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Meaning of summa | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
[ˈsʊm.ma]

Definitions

  1. top, summit, highest point or place
  2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of summum
  3. the principal or main thing
  4. sum, summary, total
  5. the quarter, an English unit of weight and volume equal to ¼ ton or tun or 8 bushels
    Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine

Equivalents

Bosanski šum
English sum summary summit top total
Hrvatski šum
Kurdî sum şûm
Српски šum

Examples

“Saccus lane debet ponderare viginti & octo petras & solebat ponderare unam summam frumenti”

A sack of wool ought to weigh twenty & eight stone & is accustomed to weigh one quarter of wheat.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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