φονιάς
Greek edit
Etymology edit
From φόνος (fónos, “murder, killing”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
φονιάς • (foniás) m (plural φονιάδες, feminine φόνισσα)
- murderer, killer, slayer (one who kills or murders)
- 1976, “Ο Γιάννης Ο Φονιάς [Giannis The Killer]”, in Nikos Gatsos (lyrics), Manos Hadjidakis (music), Αθανασία [Immortality], performed by Manolis Mitsias:
- Ο Γιάννης ο φονιάς,
Παιδί μιας Πατρινιάς
κι ενός Μεσολογγίτη.- O Giánnis o foniás,
Paidí mias Patriniás
ki enós Mesolongíti. - Giannis the killer,
Child of a Patras woman
And a Missolonghi man.
- O Giánnis o foniás,
Declension edit
declension of φονιάς
Synonyms edit
- δολοφόνος m (dolofónos)
- ανθρωποκτόνος m (anthropoktónos)