κιάλι

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian occhiali (“eyeglasses”), the apheresis perhaps resulting via crasis of article το (to) with an earlier Byzantine Greek ὀκκιάλιν (okkiálin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈca.li/
• Hyphenation: κιά‧λι

Noun

κιάλι • (kiáli) n

1. scope, telescope, spyglass, field glass; a portable optical instrument containing a lens used for magnification to see distant objects
2. (in the plural) See κιάλια (kiália, “binoculars, spyglasses, opera glasses”).

Declension

declension of κιάλι

case     \     number	singular	plural
nominative	κιάλι •	κιάλια •
genitive	κιαλιού •	κιαλιών •
accusative	κιάλι •	κιάλια •
vocative	κιάλι •	κιάλια •

Related terms

• κιάλια (kiália)
• κιαλάρω (kialáro)
• όψη (ópsi)

Further reading

• κιάλι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.