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Fenwickian

Fenwickian adjective: relating to a system of language learning, published in 1830 by Louis Philippe R. Fenwick de Porquet, that encouraged English people to learn French by translating English sentences into French, rather than the other way round.

Adjective

Fenwickian (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a system of language learning, published in 1830 by Louis Philippe R. Fenwick de Porquet, that encouraged English people to learn French by translating English sentences into French, rather than the other way round.

Origin of Fenwickian

From Fenwick + -ian.

Questions about Fenwickian

What does Fenwickian mean?
Fenwickian means relating to a system of language learning, published in 1830 by Louis Philippe R. Fenwick de Porquet, that encouraged English people to learn French by translating English sentences into French, rather than the other way round.
What part of speech is Fenwickian?
Fenwickian is an adjective.

Words near Fenwickian in the dictionary

  1. fenvalerate
  2. Fenway
  3. Fenwick
  4. Fenwick tree
  5. Fenwick trees
  6. Fenwickian
  7. Fenwicks
  8. Fenxi
  9. fenya
  10. Fenyang
  11. Fenyi

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