λεμονάδα

Greek

Alternative forms

  • λιμουνάδα (limounáda), λεϊμονάδα (leïmonáda), λιμονάδα (limonáda)dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetan łimonada, with the /e/ taken from λεμόνι (lemóni).

Noun

λεμονάδα • (lemonádaf (plural λεμονάδες)

  1. lemonade (non-carbonated variety)

Declension

Declension of λεμονάδα
singular plural
nominative λεμονάδα (lemonáda) λεμονάδες (lemonádes)
genitive λεμονάδας (lemonádas) λεμονάδων (lemonádon)
accusative λεμονάδα (lemonáda) λεμονάδες (lemonádes)
vocative λεμονάδα (lemonáda) λεμονάδες (lemonádes)

Descendants

  • Albanian: limonadhë
  • Aromanian: limunadhã
  • Bulgarian: лимона́да (limonáda)

References

  • λεμονάδα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  • λεμονάδα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN, page 1000b.
  • Somavera, Alessio da (1709) “λεμονάδα”, in Θησαυρός της ρωμαϊκής και της φράγκικης γλώσσας. Tesoro della lingua greca-volgare ed italiana (in Greek and Italian), Paris: M. Guignard, page 211b Bidirectional dictionary for Early Modern Greek and Italian.

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