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Greek
Etymology
From Φράγκος (Frágkos, “Frank, a foreign European”) + σύκο (sýko, “fig”) in the sense of a "foreign fig".
Noun
φραγκόσυκο • (fragkósyko) n (plural φραγκόσυκα)
- (fruit) prickly pear, cactus pear, the edible fruit of Opuntia ficus-indica
Declension
Declension of φραγκόσυκο
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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φραγκόσυκο (fragkósyko)
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φραγκόσυκα (fragkósyka)
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genitive
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φραγκόσυκου (fragkósykou)
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φραγκόσυκων (fragkósykon)
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accusative
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φραγκόσυκο (fragkósyko)
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φραγκόσυκα (fragkósyka)
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vocative
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φραγκόσυκο (fragkósyko)
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φραγκόσυκα (fragkósyka)
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Synonyms
- κακτόσυκο n (kaktósyko, literally “cactus fig”) (rare) (cf. Kaktusfeige)
- παπουτσόσυκο n (papoutsósyko, literally “shoe fig or aubergine fig”) (dialectal, Cyprus), (common)
- παυλόσυκο n (pavlósyko, literally “Paul's fig”) (dialectal, Corfu)
- φαραόσυκο n (faraósyko, literally “Pharaoh's fig, perhaps by corruption of φραγκόσυκο”) (dialectal, Cyclades)
- μπαρμπαρόσυκο n (barmparósyko, literally “Barbary fig”) (dialectal, Cephalonia) (cf. figue de Barbarie)
- αραπόσυκο n (arapósyko, literally “Arab fig”) (dated)
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