πείραμα

Greek

Etymology

Either inherited from Byzantine Greek or learned borrowing from Koine Greek πείραμα (peírama, “result of experience”), from Ancient Greek πειρῶμαι (peirômai) +‎ -μα (-ma) (see Ancient Greek πειρᾰ́ω (peirắō)), with semantic loan from English experiment.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpi.ɾa.ma/
  • Hyphenation: πεί‧ρα‧μα

Noun

πείραμα • (peírama) n (plural πειράματα)

  1. experiment (test under controlled conditions)

Declension

Declension of πείραμα
singular plural
nominative πείραμα (peírama) πειράματα (peirámata)
genitive πειράματος (peirámatos) πειραμάτων (peiramáton)
accusative πείραμα (peírama) πειράματα (peirámata)
vocative πείραμα (peírama) πειράματα (peirámata)

References

  1. ^ πείραμα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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