καρμανιόλα
Greek edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French carmagnole (initially a short jacket, later a song and dance of the Terreur period.)[1] from Italian Carmagnola, an Italian city in Tuscany.[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
καρμανιόλα • (karmanióla) f (plural καρμανιόλες)
- (historical) guillotine (for capital punishment)
- Synonyms: γκιλοτίνα (gkilotína), λαιμητόμος (laimitómos)
- 1892, Georgios Souris, Η καρμανιόλα [The carmagnole][1]:
- Η καρμανιόλα στήνεται, η καρμανιόλα σφάζει,
η καρμανιόλα περπατεί κι' ο κόσμος κάνει χάζι.- I karmanióla stínetai, i karmanióla sfázei,
i karmanióla perpateí ki' o kósmos kánei cházi. - The carmagnole is built, the carmagnole will slit
the carmagnole is walking with all the people watching.
- I karmanióla stínetai, i karmanióla sfázei,
- (figuratively) accident blackspot or a warning sign for one.
- Αυτή η επικίνδυνη στροφή είναι πραγματνική καρμανιόλα. Σκοτώθηκαν πολλοί οδηγοί εδώ.
- Aftí i epikíndyni strofí eínai pragmatnikí karmanióla. Skotóthikan polloí odigoí edó.
- This turn is a real carmagnole. Many drivers were killed here.
- (slang, card games) a trick set up and money won by swindlers [3]
- (colloquial) a strong saw for trees or iron
- (colloquial) a very expensive restaurant [3]
- (obsolete, historical) a French song and dance [4]
Declension edit
declension of καρμανιόλα
| case \ number | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | καρμανιόλα • | καρμανιόλες • | |
| genitive | καρμανιόλας • | — | |
| accusative | καρμανιόλα • | καρμανιόλες • | |
| vocative | καρμανιόλα • | καρμανιόλες • | |
| Genitive plural is dysfunctional. | |||
Related terms edit
- Καρμανιόλος m (Karmaniólos) (usually in the plural, historical term for local revolutionaries at the island of Samos)
References edit
- ^ καρμανιόλα - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- ^ καρμανιόλα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 «καρμανιόλα» at Katos, Giorgos V. (2016) 'Λεξικό της λαϊκής και της περιθωριακής μας γλώσσας (Dictionary of our vernacular and nonstandard language). Thessaloniki, 2016, at the Centre for the Greek Language]
- ^ Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (1964) Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Greek), Athens: Hellenic Paideia