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analects1
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nounA collection of excerpts or quotes.
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Origin
analects · noun
- Ancient Greekἀνάλεκτα“things chosen”
- Englishanalects
First attested in 1658, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλεκτα (análekta, “things chosen”), from ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + λέγω (légō, “I gather”). Compare lecture.
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Full word history & related roots →Analects · proper noun
From James Legge's 1861 translation of the work's Mandarin Chinese title 論語 (Lúnyǔ). "Analects" itself is a 1658 Ancient Greek loanword from ἀνάλεκτα (análekta, “things chosen”), from ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + λέγειν (légein, “to gather”). Compare lecture.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan Analectes
- Analectescollected sayings of Confucius
Chinese Cantonese 選集 /选集
- 選集 /选集 (syun² zaap⁶)a collection of excerpts or quotes
Chinese Mandarin 選集 /选集, 論語 /论语
- 選集 /选集 (xuǎnjí)a collection of excerpts or quotes
- 論語 /论语 (Lúnyǔ)collected sayings of Confucius
French Analectes, Entretiens de Confucius
- Analectescollected sayings of Confucius
- Entretiens de Confuciuscollected sayings of Confucius
German Analekten, Sammlung von Auszügen
- Analektena collection of excerpts or quotes
- Sammlung von Auszügena collection of excerpts or quotes
- Zitatesammlunga collection of excerpts or quotes
- Sprüchesammlunga collection of excerpts or quotes
Greek ανάλεκτα
- ανάλεκτα (análekta)a collection of excerpts or quotes
Indonesian analekta
- analektaa collection of excerpts or quotes
Japanese 選集, 論語
- 選集 (senshū)a collection of excerpts or quotes
- 論語 (Rongo)collected sayings of Confucius
Korean 선집, 논어
- 선집 (seonjip)a collection of excerpts or quotes
- 논어 (Noneo)collected sayings of Confucius
Malay analek, Bunga Rampai
- analeka collection of excerpts or quotes
- Bunga Rampaicollected sayings of Confucius
Polish analekta
- analektaa collection of excerpts or quotes
Portuguese analectos, Analectos
- analectosa collection of excerpts or quotes
- Analectoscollected sayings of Confucius
Romanian Analectele, Învățăturile lui Confucius
- Analectelecollected sayings of Confucius
- Învățăturile lui Confuciuscollected sayings of Confucius
Russian литерату́рный сбо́рник
- литерату́рный сбо́рник (literatúrnyj sbórnik)a collection of excerpts or quotes
Tagalog analektas
- analektasa collection of excerpts or quotes
Vietnamese tuyển tập, Luận Ngữ
- tuyển tậpa collection of excerpts or quotes
- Luận Ngữcollected sayings of Confucius
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analects. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/analects
“analects.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/analects. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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