retorisk

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós)

Adjective

retorisk (plural and definite singular attributive retoriske)

  1. rhetorical

Inflection

Inflection of retorisk
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular retorisk — —2
indefinite neuter singular retorisk — —2
plural retoriske — —2
definite attributive1 retoriske — —

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

retorisk (neuter singular retorisk, definite singular and plural retoriske)

  1. rhetorical

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

retorisk (neuter singular retorisk, definite singular and plural retoriske)

  1. rhetorical

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Swedish

Adjective

retorisk (not comparable)

  1. rhetorical
    en retorisk fråga
    a rhetorical question

Declension

Inflection of retorisk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular retorisk — —
neuter singular retoriskt — —
plural retoriska — —
masculine plural2 retoriske — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 retoriske — —
all retoriska — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

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