βροχόπτωση

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Greek

Etymology

Learnedly from βροχή (vrochí, “rain”) +‎ -ό- (-ó-) +‎ πτώση (ptósi, “fall”) , a calque of German Regenfall.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɾoˈxo.pto.si/
  • Hyphenation: βρο‧χό‧πτω‧ση

Noun

βροχόπτωση • (vrochóptosi) f

  1. rainfall (the occurrence of liquid precipitation, the fall of rain)
  2. rainfall (the amount of rain that falls on a single occasion)

Declension

Declension of βροχόπτωση
singular plural
nominative βροχόπτωση • βροχοπτώσεις •
genitive βροχόπτωσης • βροχοπτώσεων •
accusative βροχόπτωση • βροχοπτώσεις •
vocative βροχόπτωση • βροχοπτώσεις •
Older or formal genitive singular: βροχοπτώσεως •

References

  1. ^ βροχόπτωση, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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