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Translation

to exercise, train

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Word origin

From French exercer, from Latin exercere ('to keep busy, to train'), built from ex- and arcere ('to enclose, to keep off'). English exercise comes from the same Latin verb.

Origin
French, from Latin
Root
exercere
English cognates
exercise

Examples

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The soldiers train every morning.

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She exercises her fingers with the piano.

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To speak a language well, you must practise every day.

Transitive: you someone or something, so practising yourself is sin or i. A drill or workbook task is an .

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Word family

Words built on ekzerci with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.

  • ekzercaronoun

    set of exercises, workbook

    ekzerci-ar-: a collection of exercises

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This word is taught in chapter 15, lesson 7: ekzerci, kaleŝo, ŝalti and 7 more words.