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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesconcurso de soletração
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kõˈkuɾ.su dʒi su.le.tɾaˈsãw
"As crianças estudaram muito para o concurso de soletração."
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A competition in which contestants are asked to spell a broad selection of words, usually with a varying degree of difficulty.
"She practiced all week for the annual school spelling bee."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'spelling' from the Middle English 'spellen' (to tell or read letters) and 'bee', an Americanism originating in the 18th century denoting a gathering of people for communal labor or competition (such as a husking bee). First recorded in the United States around 1805, the compound reflects the traditional American cultural practice of applying collaborative or competitive social events to educational and domestic tasks.
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concours d'orthographe
Transliteration: kɔ̃.kuʁ d‿ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁaf
"Elle a gagné le concours d'orthographe de son école."
Buchstabierwettbewerb
Transliteration: ˈbuːxʃtaˌbiːɐ̯vɛtɡəvɛʁp
"Der Schüler hat den Buchstabierwettbewerb gewonnen."
gara di ortografia
Transliteration: ɡa.ra di ɔr.to.ɡraˈfi.a
"Ha partecipato a una gara di ortografia nazionale."
concurso de ortografía
Transliteration: koŋˈkuɾ.so de oɾ.to.ɣɾaˈfi.a
"El concurso de ortografía requiere estudiar muchas palabras difíciles."
concurso de soletração
Transliteration: kõˈkuɾ.su dʒi su.le.tɾaˈsãw
"As crianças estudaram muito para o concurso de soletração."
वर्तनी प्रतियोगिता
Transliteration: vartani pratiyogita
"उसने स्कूल की वर्तनी प्रतियोगिता जीत ली।"
拼字比赛
Transliteration: pīn zì bǐ sài
"她在全国拼字比赛中获得了第一名。"
스펠링 bee
Transliteration: seup-el-ling bi
Script: 철자 대회
"그는 학교 철자 대회에서 우승했습니다."
スペリング・ビー
Transliteration: superingu biー
"彼女は全米スペリング・ビーに出場しました。"
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