retoryka

See also: retoryką

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rhetorica, from rhetoricus, from Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós), from ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (prescriptive) /rɛˈtɔ.rɘ.ka/, (colloquial) /rɛ.tɔˈrɘ.ka/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔrɘka, -ɘka
  • Syllabification: re‧to‧ry‧ka

Noun

retoryka f

  1. (linguistics, rhetoric) rhetoric (art of using language for persuasion)
  2. (rhetoric) rhetoric (meaningless language)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

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