bloemlezing

Concepts

anthology

collection

chrestomathy

compilation

florilegium

reader

Synonyms

chrestomathie

anthologie

antologie

Translations

Anthologie

anthologie

antologia

antología

antologia

ανθολογία

antoloji

florilégio

florilegio

Chrestomatie

florilegio

florilège

antolojî

crestomatia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈblumˌleː.zɪŋ/

Etymology

From bloem (“flower”) + lezing (“reading”), a calque of Latin florilegium, itself a calque of Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthología), from ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”) + -λογία (-logía, “reading”).