Masculine

dilema

dilemma, quandary

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
di‧le‧ma
Pronounced as (IPA)
/diˈlema/
Etymology

From Latin dilēmma, from Ancient Greek δίλημμα (dílēmma), from δίς (dís, “twice”) + λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”).

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