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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἑρμηνεία (hermēneía) with semantic loan from French interprétation in the artistic sense.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /eɾ.miˈni.a/
  • Hyphenation: ερ‧μη‧νεί‧α

Noun

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ερμηνεία (ermineíaf (plural ερμηνείες)

  1. interpretation, construal, explanation (an act of interpreting or explaining something unclear)
  2. interpretation, construal (a sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning)
  3. (art) rendition, interpretation (of a role or piece of music by a performer)

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References

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