Koine

See also: koine, koiné, and koinè

English

Alternative forms

• Koiné

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κοινή (Koinḗ), from ἡ κοινὴ διάλεκτος (hē koinḕ diálektos, “the common dialect”), from κοινός (koinós, “shared, common, public, general, ordinary, usual”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: koiˈnā, ˈkoinā, ˈkoinē
• IPA^(key): /kɔɪˈneɪ/, /ˈkɔɪneɪ/, /ˈkɔɪniː/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Proper noun

Koine

1. The “common” Greek language that developed and flourished between 300 B.C.E. and 300 C.E. (the time of the Roman Empire), and from which Modern Greek descended. It was based on the Attic and Ionian dialects of Ancient Greek.

   Synonyms: Hellenistic Koine, Hellenistic Greek

Coordinate terms

other Greek languages

• Ancient Greek
• Classical Greek
• Demotic Greek
• Katharevousa
• Modern Greek

 

Translations

common Greek language

• Armenian: կոյնե (hy) (koyne)
• Catalan: koiné (ca) f, grec koiné m
• Czech: koiné n
• Danish: koine
• Dutch: Koinè m or f
• Esperanto: kojneo
• Estonian: koinee
• Finnish: koinee
• French: koinè (fr) f
• German: Koine (de) f
• Greek: Ελληνιστική Κοινή f (Ellinistikí Koiní)

  Ancient: Κοινή f (Koinḗ)

• Hungarian: koiné (hu)
• Italian: koinè (it) f
• Japanese: コイネー (Koinē)
• Korean: 코이네 그리스어 (Koine Geuriseueo), 공통 그리스어 (gongtong Geuriseueo)
• Moroccan Amazigh: ⵜⴰⴽⵓⵢⵏⵉⵜ f (takuynit)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: koiné (no) m

  Nynorsk: koiné m

• Portuguese: coiné (pt) f or m, koiné (pt) f or m, koine f or m
• Romanian: koine (ro) f
• Russian: койне́ (ru) n (kojné)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: коине̑ m or f

  Roman: koinȇ (sh) m or f

• Spanish: koiné (es) f, coiné f
• Swedish: koine (sv) c

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Koine, grc ⁠

Anagrams

• Kenio-, eikon, enoki