Feminine

agonia

Meaning

  1. (feminine) agony (violent contest or striving)
  2. (feminine, uncountable) the state of agony
  3. (feminine) agony (symptom)

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.ɡoˈni.ɐ/
Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin agonia, from Ancient Greek ἀγωνία (agōnía, “emulation, competition, struggle”), from ἀγών (agṓn, “contest”).

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