εννοώ

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐννοέω (ennoéō) / ἐννοῶ (ennoô).

• Sense understand, semantic loan from English mean.
• Sense of course, semantic loan from French bien entendu.

Morphologically, from εν- (en-, “in”) +‎ νοώ (noó, “think, understand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.noˈo/
• Hyphenation: εν‧νο‧ώ

Verb

εννοώ • (ennoó) (past εννόησα, passive εννοούμαι)

1. to mean, signify
2. to understand
3. to be decided, have made up one's mind
4. (at 3rd passive persons) to be understood, of course

Conjugation

Related terms

• ασυνεννοησία f (asynennoïsía)
• ασυνεννόητος (asynennóitos)
• ενδοσυνεννόηση f (endosynennóisi, “intercommunication”)
• έννοια f (énnoia, “meaning; caring”)
• εννοιοκρατία f (ennoiokratía, “conceptualism”) (philosophy)
• εννοιολογικός (ennoiologikós, “semasiological”)
• εννοούμενος (ennooúmenos, “understood”, participle)
• προσυνεννόηση f (prosynennóisi, “agreement beforehand”)
• προσυνεννοούμαι (prosynennooúmai, “agree beforehand”)
• συνεννοημένος (synennoïménos, participle)
• συνεννόηση f (synennóisi, “understanding, communication”)
• συνεννοήσιμος (synennoḯsimos, “easy to communicate with”)
• συνεννοούμαι (synennooúmai, “communicate with, have mutual understanding”)

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