υποτιμώ

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑποτιμῶ (hupotimô), contracted form of ὑποτιμάω (hupotimáō), with semantic loan from French déprécier and dévaluer.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.po.tiˈmo/
  • Hyphenation: υ‧πο‧τι‧μώ

Verb

υποτιμώ • (ypotimó) (past υποτίμησα, passive υποτιμώμαι)

  1. to depreciate, to bring down, to mark down (prices)
    Antonym: ανατιμώ (anatimó, “to increase, to mark up”)
  2. to underestimate, to underrate
    Antonym: υπερτιμώ (ypertimó)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

  • υποτίμηση f (ypotímisi)
  • υποτιμητικός (ypotimitikós)

References

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