See also: ῥεῦμα

Greek

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Etymology

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Learnedly, from Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma), from ῥέω (rhéō), from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (to flow). Compare to ρέμα n (réma, stream).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɾev.ma/
  • Hyphenation: ρεύ‧μα

Noun

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ρεύμα (révman (plural ρεύματα)

  1. air current
    ρεύμα θερμού αέροςrévma thermoú aérosa warm air current
  2. current, stream, torrent
    Είναι επικίνδυνο να κολυμπάς εδώ: έχει πολύ ισχυρά ρεύματα.
    Eínai epikíndyno na kolympás edó: échei polý ischyrá révmata.
    It is dangerous to swim here: there are extremely strong currents.
  3. (electricity, colloquial) electric current
  4. (figurative) a trend, tendency to agree or support an idea, movement
    καλλιτεχνικό ρεύμαkallitechnikó révmaart movement
    Το κόμμα μας έχει μεγάλο ρεύμα.To kómma mas échei megálo révma.Our party has a strong support.

Declension

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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with stem ρευματ-
with stem ρεματ-

and see: ρέω (réo, flow)

Further reading

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