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classification
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French classification
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?klæs?f??ke???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
classification (countable and uncountable, plural classifications)
- The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes.
- 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 69 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ?ISBN
- I’m using mathesis — a universal science of measurement and order …
And there is also taxinomia a principle of 'classification' and ordered tabulation.
Knowledge replaced universal resemblance with finite differences. History was arrested and turned into tables …
Western reason had entered the age of judgement.
- I’m using mathesis — a universal science of measurement and order …
- 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 69 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ?ISBN
Derived terms
- classification scheme
- classification yard
Related terms
- class
- classic
- classify
- category
- categorize
- segment
Translations
Further reading
- classification in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- classification in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- classification at OneLook Dictionary Search
French
Etymology
classe +? -ification
Pronunciation
Noun
classification f (plural classifications)
- classification
Further reading
- “classification” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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coterie
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French coterie.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k??t??i/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ko?t??i/, /?ko?t???i/, [?ko????i], [?ko?????i]
Noun
coterie (plural coteries)
- A circle of people who associate with one another for a common purpose.
- Synonym: clique
- A communal burrow of prairie dogs.
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “coterie”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- “coterie”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French coterie, from Medieval Latin coteria.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ko?.t??ri/
- Hyphenation: co?te?rie
- Rhymes: -i
Noun
coterie f (plural coteries or coterieën, diminutive coterietje n)
- coterie, clique (exclusive circle of associates)
Related terms
- kot
French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin coteria, from Old English cot.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?.t?i/
- Rhymes: -i
Noun
coterie f (plural coteries)
- (historical) feudal community of peasants
- (figuratively, also derogatory) coterie, clique, cabal (small, exclusive group of individuals advancing shared interests)
Descendants
- ? Dutch: coterie
- ? English: coterie
- ? German: Koterie
Further reading
- “coterie” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
- coterie on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
Romanian
Etymology
From French coterie.
Noun
coterie f (plural coterii)
- coterie
Declension
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