apologia
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología, “speech in defense of a position”). Doublet of apology.
=== Pronunciation ===
(US) IPA(key): /ˌæp.əˈloʊ.d͡ʒi.ə/
=== Noun ===
apologia (plural apologias or apologiae)
A written defense of a position or belief.
Synonyms: apology, apologism
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==== Translations ====
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
Internationalism (see English apologia), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología). Contains the suffix -logia.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɑpoˌloɡiɑ/, [ˈɑ̝po̞ˌlo̞ɡiɑ̝]
Rhymes: -oɡiɑ
Syllabification(key): a‧po‧lo‧gi‧a
Hyphenation(key): apo‧logia
=== Noun ===
apologia
apologia
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“apologia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin apologia (“apology”), from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología, “a speech made in defense of something”). Doublet of apologi.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /apoˈloɡia̯/
Rhymes: -ɡia̯, -ia̯, -a
Hyphenation: apo‧lo‧gia
=== Noun ===
apologia (plural apologia-apologia)
confession, disclosure of one's sins
(Catholicism) apology (formal justification, defence)
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=== Further reading ===
“apologia”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Ancient Greek + -logia.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -ia
IPA(key): /a.po.loˈd͡ʒi.a/
Rhymes: -ia
Hyphenation: a‧po‧lo‧gì‧a
=== Noun ===
apologia f (plural apologie)
apology, apologia
==== Related terms ====
apologetico
apologista
== Latin ==
=== Etymology ===
From Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apologíā, "a speech made in defense of something").
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.pɔˈɫɔ.ɡi.a]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.poˈlɔː.d͡ʒi.a]
=== Noun ===
apologia f (genitive apologiae); first declension
a defense, apology
==== Declension ====
First-declension noun.
==== Descendants ====
→ Albanian: apologji
→ Catalan: apologia
→ English: apologia
→ French: apologie (see there for further descendants)
→ Finnish: apologia
→ German: Apologie
→ Indonesian: apologia
→ Italian: apologia
→ Polish: apologia
→ Portuguese: apologia
→ Spanish: apología
==== References ====
“apologia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
== Polish ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin apologia, from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología). By surface analysis, apo- + -logia.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /a.pɔˈlɔ.ɡja/
Rhymes: -ɔɡja
Syllabification: a‧po‧lo‧gia
=== Noun ===
apologia f
(literary) apology (defence of some belief)
Synonym: apologetyka
==== Declension ====
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=== Further reading ===
apologia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
apologia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Late Latin apologia, from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología, “a speech in defence”). By surface analysis, apo- + -logia.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: a‧po‧lo‧gi‧a
=== Noun ===
apologia f (plural apologias)
apology (formal justification, defence)
(by extension) endorsement, defence, commendation
Ele fez apologia ao nazismo ― He endorsed nazism
=== Further reading ===
“apologia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“apologia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026