ποδόσφαιρο

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Greek

Etymology

Calque of English football with ποδο- (podo-, “from Ancient Greek πούς, ποδός”) +‎ -σφαιρο (-sfairo, “from σφαῖρᾰ (sphaîra)”). First attested 1895.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poˈðosfero/
  • Hyphenation: πο‧δό‧σφαι‧ρο

Noun

ποδόσφαιρο • (podósfairo) n (plural ποδόσφαιρα)

  1. (soccer) football, soccer, association football

Declension

Declension of ποδόσφαιρο
singular plural
nominative ποδόσφαιρο (podósfairo) ποδόσφαιρα (podósfaira)
genitive ποδοσφαίρου (podosfaírou)
ποδόσφαιρου (podósfairou) 		ποδοσφαίρων (podosfaíron)
ποδόσφαιρων (podósfairon)
accusative ποδόσφαιρο (podósfairo) ποδόσφαιρα (podósfaira)
vocative ποδόσφαιρο (podósfairo) ποδόσφαιρα (podósfaira)

Note: Genitive plural is rare and not easily used.

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References

  1. ^ ποδόσφαιρο - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας:  [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias , 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.

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