bloemlezing
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom bloem (“flower”) + lezing (“reading”), a calque of Latin florilegium, itself a calque of Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthología), from ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”) + -λογία (-logía, “reading”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbloemlezing f (plural bloemlezingen, diminutive bloemlezinkje n)
- anthology
- Synonyms: anthologie, florilegium
Descendants
edit- Afrikaans: bloemlesing