καινοτομία

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Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Koine Greek καινοτομία (novelty, strangeness) (the ancient sense: "invention").[1] By surface analysis, καινο- +‎ -τομία from καινός (kainós, new) and τομή (tomḗ, intersection), τέμνω (témnō, cut).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ce.no.toˈmi.a/
  • Hyphenation: και‧νο‧το‧μί‧α

Noun

καινοτομία (kainotomíaf (plural καινοτομίες)

  1. innovation, novelty

Declension

Declension of καινοτομία
singular plural
nominative καινοτομία (kainotomía) καινοτομίες (kainotomíes)
genitive καινοτομίας (kainotomías) καινοτομιών (kainotomión)
accusative καινοτομία (kainotomía) καινοτομίες (kainotomíes)
vocative καινοτομία (kainotomía) καινοτομίες (kainotomíes)

See also

References

  1. ^ καινοτομία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language