τσόντα

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Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetan zonta (addition), a variant form of xonta.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sonda/
  • Hyphenation: τσό‧ντα

Noun

τσόντα (tsóntaf (plural τσόντες)

  1. gusset (small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement)
    Η ράφτρα βάζει τσόντα στη φούστα.
    I ráftra vázei tsónta sti foústa.
    The seamstress is putting a gusset on the skirt.
  2. (by extension) supplement, addition (anything added onto something else)
  3. (colloquial, by extension) A scene of pornography added into an unrelated film.
  4. (colloquial, by extension) porno, porn film, blue movie, skin flick (a pornographic film)
    Του φίλου μου του αρέσει να βλέπουμε τσόντες μαζί πριν κάνουμε σεξ.
    Tou fílou mou tou arései na vlépoume tsóntes mazí prin kánoume sex.
    My boyfriend likes us to watch porn films together before we have sex.

Declension

Declension of τσόντα
singular plural
nominative τσόντα (tsónta) τσόντες (tsóntes)
genitive τσόντας (tsóntas) -
accusative τσόντα (tsónta) τσόντες (tsóntes)
vocative τσόντα (tsónta) τσόντες (tsóntes)

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References

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