Feminine

exercitie

Meaning

  1. (feminine, no-diminutive) drill, military exercise
  2. (feminine, no-diminutive) exercise, problem on which one practices as part of training
  3. (broadly, feminine, formal, no-diminutive) exercise, any act of putting something into practice
  4. (feminine, no-diminutive, obsolete) exercise, training, both mental and physical

Synonyms

Translations

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌɛk.sərˈsi.(t)si/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Latin exercitium. The gender was probably changed to conform with many other nouns on -(it)ie.

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