grec

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See also: Grec, grèc, Gréc, and grêc

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós). The variant form gãrcu may have been influenced by Albanian gërk, Proto-Slavic *grьkъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

grec m (feminine greacã or grache, plural gretsã or grets, feminine plural greatsi or greatse or gretsi)

  1. Greek (of or pertaining to Greeks, the Greek language or the Greek culture)

Noun

grec m (feminine greacã or grache, plural gretsã or grets, feminine plural greatsi or greatse or gretsi)

  1. a Greek (man), a Hellene (a person of Greek descent)

Derived terms

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan grec, from Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós). Compare Occitan grèc.

Pronunciation

Adjective

grec (feminine grega, masculine plural grecs, feminine plural gregues)

  1. Greek (pertaining to the country of Greece, the Greek people, or the Greek language)
    Synonym: hel·lè

Derived terms

Noun

grec m (plural grecs, feminine grega)

  1. Greek (an inhabitant of Greece)
    Synonym: hel·lè

Noun

grec m (uncountable)

  1. Greek (language)

Derived terms

Further reading

French

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

Noun

grec m (countable and uncountable, plural grecs)

  1. the Greek language
    1. Ancient Greek
      Synonym: grec ancien
    2. Modern Greek
      Synonym: grec moderne
  2. (slang) Ellipsis of sandwich grec; kebab sandwich

Derived terms

Adjective

grec (feminine grecque, masculine plural grecs, feminine plural grecques)

  1. Greek

Derived terms

See also

Descendants

  • Lao: ເກຣັກ (kē rak)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: grecque

Further reading

Interlingua

Adjective

grec (not comparable)

  1. Greek

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).

Noun

grec m (uncountable)

  1. Ancient Greek language

Descendants

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).

Pronunciation

Adjective

grec m or n (feminine singular greacă, masculine plural greci, feminine and neuter plural grece)

  1. Greek (of or pertaining to Greeks, the Greek language or the Greek culture)

Usage notes

The feminine plural is rarely used.

Declension

singular plural
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

Noun

grec m (plural greci, feminine equivalent grecoaică or greacă)

  1. Greek man (a person of Greek descent)

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative grec grecul greci grecii
genitive-dative grec grecului greci grecilor
vocative grecule grecilor

Derived terms