κουνέλι
Greek
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
editNoun
editκουνέλι • (kounéli) n (plural κουνέλια)
Declension
editDeclension 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, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
edit- κουνέλι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el