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Greek
Etymology
Byzantine Greek μπαμπούλας (mpampoúlas), of uncertain origin. Possibly onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈbulas/
- Hyphenation: μπα‧μπού‧λας
Noun
μπαμπούλας • (bampoúlas) m (plural μπαμπούλες)
- bogeyman, bugbear (menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories)
Πήγαινε να κοιμηθείς, πριν έρθει ο μπαμπούλας να σε φάει!- Pígaine na koimitheís, prin érthei o bampoúlas na se fáei!
- Go to sleep before the bogeyman comes to eat you!
- (figuratively) bogeyman, bugbear (imaginary source of dread or fear)
- ο μπαμπούλας του κομμουνισμού ― o bampoúlas tou kommounismoú ― the bogeyman of communism
Declension
Synonyms
- (thing that frightens): φόβητρο n (fóvitro)