οικογένεια

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek οἰκογεν(ής) (oikogen(ḗs), “born in the house; homebred slave”) + -εια (-eia)[1] or[2] as in Koine Greek οἰκογένεια (oikogéneia) with different sense "the state or verification of being a homebred slave".[3] For Medieval Greek, see φαμελιά (phameliá).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.koˈʝe.ni.a/
  • Hyphenation: οι‧κο‧γέ‧νει‧α

Noun

οικογένεια • (oikogéneia) f (plural οικογένειες)

  1. family
  2. (biology, taxonomy) family
  3. household
  4. kin

Declension

Declension of οικογένεια
singular plural
nominative οικογένεια • οικογένειες •
genitive οικογένειας • οικογενειών •
accusative οικογένεια • οικογένειες •
vocative οικογένεια • οικογένειες •

Synonyms

  • (kin): σόι n (sói, “extended family, kin”) (colloquial)

Coordinate terms

Taxonomic divisions
* επικράτεια • f (“domain”) * ομοταξία • f (“class”) * γένος • n (“genus”)
* βασίλειο • n (“kindom”) * τάξη • f (“order”) * είδος • n (“species”)
* συνομοταξία • f (“phylum”) * οικογένεια • f (“family”) * υποείδος • n (“subspecies”)

References

  1. ^ οικογένεια, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ οικογένεια - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
  3. ^ “οἰκογένεια”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011

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