pedepsi

Romanian

Etymology

From Greek or from Byzantine Greek παιδεύω (paideúō). First attested in c. 1500.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pe.depˈsi/
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  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: pe‧dep‧si

Verb

a pedepsi (third-person singular present pedepsește, past participle pedepsit) 4th conjugation

  1. (transitive) to punish, chastise
  2. (transitive, obsolete) to educate [until early 19th c.]

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