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Greek
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀκρῑ́βεια (akrī́beia).[1] By surface analysis, ακριβής (akrivís) + -εια (-eia).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈkri.vi.a/
- Hyphenation: α‧κρί‧βει‧α
Noun
ακρίβεια • (akríveia) f (plural ακρίβειες)
- accuracy, exactness, exactitude
- precision, preciseness
- (time) punctuality
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Etymology 2
Inherited from Byzantine Greek ακρίβεια (akríbeia, “expensiveness”), from Koine Greek ακρίβεια (akríbeia, “strict economy”), from Ancient Greek ἀκρῑ́βεια (akrī́beia), with synizesis of final vowels into one syllable.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈkɾi.vʝa/
- Hyphenation: α‧κρί‧βεια
Noun
ακρίβεια • (akríveia) f (plural ακρίβειες)
- dearness, expensiveness
- Antonym: φτήνια f (ftínia)
- (by extension) an item of good quality; an exclusive item
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