klimaks

== Indonesian == === Etymology === From Dutch climax, from Latin clīmax, from Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax, “ladder, staircase, [rhetorical] climax”), from κλίνω (klínō, “to lean, slant”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈklimaks] Hyphenation: kli‧maks Rhymes: -maks, -aks, -ks, -s === Noun === klimaks (plural klimaks-klimaks) climax: the culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point a culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “klimaks”, 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 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax, “ladder, staircase, [rhetorical] climax”). === Noun === klimaks n (definite singular klimakset, indefinite plural klimaks or klimakser, definite plural klimaksa or klimaksene) a climax Antonym: antiklimaks ==== Usage notes ==== Prior to a 2021 spelling revision, this noun was also considered masculine. === References === “klimaks” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax, “ladder, staircase, [rhetorical] climax”). === Noun === klimaks n (definite singular klimakset, indefinite plural klimaks, definite plural klimaksa) a climax Antonym: antiklimaks ==== Usage notes ==== Prior to a 2021 spelling revision, this noun was also considered masculine. === References === “klimaks” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Polish == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkli.maks/ Rhymes: -imaks Syllabification: kli‧maks === Noun === klimaks m inan (ecology) climax (the culmination of ecological development, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment) (narratology) climax (the culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point) (colloquial, medicine) climacterium Synonyms: klimakterium, menopauza, przekwitanie (colloquial) climax, orgasm Synonyms: orgazm, szczytowanie (rhetoric, literary) climax, incrementum (a rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order) Synonym: gradacja (grammar) gradation, comparison (a feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are inflected to indicate the relative degree of the property they define exhibited by the word or phrase they modify or describe) Synonyms: gradacja, stopniowanie ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “klimaks”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “klimaks”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /klǐmaks/ Hyphenation: kli‧maks === Noun === klìmaks m inan (Cyrillic spelling клѝмакс) climax ==== Declension ====