panta rhei
German
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek πάντα (pánta, “everything”) Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek ῥεῖ (rheî, “flows”), coined by Ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpanta ˈʁɛɪ̯/
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Phrase
panta rhei
- (higher register, idiomatic) life changes (used to emphasize that things are constantly changing in life and nothing stays the same)
Further reading
- “panta rhei” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “panta rhei” in Duden online
- “panta rhei”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
- “panta rhei” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek πάντα ῥεῖ (pánta rheî, “everything flows”), coined by Ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpan.ta ˈrɛj/
- Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]
Phrase
panta rhei
- (higher register, idiomatic) life changes (used to emphasize that things are constantly changing in life and nothing stays the same)
Further reading
- panta rhei in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- panta rhei in PWN's encyclopedia