From Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós). The variant form gãrcu may have been influenced by Albanian gërk, Proto-Slavic *grьkъ.
grec m (feminine greacã or grache, plural gretsã or grets, feminine plural greatsi or greatse or gretsi)
grec m (feminine greacã or grache, plural gretsã or grets, feminine plural greatsi or greatse or gretsi)
Inherited from Old Catalan grec, from Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós). Compare Occitan grèc.
grec (feminine grega, masculine plural grecs, feminine plural gregues)
grec m (plural grecs, feminine grega)
grec m (uncountable)
Inherited from Middle French grec, borrowed from Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).
This learned form supplanted the older grégeois (now only in feu grégeois), from Old French grezois, derived from inherited Old French gri(e)u with the ending -ois, or possibly stemming from a Vulgar Latin *graeciscus.
The feminine form in -cque is a remnant of an older spelling habit, which has occasionally survived after -e- (compare Mecque), possibly in order to avoid the grave accent (*grèque).
grec m (countable and uncountable, plural grecs)
grec (feminine grecque, masculine plural grecs, feminine plural grecques)
grec (not comparable)
Borrowed from Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).
grec m (uncountable)
Inherited from Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).
grec m or n (feminine singular greacă, masculine plural greci, feminine and neuter plural grece)
The feminine plural is rarely used.
singular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative |
indefinite | grec | greacă | greci | grece | |||
definite | grecul | greaca | grecii | grecele | ||||
genitive- dative |
indefinite | grec | grece | greci | grece | |||
definite | grecului | grecei | grecilor | grecelor |
grec m (plural greci, feminine equivalent grecoaică or greacă)
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | grec | grecul | greci | grecii | |
genitive-dative | grec | grecului | greci | grecilor | |
vocative | grecule | grecilor |