κουνέλι
Greek edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian coniglio (dialectal cunelo, plural cuneli). Hellenistic Koine noun κύνικλος m (kúniklos), (rare κόνικλος (kóniklos)). Also see Latin cunīculus.[1] Compare English cony.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
κουνέλι • (kounéli) n (plural κουνέλια)
Declension edit
declension of κουνέλι
Synonyms edit
- (obsolete) κόνικλος m (kóniklos) (found in compounds)
Derived terms edit
- κουνελάκι n (kouneláki, “baby rabbit, bunny”) (diminutive)
- κούνελος m (koúnelos)
- κουνέλα f (kounéla)
- το πνίγει το κουνέλι (to pnígei to kounéli, “has sexual intercourses”) (unexpected, showing surprise)
Related terms edit
- κονικλοτροφείο n (koniklotrofeío, “rabbit farm”)
- κονικλοτροφία f (koniklotrofía, “the breeding of rabbits”)
See also edit
- λαγός m (lagós, “hare”)
References edit
- ^ κουνέλι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
Further reading edit
- κουνέλι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el