μύτη
Greek
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Etymology
From Byzantine Greek μύτη (mútē), from Ancient Greek μύτις (mútis, “snout”). Displaced earlier Ancient Greek ῥίς (rhís).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmiti/
- Hyphenation: μύ‧τη
Noun
μύτη • (mýti) f (plural μύτες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | μύτη (mýti) | μύτες (mýtes) |
| genitive | μύτης (mýtis) | μυτών (mytón) |
| accusative | μύτη (mýti) | μύτες (mýtes) |
| vocative | μύτη (mýti) | μύτες (mýtes) |
Derived terms
- γαλλική μύτη f (gallikí mýti, “perfect nose”) (colloquial)
- γαμψή μύτη f (gampsí mýti, “nose with a dorsal hump, hook nose”) (colloquial)
- γουρουνίσια μύτη f (gourounísia mýti, “upturned nose, pig nose”) (colloquial)
- μυτάκι n (mytáki) (diminutive)
- μυτάρα f (mytára) (augmentative)
- μυταράς m (mytarás, “bignose”)
- μυταρού f (mytaroú, “bignose”)
- μυτερός (myterós, “pointed”)
- μυτίτσα f (mytítsa) (diminutive)
- μυτούλα f (mytoúla) (diminutive)
- στραβή μύτη f (straví mýti, “crooked nose”) (colloquial, typically a nose not set properly after breaking)
See also
- ρουθούνι n (routhoúni, “nostril”)
Further reading
- μύτη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- μύτη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el