ακρόαση

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀκρόᾱσις (akróāsis) & semantic loan from French audience and auscultation [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈkro.a.si/
  • Hyphenation: α‧κρό‧α‧ση

Noun

ακρόαση • (akróasif (plural ακροάσεις)

  1. audition, audience, hearing
  2. listening, the act of hearing
  3. auscultation

Declension

Declension of ακρόαση
singular plural
nominative ακρόαση (akróasi) ακροάσεις (akroáseis)
genitive ακρόασης (akróasis) ακροάσεων (akroáseon)
accusative ακρόαση (akróasi) ακροάσεις (akroáseis)
vocative ακρόαση (akróasi) ακροάσεις (akroáseis)

Older or formal genitive singular: ακροάσεως (akroáseos)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ ακρόαση, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language