Greek

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Of or relating to Greece, its people, its language, or its culture
2. (colloquial) Synonym of incomprehensible, used for foreign speech or text, technical jargon, or advanced subjects.
3. Of or relating to collegiate fraternities, sororities, and/or (uncommon) honor societies.

Name

1. The language spoken by people of Greece, particularly, depending on context, Ancient Greek or Modern Greek.
2. The written form of these languages.
3. A surname.

Noun

1. A person from Greece or of Greek descent.
2. Greek cuisine, traditional or representative Greek food.
3. (colloquial) Synonym of gibberish, used for foreign speech or text, technical jargon, or advanced subjects.
4. (colloquial) Synonym of lorem ipsum, dummy placeholder text used in greeking.
5. (colloquial) A member of a collegiate fraternity or sorority.
6. (slang) A cunning rogue.
7. (slang) A merry fellow.
8. (slang) Anal sex.
9. One of the Greeks, measures of derivative price sensitivity.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To cheat at cards.
2. Alternative letter-case form of greek.

Concepts

grec

Grec

grecque

Grecque

hellénique

Hellène

Tsitsit

grecques

hellène

GRΣΣK

grec moderne

Héllénique

Greque

arabe

c’est du russe

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɡɹiːk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Old English Grēcas (“Greeks”), variant of Crēcas, from Proto-West Germanic *Krēkō, from Latin Graecus of uncertain origin, perhaps derived from the toponym Γραῖα (Graîa) or from other Paleo-Balkanic forms from a tribal name Graii. See also the Wikipedia articles on "Griko" and "Names of the Greeks". Greek in any case has the cognate Γραικός (Graikós), the mythological ancestor of the Γραίοι (Graíoi, “Graecians”). Germanic cognates include Dutch Griek, German Grieche. The ⟨g⟩ in English and Germanic cognates was restored under influence from French grec and classical Latin Graecus. The adjective dates to 14th-century Middle English, replacing Old English Grēċisċ (“Greekish”) and earlier Middle English Gregeis. In reference to fraternities and sororities, a clipping of earlier 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.

Phrases

The Greek musicians play on small portable folk style instruments .

Les musiciens grecs jouent sur de petits instruments de style folk portable.