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- [greek]
- /grik/
- /ɡriːk/
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- [greek]
- /grik/
Definitions of greek word
- adjective greek of or relating to Greece, the Greeks, or their language. 1
- adjective greek pertaining to the Greek Orthodox Church. 1
- adjective greek 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 greek a native or inhabitant of Greece. 1
- noun greek 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 greek Informal. anything unintelligible, as speech, writing, etc.: This contract is all Greek to me. 1
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Origin of greek
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
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Greek
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
greek 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".
greek usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for greek
adj greek
- classic — A classic example of a thing or situation has all the features which you expect such a thing or situation to have.
- academic — Academic is used to describe things that relate to the work done in schools, colleges, and universities, especially work which involves studying and reasoning rather than practical or technical skills.
- attic — An attic is a room at the top of a house just below the roof.
- bookish — Someone who is bookish spends a lot of time reading serious books.
- canonical — If something has canonical status, it is accepted as having all the qualities that a thing of its kind should have.
noun greek
- babble — If someone babbles, they talk in a confused or excited way.
- blather — If someone is blathering on about something, they are talking for a long time about something that you consider boring or unimportant.
- gibberish — meaningless or unintelligible talk or writing.
- tripe — the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food. Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- nonsense — words or language having little or no sense or meaning.
Antonyms for greek
adj greek
- complicated — If you say that something is complicated, you mean it has so many parts or aspects that it is difficult to understand or deal with.
- modern — of or relating to present and recent time; not ancient or remote: modern city life.
- unclassical — not classical; contrary to classical precepts.
- believable — Something that is believable makes you think that it could be true or real.
- imaginable — capable of being imagined or conceived.
noun greek
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