πολυθρόνα

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian poltrona (“armchair”), reanalyzed folk etymologically as πολυ- (poly-, “poly-, many”) + θρόνος (thrónos, “throne, chair”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /po.liˈθɾo.na/

Noun

πολυθρόνα • (polythróna) f (plural πολυθρόνες)

  1. armchair

Declension

Declension of πολυθρόνα
singular plural
nominative πολυθρόνα (polythróna) πολυθρόνες (polythrónes)
genitive πολυθρόνας (polythrónas) —
accusative πολυθρόνα (polythróna) πολυθρόνες (polythrónes)
vocative πολυθρόνα (polythróna) πολυθρόνες (polythrónes)

References

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