palestra

palestra (plural palestras or palestrae) (US)

1. Alternative spelling of palaestra.

• “palestra”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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palestra

1. inflection of palestër:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

• IPA^(key): [ˈpalɛstra]

palestra f

1. (historical) palaestra

• “palestra”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Probably borrowed from Latin palaestra, from Ancient Greek παλαίστρα (palaístra, “wrestling school”).

• IPA^(key): /paˈlɛs.tra/
• Rhymes: -ɛstra
• Hyphenation: pa‧lè‧stra

• Audio:

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palestra f (plural palestre)

1. gym, gymnasium

• palestrato

• alpestra, parlaste, pestarla, sparlate

Learned borrowing from Latin palaestra.

• IPA^(key): /paˈlɛs.tra/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛstra
• Syllabification: pa‧les‧tra

palestra f

1. (literary, law, collective) bar (lawyers collectively)

   Synonym: adwokatura

   usunąć z palestry ― to disbar

2. (literary, law) title, function, or position given to a lawyer
3. (historical) palaestra

• palestra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• palestra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Hyphenation: pa‧les‧tra

Borrowed from Latin palaestra, from Ancient Greek παλαίστρα (palaístra, “wrestling school”).

palestra f (plural palestras)

1. lecture, talk (spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group)
2. (literary) chat, talk (informal conversation)
3. (historical) palaestra (public area in ancient Greece and Rome dedicated to the teaching and practice of wrestling and other sports)

Palestra usually refers to special lectures, often delivered as part of an event. Lectures that are regular classes are not usually called palestras, but aulas.

palestra

1. inflection of palestrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from Latin palaestra.

• IPA^(key): /paˈlestɾa/ [paˈles.t̪ɾa]
• Rhymes: -estɾa
• Syllabification: pa‧les‧tra

palestra f (plural palestras)

1. (historical) palaestra

• “palestra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024