ευαισθησία

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Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek εὐαισθησία (euaisthēsía) with semantic loan from French sensibilité.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.ve.sθiˈsi.a/
  • Hyphenation: ευ‧αι‧σθη‧σί‧α

Noun

ευαισθησία (evaisthisíaf (plural ευαισθησίες)

  1. sensitivity, sensitiveness
  2. sensibility
    Λογική και ευαισθησία (Jane Austen novel)
    Logikí kai evaisthisía
    Sense and Sensibility

Declension

singular plural
nominative ευαισθησία (evaisthisía) ευαισθησίες (evaisthisíes)
genitive ευαισθησίας (evaisthisías) ευαισθησιών (evaisthisión)
accusative ευαισθησία (evaisthisía) ευαισθησίες (evaisthisíes)
vocative ευαισθησία (evaisthisía) ευαισθησίες (evaisthisíes)

Antonyms

References

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