Greek edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐμφάνισις (emphánisis) with -ση (-si) ending.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /eɱˈfa.ni.si/
  • Hyphenation: εμ‧φά‧νι‧ση

Noun edit

εμφάνιση (emfánisif (plural εμφανίσεις)

  1. appearance (the act of appearing or coming into sight)
  2. appearance (the act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings)
  3. (law) appearance (an instance of someone coming into a court of law to be part of proceedings)
  4. (photography) development (the processing of photographic film so as to bring out the images latent in it)
  5. appearance (the way in which something or someone appears to others)

Declension edit

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References edit

  1. ^ εμφάνιση”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998