οικογένεια

Greek

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek οἰκογεν(ής) (oikogen(ḗs), born in the house; homebred slave) + -εια (-eia)[1] or[2] as in Koine Greek οἰκογένεια (oikogéneia) with different sense "the state or verification of being a homebred slave".[3] For Medieval Greek, see φαμελιά (phameliá).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /i.koˈʝe.ni.a/
  • Hyphenation: οι‧κο‧γέ‧νει‧α

Noun

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οικογένεια (oikogéneiaf (plural οικογένειες)

  1. family
  2. (biology, taxonomy) family
  3. household
  4. kin

Declension

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Synonyms

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  • (kin): σόι n (sói, extended family, kin) (colloquial)

Coordinate terms

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References

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  1. ^ οικογένεια, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ οικογένεια - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
  3. ^ οἰκογένεια”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011

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