πυρόλυση

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Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin pyrolysis. By surface analysis, πυρό- (pyró-, “fire”) +‎ λύση (lýsi, “lysis, breakdown (chemical sense)”), see the ancient λύσις (lúsis).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piˈɾo.li.si/
  • Hyphenation: πυ‧ρό‧λυ‧ση

Noun

πυρόλυση • (pyrólysi) f (plural πυρολύσεις)

  1. (chemistry) pyrolysis
    Hypernym: θερμόλυση (thermólysi, “thermolysis”)

Declension

singular plural
nominative πυρόλυση (pyrólysi) πυρολύσεις (pyrolýseis)
genitive πυρόλυσης (pyrólysis) πυρολύσεων (pyrolýseon)
accusative πυρόλυση (pyrólysi) πυρολύσεις (pyrolýseis)
vocative πυρόλυση (pyrólysi) πυρολύσεις (pyrolýseis)

Older or formal genitive singular: πυρολύσεως (pyrolýseos)

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