Dutch

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Etymology

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re- +‎ constructie.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌreː.kɔnˈstrʏk.si/
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  • Rhymes: -ʏksi
  • Hyphenation: re‧con‧struc‧tie

Noun

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reconstructie f (plural reconstructies, diminutive reconstructietje n)

  1. reconstruction:
    1. A thing that has been reconstructed or restored to an earlier state.
    2. The act of restoring something to an earlier state.
    3. A result of an attempt to understand in detail how a certain result or event occurred.
    4. (linguistics) A result of linguistic reconstruction; a model representing an unattested linguistic unit: a phoneme, a morpheme or a word.

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: rekonstruksi