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- [greek]
- /grik/
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- [greek]
- /grik/
Definitions of gk. word
- adjective gk. of or relating to Greece, the Greeks, or their language. 1
- adjective gk. pertaining to the Greek Orthodox Church. 1
- adjective gk. noting or pertaining to the alphabetical script derived from a Semitic form of writing, employing some letters that originally represented consonants for use as vowel sounds, which was used from about the beginning of the first millennium b.c. for the writing of Greek, and from which the Latin, Cyrillic, and other alphabets were derived. 1
- noun gk. a native or inhabitant of Greece. 1
- noun gk. the language of the ancient Greeks and any of the languages that have developed from it, as Hellenistic Greek, Biblical Greek, the Koine, and Modern Greek. Abbreviation: Gk, Gk. 1
- noun gk. Informal. anything unintelligible, as speech, writing, etc.: This contract is all Greek to me. 1
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Origin of gk.
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English Grēcas (plural) < Latin Graecī the Greeks (nominative plural of Graecus) < Greek Graikoí, plural of Graikós Greek
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Parts of speech for Gk.
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
gk. popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".