παρασκήνιο
Greek
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Koine Greek παρασκήνιον (paraskḗnion, “side entrance to a stage, parascenium”) with semantic loan from French coulisses.[1] Compare English parascenium.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editπαρασκήνιο • (paraskínio) n (plural παρασκήνια)
- (theater, often in the plural) backstage
- στο παρασκήνιο
- sto paraskínio
- behind the scenes, behind the curtain, backstage, offstage; (by extension) in the background
- (figuratively) behind-the-scenes dealings, backroom dealings
Declension
editDeclension of παρασκήνιο
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | παρασκήνιο • | παρασκήνια • |
| genitive | παρασκηνίου •, παρασκήνιου • | παρασκηνίων • |
| accusative | παρασκήνιο • | παρασκήνια • |
| vocative | παρασκήνιο • | παρασκήνια • |
Derived terms
edit- παρασκηνιακός (paraskiniakós)
References
edit- ^ παρασκήνιο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
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παρασκήνιο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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