Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek εὐκολία (eukolía, disposition, ease of movement), with semantic loan from French facilité.[1] By surface analysis, εύκολος (éfkolos) +‎ -ία (-ía)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ef.koˈli.a/
  • Hyphenation: ευ‧κο‧λί‧α

Noun

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ευκολία (efkolíaf (plural ευκολίες)

  1. easiness
  2. ease, facility (ability, the means to do something; skill, talent)
  3. ease (freedom from worry, concern, embarrassment or awkwardness)
  4. convenience (the quality of being convenient)
  5. (in the plural) conveniences (any object that makes life more convenient; a helpful item)

Declension

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Antonyms

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References

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  1. ^ ευκολία”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998