Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐξαίρεσῐς (exaíresis) with -ση (-si) ending and semantic loan from French exception.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /eˈkse.ɾe.si/
  • Hyphenation: ε‧ξαί‧ρε‧ση

Noun

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εξαίρεση (exaíresif (plural εξαιρέσεις)

  1. exception
  2. exemption

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ εξαίρεση, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language