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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)
- family
- (biology, taxonomy) family
- household
- kin
Declension
Synonyms
- (kin): σόι n (sói, “extended family, kin”) (colloquial)
Coordinate terms
References
- ^ οικογένεια, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ^ 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
- ^ “οἰκογένεια”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
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