epistola
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== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Late Latin epistola, from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈepistolɑ/, [ˈe̞pis̠ˌto̞lɑ̝]
Rhymes: -olɑ
Syllabification(key): e‧pis‧to‧la
Hyphenation(key): epis‧to‧la
=== Noun ===
epistola
(biblical) epistle
(humorous, informal) of any lengthy text or speech
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“epistola”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (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
=== Anagrams ===
sotapeli
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin epistola, from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ), from ἐπιστέλλω (epistéllō, “to send a message”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “to prepare, send”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ɛpɪs.ˈto.la]
=== Noun ===
èpistola (plural epistola-epistola)
(Christianity) nonstandard spelling of epistel (“epistle”)
=== Further reading ===
“epistola”, 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 Late Latin epistola, from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ).
=== Noun ===
epistola f (plural epistole)
epistle
==== Related terms ====
epistolare
epistolario
=== Anagrams ===
ospitale, pelosità, petalosi, pisolate, spoliate
== Latin ==
=== Alternative forms ===
epistula
=== Etymology ===
From Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ), from ἐπιστέλλω (epistéllō, “to send a message”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “to prepare, send”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛˈpɪs.tɔ.ɫa]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈpis.to.la]
=== Noun ===
epistola f (genitive epistolae); first declension
a letter, epistle
a written imperial decree
==== Declension ====
First-declension noun.
==== Related terms ====
epistulāris
==== Descendants ====
Catalan: epístola
German: Epistel
Galician: epístola
Italian: epistola
Old French: epistre, epistle→ English: epistleFrench: épître
Portuguese: epístola
Romanian: epistolă
Spanish: epístola
Walloon: episse
→ French: épistule, épistole
→ Middle English: epistel, epistle (also via Old French)
English: epistle
→ Old English: pistol
Middle English: pistel, pistle
English: pistle
Scots: pistil, pistle
Middle Dutch: epistele
Dutch: epistel
=== References ===
“epistola”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“epistola”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“epistola”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
“epistola”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
== Old English ==
=== Noun ===
epistola m or f
alternative form of epistol
== Romanian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [eˈpistola]
=== Noun ===
epistola f
definite nominative/accusative singular of epistolă
== Serbo-Croatian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Late Latin epistula, from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /epǐstola/
Hyphenation: e‧pis‧to‧la
=== Noun ===
epìstola f (Cyrillic spelling епѝстола)
epistle (literary form)
==== Declension ====
=== References ===
“epistola”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
== Tagalog ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish epístola, from Late Latin epistola, from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔeˈpistola/ [ʔɛˌpis.t̪oˈla]
Rhymes: -istola
Syllabification: e‧pis‧to‧la
=== Noun ===
epístolá (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜎ)
epistle
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“epistola”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018