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
Noun
ποδόσφαιρο • (podósfairo) n (plural ποδόσφαιρα)
Declension
Declension of ποδόσφαιρο
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ποδόσφαιρο • | ποδόσφαιρα • | |
| genitive | ποδοσφαίρου •, ποδόσφαιρου • | ποδοσφαίρων •, ποδόσφαιρων • | |
| accusative | ποδόσφαιρο • | ποδόσφαιρα • | |
| vocative | ποδόσφαιρο • | ποδόσφαιρα • | |
| Note: Genitive plural is rare and not easily used. | |||
Derived terms
- ποδοσφαιράκι n (podosfairáki, “table football”)
- ποδοσφαιρικός (podosfairikós, “football”) (adjective)
- ποδοσφαιριστής m (podosfairistís, “footballer”)
- ποδοσφαιροποιώ (podosfairopoió) (derogatory)
- ποδοσφαιροποίηση f (podosfairopoíisi) (derogatory)
- ποδοσφαιρόφιλος (podosfairófilos, “fan of soccer”, adjective)
See also
- ράγκμπυ n (rágkmpy, “rugby, rugby football”)
References
- ^ ποδόσφαιρο - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias , 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
Further reading
- ποδόσφαιρο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
ποδόσφαιρο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
