exercitie
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin exercitium. The gender was probably changed to conform with many other nouns on -(it)ie.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editexercitie f (plural exercities)
- drill, military exercise
- exercise, problem on which one practices as part of training
- (formal, by extension) exercise, any act of putting something into practice
- Tweets melden vanwege belabberde spelling is een exercitie in zinloosheid.
- Reporting tweets on the basis of dreadful spelling is an exercise in futility.
- (obsolete) exercise, training, both mental and physical
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Negerhollands: exercitie, exercischie