συμβολικός

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Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek συμβολικός (sumbolikós) with semantic loan from French symbolique.[1] By surface analysis, σύμβολο (sýmvolo) +‎ -ικός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siɱ.vo.liˈkos/
  • Hyphenation: συμ‧βο‧λι‧κός

Adjective

συμβολικός (symvolikósm (feminine συμβολική, neuter συμβολικό)

  1. symbolic (pertaining to a symbol)
  2. symbolic (implicitly representing or referring to another thing)

Declension

References

  1. ^ συμβολικός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language