excentriek

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Etymology

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From Middle French excentrique, from Medieval Latin excentricus, from Ancient Greek ἔκκεντρος (ékkentros, not having the earth as the center of an orbit), from ἐκ (ek, out) + κέντρον (kéntron, point).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌɛk.sɛnˈtrik/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ex‧cen‧triek
  • Rhymes: -ik

Adjective

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excentriek (comparative excentrieker, superlative excentriekst)

  1. (of a person) eccentric

Inflection

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Declension of excentriek
uninflected excentriek
inflected excentrieke
comparative excentrieker
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial excentriek excentrieker het excentriekst
het excentriekste
indefinite m./f. sing. excentrieke excentriekere excentriekste
n. sing. excentriek excentrieker excentriekste
plural excentrieke excentriekere excentriekste
definite excentrieke excentriekere excentriekste
partitive excentrieks excentriekers

Derived terms

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