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Preteksto Accusative Plural Null Wikt Etymology Borrowed Ornament

The Esperanto word "preteksto" refers to a stated reason or excuse used to conceal the real motive. It is a noun, borrowed from Latin and French.

La vorto "preteksto" signifas uzatan kialon aŭ skuzon por kaŝi la veran motivon. Ĝi estas substantivo, pruntita el la latina kaj franca.

Frequency Rank of Word 2998
Word preteksto
Meanings
    pretext
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pretext

    excuse
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/excuse
Pinyin null
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Example Sentences
Wiktionary Entry
prétexte
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pr%C3%A9texte#French
, from
Latin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin
praetextum
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/praetextum#Latin
 (“an ornament, etc., wrought in front, a pretense”), neuter of
praetextus
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/praetextus#Latin
, past participle of
praetexere
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/praetexere#Latin
 (“to weave before, fringe or border, allege”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
    (
    key
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
    )    : /preˈteksto/
  • Hyphenation: pre‧teks‧to
  • Rhymes:
    -eksto

Noun

preteksto (accusative singular

pretekston
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pretekston#Esperanto
, plural
pretekstoj
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pretekstoj#Esperanto
, accusative plural
pretekstojn
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pretekstojn#Esperanto
)

  1. pretext
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pretext
  2. excuse
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/excuse

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