παρασκήνιο
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Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Koine Greek παρασκήνιον (paraskḗnion, “side entrance to a stage, parascenium”) with semantic loan from French coulisses. Compare English parascenium.
Pronunciation
Noun
παρασκήνιο • (paraskínio) n (plural παρασκήνια)
- (theater, often in the plural) backstage
- στο παρασκήνιο
- sto paraskínio
- behind the scenes, behind the curtain, backstage, offstage; (by extension) in the background
- (figuratively) behind-the-scenes dealings, backroom dealings
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | παρασκήνιο (paraskínio) | παρασκήνια (paraskínia) |
| genitive | παρασκηνίου (paraskiníou) παρασκήνιου (paraskíniou) |
παρασκηνίων (paraskiníon) |
| accusative | παρασκήνιο (paraskínio) | παρασκήνια (paraskínia) |
| vocative | παρασκήνιο (paraskínio) | παρασκήνια (paraskínia) |
Derived terms
- παρασκηνιακός (paraskiniakós)
References
- ^ παρασκήνιο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
παρασκήνιο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
