επιπλοκή

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Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπιπλοκή (epiplokḗ, plaiting together; confusion) with semantic loan from French complications.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.pi.ploˈci/
  • Hyphenation: ε‧πι‧πλο‧κή

Noun

επιπλοκή (epiplokíf (plural επιπλοκές)

  1. (medicine) complication
  2. (rare) complication (that which complicates)

Declension

Declension of επιπλοκή
singular plural
nominative επιπλοκή (epiplokí) επιπλοκές (epiplokés)
genitive επιπλοκής (epiplokís) επιπλοκών (epiplokón)
accusative επιπλοκή (epiplokí) επιπλοκές (epiplokés)
vocative επιπλοκή (epiplokí) επιπλοκές (epiplokés)

References

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