palaestra
[ puh-les-truh ]
/ pəˈlɛs trə /
noun, plural pa·laes·tras, pa·laes·trae [puh-les-tree] /pəˈlɛs tri/.
Greek Antiquity.
palestra.
Words nearby palaestra
palaeontol.,
palaeontology,
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palaeozoic,
palaeozoology,
palaestra,
palagi,
palais,
palais de danse,
palais glide,
palampore
Definition for palaestra (2 of 2)
palestra
or pa·laes·tra
[ puh-les-truh ]
/ pəˈlɛs trə /
noun, plural pa·les·tras, pa·les·trae [puh-les-tree] /pəˈlɛs tri/. Greek Antiquity.
a public place for training or exercise in wrestling or athletics.
Origin of palestra
1375–1425; late Middle English
palestre < Latin
palaestra a wrestling school, place of exercise < Greek
palaístra, equivalent to
palais-, variant stem of
palaíein to wrestle +
-tra feminine noun suffix of place
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British Dictionary definitions for palaestra (1 of 2)
palaestra
esp US palestra
/ (pəˈlɛstrə, -ˈliː-) /
noun plural -tras or -trae (-triː)
(in ancient Greece or Rome) a public place devoted to the training of athletes
Word Origin for palaestra
C16: via Latin from Greek
palaistra, from
palaiein to wrestle
British Dictionary definitions for palaestra (2 of 2)
palestra
/ (pəˈlɛstrə, -ˈliː-) /
noun plural -tras or -trae (-triː)
the usual US spelling of palaestra