Esperanto

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Etymology

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Derived from Italian pedante, perhaps from the first element of Latin paedagōgus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [peˈdanto]
  • Rhymes: -anto
  • Hyphenation: pe‧dan‧to

Noun

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pedanto (accusative singular pedanton, plural pedantoj, accusative plural pedantojn)

  1. pedant, over-particular person

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Latin

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Verb

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pedantō

  1. third-person plural future active imperative of pedō