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Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from French carmagnole (initially a short jacket, later a song and dance of the Terreur period.)[1] from Italian Carmagnola, an Italian city in Tuscany.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaɾ.maˈɲo.la/
- Hyphenation: καρ‧μα‧νιό‧λα
Noun
καρμανιόλα • (karmanióla) f (plural καρμανιόλες)
- (historical) guillotine (for capital punishment)
- Synonyms: γκιλοτίνα (gkilotína), λαιμητόμος (laimitómos)
1892, Georgios Souris, Η καρμανιόλα [The carmagnole]:Η καρμανιόλα στήνεται, η καρμανιόλα σφάζει,
η καρμανιόλα περπατεί κι' ο κόσμος κάνει χάζι.- I karmanióla stínetai, i karmanióla sfázei,
i karmanióla perpateí ki' o kósmos kánei cházi. - The carmagnole is built, the carmagnole will slit
the carmagnole is walking with all the people watching.
- (figuratively) accident blackspot or a warning sign for one.
Αυτή η επικίνδυνη στροφή είναι πραγματνική καρμανιόλα. Σκοτώθηκαν πολλοί οδηγοί εδώ.- Aftí i epikíndyni strofí eínai pragmatnikí karmanióla. Skotóthikan polloí odigoí edó.
- This turn is a real carmagnole. Many drivers were killed here.
- (slang, card games) a trick set up and money won by swindlers [3]
- (colloquial) a strong saw for trees or iron
- (colloquial) a very expensive restaurant [3]
- (obsolete, historical) a French song and dance [4]
Declension
- Καρμανιόλος m (Karmaniólos) (usually in the plural, historical term for local revolutionaries at the island of Samos)
References
- ^ καρμανιόλα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ^ καρμανιόλα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 «καρμανιόλα» at Katos, Giorgos V. (2016) 'Λεξικό της λαϊκής και της περιθωριακής μας γλώσσας (Dictionary of our vernacular and nonstandard language). Thessaloniki, 2016, at the Centre for the Greek Language]
- ^ Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (21964) Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Greek), Athens: Hellenic Paideia 2nd edition in 15 vols. (abbreviations - of authors)