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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French dressage (“training”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?d??s.???/
• Rhymes: -???

Noun

dressage (countable and uncountable, plural dressages)

1. (uncountable) The schooling of a horse.
2. (uncountable) An equestrian sport in which the horse and rider perform a test of specific movements in an arena, and are judged on the horse's obedience, acceptance of the bridle and of the rider's aids, gaits, impulsion, and the harmony between horse and rider.
3. (countable) An event or competition of the sport of dressage.

   I'm competing in two dressages and a jumping show this weekend.

Synonyms

• (the training of a horse): flatwork, training, haute ecole (high school), classical dressage, (poetically) ballet on horseback

Translations

Anagrams

• de Grasse, degasser, regassed

French

Etymology

From dresser +? -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??.sa?/

Noun

dressage m (plural dressages)

1. training
2. dressage

Descendants

• ? English: dressage

Further reading

• “dressage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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