ουρανός

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek οὐρανός (ouranós), with the sense of "roof" taken as a semantic loan or calque from French.

Compare Mariupol Greek урано́с (uranós), урано́ (uranó).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u.ɾaˈnos/

Noun

ουρανός • (ouranósm (plural ουρανοί)

  1. sky
  2. roof, canopy
  3. firmament, heaven, heavens
  4. (when capitalized) (astronomy): Uranus

Declension

Declension of ουρανός
singular plural
nominative ουρανός (ouranós) ουρανοί (ouranoí)
genitive ουρανού (ouranoú) ουρανών (ouranón)
accusative ουρανό (ouranó) ουρανούς (ouranoús)
vocative ουρανέ (ourané) ουρανοί (ouranoí)

See also

Further reading