κόρνα
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkoɾna/
- Hyphenation: κόρ‧να
Etymology 1
Noun
κόρνα • (kórna) f (plural κόρνες)
- (vehicles) horn, hooter (loud alarm on a motor vehicle)
- Αυτοί οι κάγκουρες όλο πατάνε την κόρνα όλο το βράδυ.
- Aftoí oi kágkoures ólo patáne tin kórna ólo to vrády.
- Those petrolheads are blowing their horns all night.
- (by extension) beeping, honking, tooting (the act of blowing a vehicle's horn)
- Δεν αντέχω τις κόρνες πρωί-πρωί.
- Den antécho tis kórnes proḯ-proḯ.
- I can't stand beeping early in the morning.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | κόρνα (kórna) | κόρνες (kórnes) |
| genitive | κόρνας (kórnas) | — |
| accusative | κόρνα (kórna) | κόρνες (kórnes) |
| vocative | κόρνα (kórna) | κόρνες (kórnes) |
Synonyms
- (beeping, honking): κορνάρισμα n (kornárisma)
Derived terms
- κορνάρω (kornáro, “to beep, to blow the horn”)
- κορνάρισμα (kornárisma, “beeping, honking”)
Related terms
- κόρνο n (kórno, “horn”) (musical instrument)
Further reading
- κόρνα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
Etymology 2
Inflected forms.
Noun
κόρνα • (kórna) n
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of κόρνο (kórno)