χειμώνας
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Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χειμών (kheimṓn).
Pronunciation
Noun
χειμώνας • (cheimónas) m (plural χειμώνες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | χειμώνας (cheimónas) | χειμώνες (cheimónes) |
| genitive | χειμώνα (cheimóna) | χειμώνων (cheimónon) |
| accusative | χειμώνα (cheimóna) | χειμώνες (cheimónes) |
| vocative | χειμώνα (cheimóna) | χειμώνες (cheimónes) |
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- αποχείμωνα (apocheímona, “at winter's end”, adverb)
- αποχείμωνο n (apocheímono, “winter's end”)
- βαρυχειμωνιά f (varycheimoniá, “heavy winter”)
- ξεχειμωνιάζω (xecheimoniázo, “to winter animals”)
- παραχειμάζω (paracheimázo, “to overwinter”)
- χειμερία νάρκη f (cheimería nárki, “hibernation”)
- χειμερινός (cheimerinós, “winter”)
- χειμέριος (cheimérios, “winter”)
- χειμωνιάζω (cheimoniázo, “winter sets in”)
- χειμωνιάτικος (cheimoniátikos, “winter”)
Further reading
- χειμώνας, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
χειμώνας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
