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Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈɾaxni/
- Hyphenation: α‧ρά‧χνη
Noun
αράχνη • (aráchni) f (plural αράχνες)
- spider (predatory arthropod of the order Araneae)
- (by extension) cobweb, spiderweb
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
- αραχνάκι n (arachnáki, diminutive)
- αραχνιά f (arachniá, “cobweb, spiderweb”)
- αραχνιάζω (arachniázo, “to be covered with spiders' webs”)
- αράχνιασμα n (aráchniasma, “web making”)
- αραχνιασμένος (arachniasménos, “full of cobwebs, out of date”)
- αραχνιαστός (arachniastós, “spidery, gossamery”, adjective)
- αράχνινος (aráchninos, “spidery”, adjective)
- αραχνίτσα f (arachnítsa, diminutive)
- αραχνοειδής (arachnoeidís, “weblike, spidery”)
- άραχνος (árachnos, “full of spiders”, adjective)
- αραχνούλα f (arachnoúla, diminutive)
- αραχνοΰφαντος (arachnoÿ́fantos, “fine woven, like gossamer”, adjective)
- αραχνοΰφαντος (arachnoÿ́fantos, “weblike, diaphanous”, adjective)
- ξαραχνιάζω (xarachniázo, “to clean up, clean up spiders' webs”)
- ξαράχνιασμα n (xaráchniasma, “cleaning”)
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