βουνό
Greek
editEtymology
editInherited from the mediaeval Byzantine Greek βουνό, βουνόν (bounó, bounón), a metaplasm to neuter of the Ancient Greek βουνός (bounós, “hill”, masculine) of uncertain etymology, probably in accordance to the masculine ὄρος (óros, “mountain”).[1] A connection to βουβών (boubṓn) is very unlikely.[2]
Compare Mariupol Greek вуно́ (vunó).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editβουνό • (vounó) n (plural βουνά)
- mountain
- Το όρος Έβερεστ είναι το ψηλότερο βουνό της οροσειράς των Ιμαλαΐων.
- To óros Éverest eínai to psilótero vounó tis oroseirás ton Imalaḯon.
- Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the Himalayan massif.
- mountainous countryside
- (figuratively) heavy workload, mountain of work
Usage notes
edit- βουνό (vounó) is more typically used as a general term for a mountain, than in its name when its synonym όρος (óros) might be used.
Declension
editDeclension of βουνό
Synonyms
edit- όρος n (óros)
Related terms
edit- ακροβούνι n (akrovoúni, “peak, sharp summit”)
- βουνάκι n (vounáki, “hill”)
- βουνί n (vouní, “hill, hillock”)
- βουνίσιος (vounísios, “mountainous”, adjective)
- βουνοκορφή f (vounokorfí, “mountain summit”)
- βουνοπλαγιά f (vounoplagiá, “mountainside”)
- βουνοσειρά f (vounoseirá, “mountain range”)
References
edit- ^ βουνό, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ^ βουνό - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
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