Greek

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Proper noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations 1.4.2 Synonyms 1.5 Verb 1.6 Derived terms 1.7 See also

English

Etymology

Dutch griek, from German Grieche , from Latin Graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός

Pronunciation

• grēk, /ɡriːk/, /gri:k/

  Rhymes: -iːk

Proper noun

Greek, plural Greeks

1. Inhabitant of Greece, person of Greek descent
2. A language spoken primarily in Greece and Cyprus wich is spoken for more than 4000 years now. Probably the "mother" of ALL Indo-European languages, since a lot of its words are found in all of them. There are several dialects; Modern Greek is derived from Ancient Greek.
3. A member of a fraternity or sorority

   "Was Joe a Greek in college?"

Translations

Inhabitant of Greece, or descendant

• Bulgarian: грък m, гъркиня f, гърци m pl, гъркини f pl
• Catalan: grec m grega f
• Chinese, simplified: 希腊人 ( pinyin: Xīlà-rén ) ;
• Chinese, traditional: 希臘人 ( pinyin: Xīlà-rén )
• Danish: græker
• Dutch: Griek m, Griekse f
• Esperanto: greko
• Finnish: kreikkalainen
• French: grec m, grecque f
• German: Grieche m, Griechin f
• Greek: Έλληνας m (Éllinas), Ελληνίδα f (Ellinída)
• Hebrew: יווני (Ye'va'ni) m, יווניה (Ye'va'ni'a) f
• Hungarian: görög
• Indonesian: orang yunani
• Interlingua: greco m, greca f
• Italian: greco m, greca f
• Japanese: ギリシア人 (girishia-jin), ギリシャ人 (girisha-jin)
• Latin: Graeca f, Graecus m
• Polish: Grek m, Greczynka f
• Portuguese: grego m, grega f
• Romanian: grec m, grecoaică f, greci m pl, grecoaice f pl
• Slovak: Grék m, Grékyňa f
• Spanish: griego m, griega f
• Swedish: grek m, grekiska f
• Turkish: yunani

Language spoken in Greece

Afrikaans: Grieks Albanian: Greqisht Amharic: ግሪክኛ Arabic: يونانية Armenian: Հունական , Հունարեն Azeri: Јунан Basque: Grekera , Greziera Belorussian: Грэцкая Breton: Gresianeg Bulgarian: гръцки Catalan: grec Cherokee: ᎬᎵᎧ Chinese, simplified: 希腊语 (pinyin:Xīlàyǔ) Chinese, traditional: 希臘語 (pinyin:Xīlàyǔ) Cornish: Greka Croatian: Grčki Czech: Řecký Danish: græsk Esperanto: greka Faeroese: Grikskt Farsi: يونانى Finnish: kreikka French: grec m Frisian: Gryksk Galician: Grego Georgian: ბერძნული German: Griechisch Greek, modern: Ελληνικά (Elliniká) Hebrew: יוונית (Ye'va'nit) Hindi: ग्रीक Hungarian: görög Icelandic: Gríska Indonesian: bahasa yunani Irish: Gréigis Interlingua: greco Italian: greco

Japanese: ギリシア語 (girishia-go) Korean: 그리스어 Kurdish: Yonanî , Yewnanî Latin: Graece , Graeca Latvian: Grieķu Lithuanian: Graikų , Graikiškai Macedonian: Грчки Malay: Bahasa Yunani , Yunani Maltese: Grieg Moksha: Грекань Mongolian: Грек Nepali: जर्मन Norwegian: Gresk Occitan: Grec Polish: greka Portuguese: grego m Romanian: greacă f Romanica: Греческий Serbian: Грчки Slovak: Grécky Slovene: Grščina Sorbian: Grjekšćina Spanish: griego Swahili: Kigiriki Swedish: grekiska Tagalog: Griyego Tamil: கிரேக்கம் Tatar: Грек Thai: ภาษากรีก Turkish: Yunanca Ukrainian: Грецький Urdu: يوناني Vietnamese: Tiếng Hy-lạp Walloon: Grek Welsh: Groeg Yiddish: גריכיש Zulu: Isigrikhi

member of a fraternity or sorority

Adjective

Greek

1. of Greece, Greek people, or the Greek language
2. unintelligible, especially regarding foreign speech

   It's all Greek to me.

Translations

• Bulgarian: гръцки (Gr'chki)
• Catalan: grec m grega f
• Dutch: Grieks , Griekse
• Esperanto: greka
• Finnish: kreikkalainen (1), hepreaa (2, partitive case)
• French: grec m, grecque f
• German: griechisch
• Greek: ελληνικός (ellinikós)
• Hungarian: görög
• Interlingua: grec , greco m, greca f
• Korean: 그리스의
• Latin: Graeca f, Graecus m, Graecum n
• Polish: grecki m, grecka f, greckie n
• Portuguese: grego m, grega f
• Romanian: grec , grecesc m, greacă , grecească f, greci , greceşti m pl, grece †, greceşti f pl
• Slovak: grécky m, grécka f, grécke n
• Spanish: Griego m, Griega f
• Swedish: grekisk
• Turkish: yunani

Synonyms

• Grecian
• Hellenic

Verb

greek (past and past participle: greeked )

1. to display a placeholder instead of text, especially to optimize speed in displaying text that would be too small to read
2. to fill a template with nonsense text (particularly the Lorem ipsum ), so that form and not content can be focused on

Derived terms

• Ancient Greek
• Classical Greek
• El Greco
• Grecian
• Greco-Roman
• Greek alphabet
• Greek numbers
• Greek Orthodox
• The Greek System
• It's all Greek to me
• Koine Greek
• Modern Greek
• greeking

See also

• Dhimotiki
• Hellenic
• Hellenism
• Hellenistic
• Hellenize
• Katharevousa
• Wikipedia article on the Greek language
• Greek - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition.
• Koine