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grec

See also: Grec, grèc, Gréc, and grêc

Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós). The variant form gãrcu may have been influenced by Albanian gërk, Proto-Slavic *grьkъ.

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grec m (feminine greacã or grache, plural gretsã or grets, feminine plural greatsi or greatse or gretsi)

  1. Greek (of or pertaining to Greeks, the Greek language or the Greek culture)

Noun

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grec m (feminine greacã or grache, plural gretsã or grets, feminine plural greatsi or greatse or gretsi)

  1. a Greek (man), a Hellene (a person of Greek descent)

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Catalan grec, from Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós). Compare Occitan grèc.

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grec (feminine grega, masculine plural grecs, feminine plural gregues)

  1. Greek (pertaining to the country of Greece, the Greek people, or the Greek language)
    Synonym: hel·lè

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Noun

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grec m (plural grecs, feminine grega)

  1. Greek (an inhabitant of Greece)
    Synonym: hel·lè
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grec m (uncountable)

  1. Greek (language)

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French grec, borrowed from Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).

This learned form supplanted the older grégeois (now only in feu grégeois), from Old French grezois, derived from inherited Old French gri(e)u with the ending -ois, or possibly stemming from a Vulgar Latin *graeciscus.

The feminine form in -cque is a remnant of an older spelling habit, which has occasionally survived after -e- (compare Mecque), possibly in order to avoid the grave accent (*grèque).

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grec m (countable and uncountable, plural grecs)

  1. the Greek language
    1. Ancient Greek
      Synonym: grec ancien
    2. Modern Greek
      Synonym: grec moderne
  2. (slang) Ellipsis of sandwich grec; kebab sandwich

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grec (feminine grecque, masculine plural grecs, feminine plural grecques)

  1. Greek

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Descendants

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  • → Lao: ເກຣັກ (kē rak)
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: grecque

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Interlingua

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Adjective

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grec (not comparable)

  1. Greek

Middle French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).

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grec m (uncountable)

  1. Ancient Greek language

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).

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grec m or n (feminine singular greacă, masculine plural greci, feminine and neuter plural grece)

  1. Greek (of or pertaining to Greeks, the Greek language or the Greek culture)

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The feminine plural is rarely used.

Declension

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Declension of grec
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite grec greacă greci grece
definite grecul greaca grecii grecele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite grec grece greci grece
definite grecului grecei grecilor grecelor

Noun

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grec m (plural greci, feminine equivalent grecoaică or greacă)

  1. Greek man (a person of Greek descent)

Declension

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Declension of grec
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative grec grecul greci grecii
genitive-dative grec grecului greci grecilor
vocative grecule grecilor

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