anfrakto

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin anfractuosus (“winding”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [anˈfrakto]
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  • Rhymes: -akto
  • Hyphenation: an‧frak‧to

Noun

anfrakto (accusative singular anfrakton, plural anfraktoj, accusative plural anfraktojn)

  1. anfractuosity
    • Jurij Finkel (translator), La nebulozo de Andromedo (Туманность Андромеды / Andromeda: a Space-Age Tale) by Ivan Yefremov, Chapter 14,
      En la imago aperis giganta homa cerbo kun ĝiaj sulkoj kaj anfraktoj, pulsanta kaj viva
      In his imagination there appeared a gigantic human brain with its sulci and anfractuosities, pulsing and alive
    • Fernando de Diego (translator), La inĝenia hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha (Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter 55,
      Li palpis ankaŭ la muron de la abismo, por vidi ĉu li povus eliri sen ies helpo, sed li trovis la muron glata, sen anfraktoj taŭgaj por alkroĉiĝo.
      He also felt the walls of the pit with his hands to see if it would be possible to climb out without anyone’s help, but he found that all of them were smooth, without any kind of foothold (lit. without anfractuosities suitable for holding on) (Edith Grossman translation, Harper Collins)
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