κολυμβητής

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Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κολυμβητής (kolumbētḗs, diver).[1] By surface analysis, κολυμπώ (kolympó) +‎ -τής (-tís).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ko.lim.viˈtis/
  • Hyphenation: κο‧λυμ‧βη‧τής

Noun

κολυμβητής (kolymvitísm (plural κολυμβητές, feminine κολυμβήτρια)

  1. swimmer

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References

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