πυρήνας
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πυρήν (purḗn).
Noun
πυρήνας • (pyrínas) m (plural πυρήνες)
- (botany) core, stone, pit (of fruit)
- (physics) nucleus (of an atom)
- (biology, cytology) nucleus (of cell)
- (geology) core (of the Earth)
- (figuratively) core, kernel (centrally important element or group of elements in a system, collective etc.)
- (computer hardware) kernel (of an operating system)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | πυρήνας (pyrínas) | πυρήνες (pyrínes) |
| genitive | πυρήνα (pyrína) | πυρήνων (pyrínon) |
| accusative | πυρήνα (pyrína) | πυρήνες (pyrínes) |
| vocative | πυρήνα (pyrína) | πυρήνες (pyrínes) |
Derived terms
- αντιπυρηνικός (antipyrinikós, “antinuclear”, adjective)
- αποπυρηνικοποιημένος (apopyrinikopoiiménos, “denuclearised”, adjective)
- αποπυρηνικοποίηση f (apopyrinikopoíisi, “denuclearisation”)
- αποπυρηνικοποιώ (apopyrinikopoió, “to denuclearise”)
- απυρηνικός (apyrinikós, “nuclear weapon free”, adjective)
- απύρηνος (apýrinos, “seedless, stoneless”, adjective)
- διπύρηνος (dipýrinos, “dualcored, two stoned”, adjective)
- ελαιοπυρήνα f (elaiopyrína, “olive pit/stone”)
- ελαιοπυρήνας m (elaiopyrínas, “olive pit/stone”)
- θερμοπυρηνικός (thermopyrinikós, “thermonuclear”, adjective)
- μονοπύρηνος (monopýrinos, “single cored, single seeeded”)
- μονοπυρήνωση f (monopyrínosi, “mononucleosis”)
- πολυπύρηνος (polypýrinos, “multi-seeded”)
- πυρήνα f (pyrína, “olive pit”)
- πυρηνέλαιο n (pyrinélaio, “second pressing oil”)
- πυρηνικός (pyrinikós, “of the kernel”)
- πυρηνοκίνητος (pyrinokínitos, “nuclear powered”, adjective)
- πυρηνολυσία (pyrinolysía, “cell nucleus destruction”)
- πυρηνοτομία f (pyrinotomía, “mitosis”)
- σκληροπυρηνικός (skliropyrinikós, “hardcore”, adjective)
- συμπύρηνος (sympýrinos, “clingstoned”, adjective)
- τετραπύρηνος (tetrapýrinos, “quadcored”, adjective)
Further reading
- πυρήνας, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- πυρήνας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el