καλοκαίρι
Greek
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek καλοκαίριν (kalokaírin, “good season, good weather”), from Ancient Greek καλοκαίριον (kalokaírion, “fine weather”). By surface analysis, καλός (kalós) + καιρός (kairós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.loˈce.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: κα‧λο‧καί‧ρι
Noun
καλοκαίρι • (kalokaíri) n (plural καλοκαίρια)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | καλοκαίρι (kalokaíri) | καλοκαίρια (kalokaíria) |
| genitive | καλοκαιριού (kalokairioú) | καλοκαιριών (kalokairión) |
| accusative | καλοκαίρι (kalokaíri) | καλοκαίρια (kalokaíria) |
| vocative | καλοκαίρι (kalokaíri) | καλοκαίρια (kalokaíria) |
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- γαϊδουροκαλόκαιρο n (gaïdourokalókairo, “too hot a summer”)
- καλοκαιρία f (kalokairía, “good weather”)
- καλοκαιριάζω (kalokairiázo, “to become summer”)
- καλοκαίριασμα n (kalokaíriasma, “becoming summer”)
- καλοκαιριάτικα (kalokairiátika, “in the summer (unusually)”)
- καλοκαιριάτικος (kalokairiátikos, “summery, summer”, adjective)
- καλοκαιρινός (kalokairinós, “summery, summer”, adjective)
- κατακαλόκαιρο n (katakalókairo, “high summer”)
- μεσοκαλόκαιρο n (mesokalókairo, “midsummer”)
- ντάλα καλοκαίρι (ntála kalokaíri, “high summer”)
Further reading
- καλοκαίρι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
- καλοκαίρι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language