φουρτούνα
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Greek
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek φορτούνα (phortoúna), borrowed from Venetan fortuna, from Latin fortūna.
Pronunciation
Noun
φουρτούνα • (fourtoúna) f (plural φουρτούνες)
- (meteorology, sea) rough sea, storm, tempest, squall
- Synonym: τρικυμία (trikymía)
- Antonym: γαλήνη (galíni)
- Αν τα χταπόδια χώνονται στα λαγούμια τους και τα σκεπάζουν με βότσαλα, προμηνύεται φουρτούνα.
- An ta chtapódia chónontai sta lagoúmia tous kai ta skepázoun me vótsala, prominýetai fourtoúna.
- When octopuses burrow down and cover themselves with pebbles it forecasts a storm.
- (figuratively) a chain of unexpected and unpleasant events
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | φουρτούνα (fourtoúna) | φουρτούνες (fourtoúnes) |
| genitive | φουρτούνας (fourtoúnas) | - |
| accusative | φουρτούνα (fourtoúna) | φουρτούνες (fourtoúnes) |
| vocative | φουρτούνα (fourtoúna) | φουρτούνες (fourtoúnes) |
The genitive φουρτουνών (fourtounón) is very rare.
Coordinate terms
- καταιγίδα f (kataigída, “storm, thunderstorm”)
- ανεμοστρόβιλος m (anemostróvilos, “dustdevil, whirlwind”)
- τυφώνας m (tyfónas, “typhoon”)
- σίφουνας m (sífounas, “tornado”)
Related terms
- φουρτουνιάζω (fourtouniázo, “to become rough”)
- φουρτούνιασμα n (fourtoúniasma, “turbulence, storm”)
Further reading
θύελλα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el- φουρτούνα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
References
- Kahane, Henry R., Kahane, Renée, Tietze, Andreas (1958) The Lingua Franca in the Levant: Turkish Nautical Terms of Italian and Greek Origin, Urbana: University of Illinois, § 305, page 225