καλούπι

Greek edit

Etymology edit

An αντιδάνειο (antidáneio, “repatriated loanword”):^[1]^[2] Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قالب (kalıb, kalıp), from Arabic قَالِب (qālib), from Koine Greek καλάπους (kalápous) -for which, also see καλαπόδι (kalapódi)-.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /kaˈlu.pi/
Hyphenation: κα‧λού‧πι

Noun edit

καλούπι • (kaloúpi) n (plural καλούπια)

mould (UK), mold (US) (anything in/around which something is formed/shaped)
(construction) shuttering, formwork

Declension edit

declension of καλούπι

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	καλούπι •	καλούπια •
genitive	καλουπιού •	καλουπιών •
accusative	καλούπι •	καλούπια •
vocative	καλούπι •	καλούπια •

Synonyms edit

(mould): μήτρα n (mítra)

Related terms edit

καλουπάκι n (kaloupáki, diminutive form)
καλουπώνω (kaloupóno, “to construct formwork”)

References edit

^ καλούπι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
^ καλούπι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre

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