax”), from κλίνω (klínō, “I lean, slant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈklimaks]
- Hyphenation: kli‧maks
- Rhymes: -maks, -aks, -ks, -s
Noun
klimaks (first-person possessive klimaksku, second-person possessive klimaksmu, third-person possessive klimaksnya)
- climax:
- The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.
- A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series.
Derived terms
- mengklimaks
Further reading
- “klimaks” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax, “ladder, staircase, [rhetorical] climax”).
Noun
klimaks n (definite singular klimakset, indefinite plural klimaks or klimakser, definite plural klimaksa or klimaksene)
- a climax
- Antonym: antiklimaks
Usage notes
- Prior to a 2021 spelling revision, this noun was also considered masculine.
References
- “klimaks” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax, “ladder, staircase, [rhetorical] climax”).
Noun
klimaks n (definite singular klimakset, indefinite plural klimaks, definite plural klimaksa)
- a climax
- Antonym: antiklimaks
Usage notes
- Prior to a 2021 spelling revision, this noun was also considered masculine.
References
- “klimaks” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkli.maks/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -imaks
- Syllabification: kli‧maks
Noun
klimaks m inan
- (ecology) climax (the culmination of ecological development, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment)
- (narratology) climax (the culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point)
- (colloquial, medicine) climacterium
- Synonyms: klimakterium, menopauza, przekwitanie
- (colloquial) climax, orgasm
- Synonyms: orgazm, szczytowanie
- (grammar) gradation, comparison (a feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are inflected to indicate the relative degree of the property they define exhibited by the word or phrase they modify or describe)
- Synonyms: gradacja, stopniowanie
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | klimaks | klimaksy |
genitive | klimaksu | klimaksów |
dative | klimaksowi | klimaksom |
accusative | klimaks | klimaksy |
instrumental | klimaksem | klimaksami |
locative | klimaksie | klimaksach |
vocative | klimaksie | klimaksy |
Derived terms
- klimaksowy
- antyklimaks
Further reading
- klimaks in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- klimaks in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klǐmaks/
- Hyphenation: kli‧maks
Noun
klìmaks m (Cyrillic spelling клѝмакс)
- climax
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | klìmaks | klimaksi |
genitive | klimaksa | klȉmāksā |
dative | klimaksu | klimaksima |
accusative | klimaks | klimakse |
vocative | klimakse | klimaksi |
locative | klimaksu | klimaksima |
instrumental | klimaksom | klimaksima |