μαόνι

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from French mahagoni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈo.ni/
• Hyphenation: μα‧ό‧νι

Noun

μαόνι • (maóni) n (plural μαόνια)

1. mahogany (red-brown wood of the tree genus Swietenia)
2. (by extension) mahogany furniture or fittings

   Η κρεβατοκάμαρα της ήταν όλο μαόνι.

   I krevatokámara tis ítan ólo maóni.

   Her bedroom was all in mahogany.

Declension

Declension of μαόνι

	singular	plural
nominative	μαόνι •	μαόνια •
genitive	μαονιού •	μαονιών •
accusative	μαόνι •	μαόνια •
vocative	μαόνι •	μαόνια •
Usually in the singular.

Further reading

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