Noun: ballesta
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | ballesta |
| Plural f | ballestes |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like ballesta
taquicàrdia,
indumentària,
histerectomia,
secada,
seguda,
segura,
segada,
segona,
sedera,
sembra,
savina,
safata,
sageta,
sagita,
sagnia,
sabata,
sabana,
sacada,
sambra,
sanefa, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Derived from Latin ballista f, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα f (ballístra).
2. Compare Occitan balèsta f (Languedoc), balista f (Gascon), Spanish ballesta f, and French baliste f. See: Latin Nouns '
ballista', Ancient Greek Nouns '
βαλλίστρα', Spanish Nouns '
ballesta', French Nouns '
baliste'.
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