θερμοκήπιο

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Greek

Etymology

Calque of French serre chaude (literally “hot "squeezed (space)"”); by surface analysis, θερμο- (thermo-) +‎ κήπος (kípos) +‎ -ιο (-io).[1] Attested since 1856 in Katharevousa as θερμοκήπιον (thermokípion).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θeɾ.moˈci.pi.o/
  • Hyphenation: θερ‧μο‧κή‧πι‧ο

Noun

θερμοκήπιο • (thermokípio) n (plural θερμοκήπια)

  1. greenhouse (garden building)
    Synonym: σέρα (séra)
  2. glasshouse (large commercial greenhouse)

Declension

singular plural
nominative θερμοκήπιο (thermokípio) θερμοκήπια (thermokípia)
genitive θερμοκηπίου (thermokipíou)
θερμοκήπιου (thermokípiou) 		θερμοκηπίων (thermokipíon)
accusative θερμοκήπιο (thermokípio) θερμοκήπια (thermokípia)
vocative θερμοκήπιο (thermokípio) θερμοκήπια (thermokípia)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ θερμοκήπιο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ θερμοκήπιο p.472, vol.1 - Koumanoudis, Stefanos Αth. (1900) Συναγωγὴ νέων λέξεων ὑπὸ τῶν λογίων πλασθεισῶν ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀλώσεως μέχρι τῶν καθ’ ἡμᾶς χρόνων. Sunagōgḕ néōn léxeōn hupò tôn logíōn plastheisôn apò tês Alṓseōs mékhri tôn kath’ hēmâs khrónōn. (In Katharevousa, Greek) Vols:1‑2. Athens: P. Dh. Sakellariou. @anemi, abbreviations (V).

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