Greek

greek English + language,+ people el Alternative forms en Gr. abbreviation en Greeke obsolete Etymology en ang Grēcas Greeks, variant of ang Crēcas, from en gmw-pro *Krēkō, from en la Graecus of uncertain origin, perhaps derived from the toponym grc Γραῖα or from other Paleo-Balkanic forms from a tribal name Graii. Greek in any case has the cognate grc Γραικός, the mythological ancestor of the grc Γραίοι Graecians. Germanic cognates include nl Griek, de Grieche. The ⟨g⟩ in English and Germanic cognates was restored under influence from en fr grec and classical en la Graecus. The adjective dates to 14th-century Middle English, replacing ang Grēċisċ Greekish and earlier enm Gregeis. In reference to fraternities and sororities, a clipping of earlier en Greek-letter in reference to their usual names being initialisms of mottos in the Greek language. In reference to terms used to analysize financial derivatives, from their usual names consisting of Greek letters. Pronunciation grēk, en /ɡɹiːk/ en en-us-Greek.ogg US en iːk 1 Adjective er Of or relating to Greece, its people, its language, or its culture. II Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft. 1st Introduction xii Sanskrit, Greek, Slavonic, Germanic, and Celtic names were all of this type, but there are also shorter names formed from the compound ones; . en Jonathan Reiner If you think that glass of wine is good for you, it’s time to reconsider w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/22/opinions/alcohol-heart-health-reiner 2022-01-22 The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates promoted wine for various purposes, including reducing fevers and dressing wounds. https://web.archive.org/web/20250812191541/https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/22/opinions/alcohol-heart-health-reiner en figurative colloquial en incomprehensible, used for foreign speech or text, technical jargon, or advanced subjects. en US not comparable Of or relating to collegiate fraternities, sororities, or en uncommon honor societies. en Adrian Horton ‘Competitive femininity’: inside the wild and secretive world of sororities w:The Guardian 2023-05-24 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/may/24/alabama-sorority-documentary-hbo 0261-3077 “Every single person is going to have a different experience watching this film,” she said when I asked about possibly labeling the Greek system as “toxic”. https://web.archive.org/web/20230610151331/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/may/24/alabama-sorority-documentary-hbo Usage notes Currently, it is more common to refer to college fraternities and sororities as en Greek life etc., while en Greek-letter is still used in reference to honor societies using similar names. Synonyms senses relating to Greece, Greeks, and Greek See Thesaurus:Greek Hypernyms senses relating to Greece, Greeks, and Greek en Greco-Roman Derived terms en Graeco- Greekism Greekist Greeky Grexit Greek alphabet Greek pitch Greek arts Greek calends Greek Catholic Greek Catholicism Greek chorus Greek Christian Scriptures Greek cross Greek Fathers Greek fire Greekery Greekesque Greek love Greek foot Greek fret Greek fries Greek tortoise Greek god Greek house Greekify Greek People's Liberation Army Greekification Greekish Greekize Greek key Greek letter Greek life Greeklike Greekly Greekness Greek number Greek numeral Greek Orthodox Greek Orthodox Church Greek Orthodoxy Greek salad Greek Sign Language Greek system Greek yoghurt Descendants am ግሪክ grik 1 Translations of or relating to Greece, its people, its language, or its culture Afrikaans: af Grieks Albanian: sq grek m, sq greke f, sq grish m, sq greshit, sq elin m, sq eline f, Arvanitika Albanian: aat shkla m Amharic: am ግሪክኛ grikñña, am የግሪክ Arabic: ar يُونَانِيّ m, ar إِغْرِيقِيّ m Armenian: hy հունական Old Armenian: xcl յունական Aromanian: rup grec m, rup greacã f, rup grache, rup gãrtsescu m, rup gãrtseascã f, rup grãtsescu m, rup grãtseascã f Asturian: ast griegu Azerbaijani: az yunan Belarusian: be грэ́цкі, be грэ́часкі Bengali: bn গ্রিক, bn গ্রীক, bn যবন, bn ইউনানি Bulgarian: bg гръ́цки, bg гре́чески archaic,literary Burmese: my ဂရိ Carpathian Rusyn: rue ґре́цькый Catalan: ca grec, ca hel·lè m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 希臘 希臘的 Xīlà de Coptic: cop ⲙⲉⲧⲟⲩⲉⲓⲛⲓⲛ Czech: cs řecký Danish: da græsk Dutch: nl Grieks, nl Griekse Esperanto: eo greka Estonian: et kreeka Faroese: fo grikskur Finnish: fi kreikkalainen, fi kreikankielinen of the Greek language French: fr grec Galician: gl grego m Georgian: ka ბერძნული, ka საბერძნეთის German: de griechisch Bavarian: bar Griachische Greek: el ελληνικός Ancient Greek: grc Ἑλληνικός Hawaiian: haw Helene Hebrew: he יווני y'vaní יווני / יְוָנִי Hindi: hi यूनानी Hungarian: hu görög Icelandic: is grískur Indonesian: id Yunani Interlingua: ia grec, ia greco m Irish: ga Gréagach Italian: it greco Japanese: ja ギリシャ Girisha no ギリシャの, ja ギリシア Girishia no ギリシアの Javanese: jv Grikenlan, jv Yunani Kazakh: kk грек Khmer: km ក្រិក Korean: ko 그리스 ^그리스-의 Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb یۆنانی Northern Kurdish: kmr yewnanî Kyrgyz: ky грек Lao: lo ເກຣັກ kek, lo ຍວນ Latin: la Graecus m Latvian: lv grieķisks, lv grieķu Lithuanian: lt graĩkiškas Luxembourgish: lb griichesch Macedonian: mk грчки Malay: ms Yunani Mingrelian: xmf ბერძენული ნინა Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn грек Mongolian script: mn ᠭᠷᠧᠻ Norwegian: Bokmål: nb gresk Nynorsk: nn gresk Occitan: oc grèc Odia: or ଗ୍ରୀକ୍ Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: cu грьчьскъ Old East Slavic: orv грьчьскъ Old English: ang Crēċisċ Pannonian Rusyn: rsk гречески Pashto: ps يوناني yunāní Persian: fa یونانی yunâni Polish: pl grecki Portuguese: pt grego Romanian: ro grec, ro grecesc, ro greacă f Russian: ru гре́ческий, ru гре́цкий obsolete Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh гр̏чкӣ Latin: sh gȑčkī Sicilian: scn grecu Slovak: sk grécky Slovene: sl gŕški Sorbian: Upper Sorbian: hsb grjekski, hsb grichiski Spanish: es griego Swahili: sw Kigiriki language Swedish: sv grekisk Tajik: tg юнонӣ Tamil: ta கிரேக்க Thai: th กรีซ, th กรีก Turkish: tr Yunan, tr Yunanca Turkmen: tk grek Ukrainian: uk гре́цький Urdu: ur یونانی yūnānī Uyghur: ug گرېك, ug يۇنان Uzbek: uz yunon, uz grek Vietnamese: vi Hy Lạp Welsh: cy Groegaidd m f Yiddish: yi גריכיש pertaining to a fraternity etc Bulgarian: bg Proper noun ~ en Q9129The language spoken by people of Greece, particularly, depending on context, Ancient Greek or Modern Greek. I On Not Knowing Greek 1 For it is vain and foolish to talk of knowing Greek, since in our ignorance we should be at the bottom of any class of schoolboys, since we do not know how the words sounded, or where precisely we ought to laugh, or how the actors acted, and between this foreign people and ourselves there is not only difference of race and tongue but a tremendous breach of tradition. All the more strange, then, is it that we should wish to know Greek, try to know Greek, feel for ever drawn back to Greek, and be for ever making up some notion of the meaning of Greek, though from what incongruous odds and ends, with what slight resemblance to the real meaning of Greek, who shall say? en John Malathronas Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn? w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/learn-a-foreign-language-wellness 2021-04-25 It’s one that I would personally endorse: My individual circumstances were such that, by the age of 12, I could speak German, Greek and English, so languages became my passion and my hobby. https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023413/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/learn-a-foreign-language-wellness The written form of these languages. en. Usage notes In modern contexts including Wiktionary's entries, Greek is used for the language of modern Greece and en Ancient Greek or one of its synonyms for the language of antiquity. In discussion of antiquity, Greek is frequently used to mean the ancient form sometimes inclusive of Koine and en Modern Greek or one of its synonyms is used to distinguish the modern language. In all cases, minor dialects like en Ionic Greek are distinguished unless absolutely clear from context. Derived terms en Aeolic Greek Gratin neo-Greek Proto-Greek Ancient Greek Arcadocypriot Greek St. Giles's Greek Attic Greek Byzantine Greek Cappadocian Greek Classical Greek Demotic Greek Doric Greek Epic Greek Archaic Greek Greekless Greeklish Hellenistic Greek Homeric Greek Indo-Greek Ionic Greek it's all Greek to me Koine Greek Late Greek Mariupol Greek medical Greek Medieval Greek Middle Greek Modern Greek Mycenaean Greek Neo-Greek New Greek Old Greek Pre-Greek Protogreek Related terms en Griko Translations language of the Greek people Afrikaans: af Grieks Aghwan: xag 𐔴𐔾𐔾𐔰𐕒𐕡𐔿𐔰 Albanian: sq greqisht (adverb), sq greqishte f, sq gjuha greke f Amharic: am ግሪክኛ, am የግሪክ ቋንቋ Arabic: ar اليُونَانِيَّة f, ar اللُّغَة اليُونَانِيَّة f al-luḡa l-yūnāniyya, ar يُونَانِيّ m colloquial Armenian: hy հունարեն Old Armenian: xcl յունարէն Aromanian: rup gãrtseashti, rup gãrtseashte (adverb), rup limba gãrtseascã f, rup limba greacã f, rup limba grache f Asturian: ast griegu m Azerbaijani: az Јунан Yunan, az yunanca Basque: eu greko, eu greziera Belarusian: be грэ́цкая мо́ва f, be грэ́цкая f, be грэ́чаская мо́ва f, be грэ́чаская f Bengali: bn গ্রিক Breton: br gresianeg m Bulgarian: bg гръ́цки m ези́к Catalan: ca grec m Cherokee: chr ᎬᎵᎧ, chr ᎪᎢ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 希臘文 hei1 lip3 man4 Mandarin: cmn 希臘語 Xīlàyǔ Coptic: cop ⲙⲉⲧⲟⲩⲉⲓⲛⲓⲛ f Cornish: kw Greka Corsican: co grecu m Czech: cs řečtina f Danish: da græsk Dutch: nl Grieks n Esperanto: eo greka Estonian: et kreeka Ewe: ee Helagbe Faroese: fo grikskt Finnish: fi kreikka, fi kreikan kieli French: fr grec m Frisian: West Frisian: fy Gryksk n Galician: gl grego m Georgian: ka ბერძნული, ka ბერძნული ენა German: de Griechisch n, de griechische Sprache f Greek: el ελληνικά n-p Ancient Greek: grc Ἑλληνική f, grc Ἑλληνιστί adverb, meaning in Greek Greenlandic: kl grækerisut Hausa: ha Yunananci Hebrew: he יוונית f yevanít Hindi: hi यूनानी, hi ग्रीक Hungarian: hu görög Icelandic: is gríska f Indonesian: id bahasa Yunani Interlingua: ia greco Inuktitut: iu ᒡᕇᓯᑐᑦ Irish: ga Gréigis Italian: it greco m Japanese: ja ギリシア語 Girishia-go, ja ギリシャ語 Girisha-go Korean: ko 그리스어 Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb یۆنانی Northern Kurdish: kmr Yonanî, kmr Yewnanî Latin: la lingua graeca f, la Graecum n, la graecē adverb meaning "in Greek" Latvian: lv grieķu, lv grieķu valoda f, lv grieķu Ligurian: lij grêgo Limburgish: li Greeksj n Lithuanian: lt graĩkų, lt Graĩkiškai Low German: Dutch Low Saxon: nds-nl Graiks Gronings German Low German: nds-de Greeksch n Luxembourgish: lb Griichesch n Macedonian: mk гр́чки (ја́зик) m Malay: ms bahasa Yunani, ms Yunani Maltese: mt Grieg Māori: mi reo Kariki Moksha: mdf грекань Mongolian: mn грек Navajo: nv Gwíík bizaad Norman: nrf Grec m Norwegian: no gresk, no hellenesk Nsenga: nse Cigiliki 7 Occitan: oc grèc m Odia: or ଗ୍ରୀକ୍ Old English: ang Crēċisċ n Persian: fa یونانی yunâni Polish: język pl grecki, the Ancient Greek language pl greka f Portuguese: pt grego m Romanian: ro greacă f, ro limba greacă f ro limba grecească f, ro greceşte adverb Russian: ru гре́ческий m язы́к Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh грчки m Latin: sh grčki m Sicilian: scn grecu Sinhalese: si ග්‍රීක, si ග්‍රීක භාෂාව Slovak: sk gréčtina Slovene: sl gŕščina f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb grichišćina f Upper Sorbian: hsb grjekšćina f Spanish: es griego m Swahili: sw Kigiriki 7 Swedish: sv grekiska c Tagalog: tl Griyego Tajik: tg юнонӣ Tamil: ta கிரேக்கம் Tatar: tt грек Thai: th ภาษากรีก paasăa grèek Tigrinya: ti ግሪከኛ Tooro: ttj Orugiriiki 11 Tumbuka: tum Cigriki 7 Turkish: tr Yunanca Ukrainian: uk гре́цька f мо́ва Urdu: ur یونانی yūnānī Uyghur: ug گرېكچە Uzbek: uz yunon Venda: ve Tshigiriki 7 Vietnamese: vi tiếng Hy-lạp, vi tiếng Hy Lạp Walloon: wa Grek Welsh: cy Groeg West Flemish: vls Grieks n Yiddish: yi גריכיש Zulu: zu Isigrikhi Noun ~ en countable A person from Greece or of Greek descent. en The Greeks believed the sun went round the earth. en uncountable Greek cuisine, traditional or representative Greek food. en uncountable figurative colloquial en gibberish, used for foreign speech or text, technical jargon, or advanced subjects. en 1821 Mary Jane Mackenzie Geraldine 8 http://books.google.com/books?id=sEA3AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA8 "I don't hear one word in ten that they say," continued Mrs. Abingdon; "it's Greek to me. However, ..." en 1859 Kinahan Cornwallis Two Journeys to Japan, 1856–7 2 246 http://books.google.com/books?id=otg1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA246 "It's all Greek to me," said my companion at the outset, but as the warrior continued, his fears arose within him; it might be sentence of death—what did he know what it might not be? en 1951 December Which Kind of Life Insurance Policy? Changing Times – The Kiplinger Magazine 5 12 28 http://books.google.com/books?id=cQYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA28 preferred risk... family maintenance... 20-pay life. That's a bare sampling of the merchandise you're asked to pick and choose from. If it sounds like Greek to you, don't worry. It sounds like Greek to most people. en uncountable figurative metonymic colloquial en lorem ipsum, dummy placeholder text used in greeking. en countable US metonymic colloquial A member of a collegiate fraternity or sorority. en Was Joe a Greek in college? en countable archaic slang A cunning rogue. en 1822 A Morning in Cork-Street: or, Raising the wind 102 The wind-up is, that the father becomes bankrupt; the wife and daughters town-traders; the sons Greeks, Fancy-swells, Conveyancers (pickpockets), or Cracksmen (house breakers), and the New Drop is the last drop they ever take. en 1897 Stanley John Weyman The Deanery Ball For the Cause When Greek meets Greek neither is wont to get much satisfaction. en countable archaic slang A merry fellow.en 1873 John Camden Hotten The Slang Dictionary https://www.gutenberg.org/files/42108/42108-h/42108-h.htm#:~:text=merry%20Greeks en anal sex en uncountable slang Anal sex. 2001, "ASP: 'Julie' of Oral-Land-Oh", alt.sex.prostitution, Usenet: She is absolutely a total GFE, no limits, except no Greek. (Well...I say “no Greek” - - if she is really hot for you, and if she is really turned on in a long session, she might beg for a finger in her anus while you suck her clit, but she is just too tiny and tight for any “real meat” in the backdoor.) en 2012 Maxim Jakubowski The Best British Crime Omnibus “What's within reason?” “Hand-job, blow-job, full sex — straight, full service. Greek, maybe, if you're not too big. Golden shower, if you like, but not reverse. No hardsports. And absolutely nothing without.” en finance mostly _ in the plural One of the Greeks, measures of derivative price sensitivity. Synonyms person from Greece or a descendant See Thesaurus:Greek anal sex See Thesaurus:anal sex Derived terms en Gayreek Greek active Greekdom Greek Empire Greekess Greek fire Greek gift Greek it Greekland Greekling Greek passive Related terms en Griko Translations person from Greece or of Greek descent Abkhaz: ab абырзе́н, ab аелы́н Afrikaans: af Griek Albanian: sq grek m, sq greke f, sq gërk m rare, sq gërqinjë f rare Arabic: ar يُونَانِيّ m, ar يُونَانِيَّة f Armenian: hy հույն Old Armenian: xcl յոյն Aromanian: rup grec m, rup greacã f, rup grache f Asturian: ast griegu m, ast griega f Azerbaijani: az yunan Basque: eu greziar, eu greko Belarusian: be грэк m, be грача́нка f Bengali: bn গ্রিক Bulgarian: bg грък m, bg гърки́ня f, bg гърче́ n, bg гърки́нче n Catalan: ca grec m, ca grega f, ca hel·lè m Cherokee: chr ᎠᎪᎢ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 希臘人 Xīlàrén Coptic: cop ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲛⲓⲛ m Czech: cs Řek m, cs Řekyně f Danish: da græker c Dutch: nl Griek m, nl Griekse f Egyptian: Demotic Egyptian: egx-dem wynn m Esperanto: eo greko, eo grekino female, eo heleno ancient, eo helenino female ancient Estonian: et kreeklane Ewe: ee Helatɔ Faroese: fo grikki m Finnish: fi kreikkalainen French: fr grec m, fr grecque f, fr grecques p Frisian: West Frisian: fy Gryk Friulian: fur grêc m, fur greghe f, fur greche f Galician: gl grego m, gl grega f Georgian: ka ბერძენი German: de Grieche m, de Griechin f Gothic: got 𐌺𐍂𐌴𐌺𐍃 m Greek: el Έλληνας m, el Ελληνίδα f Ancient Greek: grc Ἕλλην m, grc Ἑλληνίς f, grc Γραικός m, grc Γραικίτις f Mariupol Greek: grk-mar руме́юс m Hawaiian: haw Helene Hebrew: he יווני y'vaní m יְוָנִי, he יווניה yevania f Hindi: hi ग्रीक m f, hi यूनानी m f Hungarian: hu görög Icelandic: is Grikki m Indonesian: id orang yunani Interlingua: ia greco m, ia greca f Irish: ga Gréagach m Italian: it greco m, it greca f Japanese: ja ギリシア人 ギリシアじん, Girishiajin, ja ギリシャ人 ギリシャじん, Girishajin Kazakh: kk грек Korean: ko 그리스인, ko 그리스 사람 Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb یۆنانی Northern Kurdish: kmr yûnanî, kmr grekî Kyrgyz: ky грек Latin: la Graecus m, la Graeca f Latvian: lv grieķis m, lv grieķiete f Laz: lzz ურუმი Lithuanian: lt graĩkas m, lt graĩkė f Luxembourgish: lb Griich m, lb Griichin f Macedonian: mk Грк m, mk Гркинка f Malay: ms Yunani Maltese: mt Grieg m, mt Griega f, mt Griegi p Māori: mi Kariki Mingrelian: xmf ბერზენი Norwegian: Bokmål: nb greker m Nynorsk: nn grekar m Occitan: oc grèc m, oc grèga f Odia: or ଗ୍ରୀକ୍ Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Грек m, rsk Грекиня f Pashto: ps يوناني m f yunāní Persian: fa یونانی yunâni Polish: pl Grek m-pr, pl Greczynka f Portuguese: pt grego m Romanian: ro grec m, ro grecoaică f, ro greacă f Romansh: rm grec m, rm grecca f Russian: ru грек m, ru греча́нка f Sardinian: sc grecu m, sc greca f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Гр̏к m, sh Гр̏киња f Latin: sh Gȑk m, sh Gȑkinja f Sicilian: scn grecu m, scn greca f Slovak: sk Grék m, sk Grékyňa f Slovene: sl Gŕk m, sl Gŕkinja f Spanish: es griego m, es griega f Svan: sva ბერზენ Swahili: sw Mgiriki 1 Swedish: sv grek c particularly male, sv grekinna c female, sv grekiska c female Tajik: tg юнонӣ Tamil: ta கிரேக்கர் c Thai: th กรีก Tumbuka: tum muGriki 1 Turkish: tr Yunan, tr Yunanistanlı, tr Rum Turkmen: tk grek Ukrainian: uk грек m, uk греча́нка f, uk греки́ня f Urdu: ur یُوْنانی m yūnānī Uyghur: ug گرېك, ug يۇنان Uzbek: uz yunon, uz grek Venetan: vec greco m, vec greca f Vietnamese: vi người Hy Lạp Yiddish: yi גריך m member of a fraternity or sorority Bulgarian: bg Verb en obsolete To cheat at cards. en 1817 Sporting Magazine 50 284 A discovery of Greeking at Brighton, has made considerable noise this month in the sporting world. en uncommon en greek. See also en Other headwords of interest Dimotiki,Dhimotiki Hellenic Hellenism Hellenistic Hellenize Katharevousa Koine el Greek–English Dictionary: from Webster’s Dictionary — the Rosetta Edition. 1 el ell ell References Greek adj 81157 2022 Greek n 81156 2022 † Greek v 81158 2021 Further reading Names of the Greeks Griko Anagrams en eegkr Gerke en Greek en clippings 1-syllable words en Demonyms Ethnonyms Greece Languages Nationalities Alphabets