Katharevousa

katharévousa English Alternative forms en katharevousa Etymology From en el καθαρεύουσα, feminine of el καθαρεύων, present participle of en grc καθαρεύω to be clean, pure. Pronunciation en /ˌkaθəˈɹɛvuːsə/ UK en /ˌkɑθəˈɹɛvusɑ/ /ˌkɑθəˈɹɛvəsɑ/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Katharevousa.wav US en Ka tha re vou sa Proper noun A learned, archaising form of Modern Greek, based on Classical Greek and used for formal and official purposes; it was legally displaced as the official language of Greece in 1976 by Demotic Greek. en Classical Greek Demotic Greek Ancient Greek Koine purist Greek en 1994 w:Louis de Bernières Captain Corelli's Mandolin Minerva 1995 87 ‘You read the poetry of Cavafy, I have taught you to speak Katharevousa and Italian.’ en 2019 w:Roderick Beaton Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation 345 Penguin 2020 A year later, after much deliberation and public discussion, an act of parliament established that demotic Greek was to replace the hybrid katharevousa as the official language of education – and therefore, in practice, in most walks of life (exceptions are the Church and law). Holonyms en Modern Greek Translations purist variant of Modern Greek Afrikaans: af Katharewoesa Armenian: hy կաթարևուսա Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 純正希臘語 Chúnzhèng Xīlàyǔ Esperanto: eo katarevuso Finnish: fi katharévousa French: fr katharévousa f Georgian: ka კათარევუსა German: de Kathareuusa f, de Katharevusa f, de Katharevousa f Greek: el καθαρεύουσα f, el Καθαρεύουσα f Hindi: hi काथारेवुसा f Hungarian: hu katharévusza Icelandic: is kaþarevúsa f Italian: it katharevousa f Japanese: ja カサレヴサ Kasarevusa Korean: ko ^카타레부사 Mon: mnw ဇြုၚ်ဂရေတ် Polish: pl katharewusa f, pl katarewusa f Portuguese: pt catarévussa m f, pt grego catarévussa m Russian: ru кафаре́вуса f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh катарѐуса f Latin: sh katarèusa f Spanish: es Catarevusa f Turkish: tr Katarevusa Ukrainian: uk кафаре́вуса f, uk катаре́вуса f See also Category of Katharevousa words en Greece Languages Greek