λαογραφία

Greek

Etymology

From λαός (laós, “people”) +‎ -γραφία (-grafía, “writing about”), calque of German Volkskunde. Modern sense has completely replaced the Koine Greek sense of "census".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laoɣɾaˈfia/
• Hyphenation: λα‧ο‧γρα‧φί‧α

Noun

λαογραφία • (laografía) f (uncountable)

1. folklore

Declension

  λαογραφία

case     \     number	singular
nominative	λαογραφία •
genitive	λαογραφίας •
accusative	λαογραφία •
vocative	λαογραφία •

Related terms

• λαογράφος m or f (laográfos, “folklorist”)

Further reading

• λαογραφία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
• λαογραφία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el