Meaning of placenta | Babel Free
[pɫaˈkɛn.ta]Definitions
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a placenta cake; a round cake with a ribbed base and a convex top with a knob in the middle and a honey and cheese filling. declension-1, feminine
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ablative singular of placenta ablative, form-of, singular
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a dessert cake of any type declension-1, feminine
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ellipsis of placenta uterī: placenta New-Latin, abbreviation, alt-of, declension-1, ellipsis, feminine
Examples
“Quid quaeris? Vivo et regno, simul ista reliqui Quae vos ad caelum fertis rumore secundo, Utque sacerdotis fugitivus liba recuso,”
What do you want from me? I live, I am my own master, I left behind the self same things you by common approval so eagerly covet, like the fugitive I have no right to the priest's blessed cake, but bread will quench my hunger over any honeyed delicacy.
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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