ατμός
See also: ἀτμός
Greek
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ἀτμός (atmós, “steam, vapour”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /atˈmos/
Noun
ατμός • (atmós) m (plural ατμοί)
- steam, water vapour
- [with υπό (ypó)] under pressure, under fire, under duress, pressured, in a tizzy, in a state of flux, on the verge
- [with υπό (ypó)] ready to go, ready to leave, ready to hit the ground running, prepared
- (This term's usage derived from steamships' preparation for departure; the ships required a build up of steam to be ready to move [more commonly written as υπ' ατμόν])
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ατμός (atmós) | ατμοί (atmoí) |
| genitive | ατμού (atmoú) | ατμών (atmón) |
| accusative | ατμό (atmó) | ατμούς (atmoús) |
| vocative | ατμέ (atmé) | ατμοί (atmoí) |
Derived terms
- υδρατμός m (ydratmós)
Related terms
- ατμάκατος f (atmákatos, “steamlaunch, motorboat”)
- ατμήλατος (atmílatos, “steam-powered”, adjective)
- ατμοκαυλού f (atmokavloú, “sauna”)
- ατμοκίνητος (atmokínitos, “steam-powered”, adjective)
- ατμολέβητας m (atmolévitas, “boiler, steam generator”)
- ατμόλουτρο n (atmóloutro, “steambath, sauna”)
- ατμόμετρο n (atmómetro, “steam-gauge”)
- ατμομηχανή f (atmomichaní, “steam engine”)
- ατμοπλοΐα f (atmoploḯa, “shipping line”)
- ατμοπλοϊκός (atmoploïkós, “shipping”, adjective)
- ατμόπλοιο n (atmóploio, “steamship, steamboat”)
- ατμοσειρήνα f (atmoseirína, “steam whistle”)
- ατμοστεγής (atmostegís, “steam-tight”, adjective)
- ατμοστρόβιλος m (atmostróvilos, “steam turbine”)
- ατμοσύρτης m (atmosýrtis, “steam valve”)
- ατμόσφυρα f (atmósfyra, “steam hammer”)
- and see: ατμόσφαιρα f (atmósfaira, “atmosphere”)
Further reading
- ατμός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
- “ατμός”, in Platform to search dictionaries of modern and medieval Greek at the Centre for the Greek language