grec

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. the Greek language
2. the Greek language
3. (slang) Ellipsis of sandwich grec; kebab sandwich

Adj

Greek

Concepts

grec

grecque

Grec

grecques

hellénique

Tsitsit

hellène

grec moderne

de la Grèce

Hellène

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɡʁɛk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Inherited from Middle French grec, borrowed from Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).
This learned form supplanted the older grégeois (now only in feu grégeois), from Old French grezois, derived from inherited Old French gri(e)u with the ending -ois, or possibly stemming from a Vulgar Latin *graeciscus.
The feminine form in -cque is a remnant of an older spelling habit, which has occasionally survived after -e- (compare Mecque), possibly in order to avoid the grave accent (*grèque).