Katharevousa

See also: katharévousa

Contents

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• katharevousa

EtymologyEdit

From Greek καθαρεύουσα (katharévousa), feminine of καθαρεύων (katharévon), present participle of Ancient Greek καθαρεύω (kathareúō, “to be clean, pure”).

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkæθəˈɹɛvuːsə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑθəˈɹɛvusɑ/, /ˌkɑθəˈɹɛvəsɑ/
• Hyphenation: Ka‧tha‧re‧vou‧sa

Proper nounEdit

Katharevousa

1. A learned, archaising form of Modern Greek, the artificial Greek language based on Classical Greek, used for formal and official purposes, primarily written but not used for conversation. Legally displaced in 1976 by Demotic Greek.

Coordinate termsEdit

Coordinate terms

• Ancient Greek

• Classical Greek

• Demotic Greek

• Koine

TranslationsEdit

purist variant of Modern Greek

• Afrikaans: Katharewoesa (af)
• Armenian: կաթարևուսա (katʿarewusa)
• Esperanto: katarevuso
• Finnish: katharévousa
• French: katharévousa (fr) f
• German: Katharevusa f, Katharevousa (de) f
• Greek: καθαρεύουσα (el) f (katharévousa), Καθαρεύουσα f (Katharévousa)
• Hungarian: katharévusza
• Icelandic: kaþarevúsa (is) f
• Italian: katharevousa f
• Japanese: カサレヴサ (Kasarevusa)

• Korean: 카타레부사 (Katarebusa)
• Polish: katharewusa (pl) f
• Portuguese: catarévussa (pt) m, f, grego catarévussa (pt) m
• Russian: кафаре́вуса (ru) f (kafarévusa)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: катарѐуса f

  Roman: katarèusa (sh) f

• Spanish: katharévousa f, kazarévusa f, cazarévusa f
• Turkish: Katarevusa
• Ukrainian: кафаре́вуса f (kafarévusa), катаре́вуса f (katarévusa)

See alsoEdit

• Category of Katharevousa words