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Greek
Etymology
From earlier ἔνρινος (énrinos), with regressive assimilation; from Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + ῥίς (rhís, “nose”) + -ος (-os).
The phonetic sense is a semantic loan from French nasal.[1]
The Hellenistic Koine noun ἔρρινον (érrhinon, “sneazing medicine”) is semantically unrelated.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈe.ri.n.os/
- Hyphenation: έρ‧ρι‧νος
Adjective
έρρινος • (érrinos) m (feminine έρρινη, neuter έρρινο)
- sound coming from the nasal cavity
Η προφορά του είναι πολύ έρρινη- I proforá tou eínai polý érrini
- His accent is very nasal.
- (phonetics, phonology) nasal
τα έρρινα σύμφωνα μι και νι- ta érrina sýmfona mi kai ni
- the nasal consonants mu and nu
Declension
Synonyms
- (phonetics, phonology): ρινικός (rinikós)
Derived terms
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References
Further reading
- Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (21964) Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Greek), Athens: Hellenic Paideia 2nd edition in 15 vols. (abbreviations - of authors)
- εν-, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- έρρινος - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias , 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.