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Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos, “people, culture”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈe.θnos/
- Hyphenation: έ‧θνος
Noun
έθνος • (éthnos) n (plural έθνη)
- a culture and the group of people that belong to it
- nation, tribe, kin, band
Declension
Declension of έθνος
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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έθνος (éthnos)
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έθνη (éthni)
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| genitive
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έθνους (éthnous)
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εθνών (ethnón)
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| accusative
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έθνος (éthnos)
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έθνη (éthni)
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| vocative
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έθνος (éthnos)
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έθνη (éthni)
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- αντεθνικός (antethnikós, “unpatriotic, antinational”, adjective)
- εθνικισμός m (ethnikismós, “nationalism”)
- εθνικιστής m (ethnikistís, “nationalist”)
- εθνικιστικός (ethnikistikós, “nationalist”, adjective)
- εθνικίστρια f (ethnikístria, “nationalist”)
- εθνικός (ethnikós, “national”, adjective)
- εθνικόφρων (ethnikófron, “nationalist”, adjective)