τομέας

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Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τομεύς (tomeús, one that cuts) + accusative case ending -έα (-éa), from τέμνω (témnō, to cut), with semantic loan from French secteur.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

τομέας (toméasm (plural τομείς)

  1. area, district (of town)
  2. (geometry) sector (of circle)
  3. field, area (of interest, knowledge)
  4. incisor (tooth)

Declension

Declension of τομέας
singular plural
nominative τομέας (toméas) τομείς (tomeís)
genitive τομέα (toméa) τομέων (toméon)
accusative τομέα (toméa) τομείς (tomeís)
vocative τομέα (toméa) τομείς (tomeís)

the genitive singular τομέως is also found

References

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