ευκολία
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek εὐκολία (eukolía, “disposition, ease of movement”), with semantic loan from French facilité.[1] By surface analysis, εύκολος (éfkolos) + -ία (-ía)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ef.koˈli.a/
- Hyphenation: ευ‧κο‧λί‧α
Noun
ευκολία • (efkolía) f (plural ευκολίες)
- easiness
- ease, facility (ability, the means to do something; skill, talent)
- ease (freedom from worry, concern, embarrassment or awkwardness)
- convenience (the quality of being convenient)
- (in the plural) conveniences (any object that makes life more convenient; a helpful item)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ευκολία (efkolía) | ευκολίες (efkolíes) |
| genitive | ευκολίας (efkolías) | ευκολιών (efkolión) |
| accusative | ευκολία (efkolía) | ευκολίες (efkolíes) |
| vocative | ευκολία (efkolía) | ευκολίες (efkolíes) |
Antonyms
- δυσκολία f (dyskolía)
Related terms
References
- ^ ευκολία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language