φανάρι

See also: Φανάρι

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek φανάριν (phanárin), φανάριον (phanárion); see φάος (pháos).

Noun

φανάρι • (fanári) n (plural φανάρια)

  1. traffic lights
    Σταμάτησε στο φανάρι.
    Stamátise sto fanári.
    He stopped at the traffic lights.
  2. lantern, lamp, torch

Declension

Declension of φανάρι
singular plural
nominative φανάρι (fanári) φανάρια (fanária)
genitive φαναριού (fanarioú) φαναριών (fanarión)
accusative φανάρι (fanári) φανάρια (fanária)
vocative φανάρι (fanári) φανάρια (fanária)

the genitive singular φαναρίου is common

Derived terms

  • κρατώ το φανάρι (krató to fanári, “to play gooseberry, to chaperone”)
  • πισινό φανάρι n (pisinó fanári, “taillight”)
  • φαναράκι n (fanaráki, diminutive)
  • φως φανάρι (fos fanári, “plain as day”)

Descendants

  • → Romanian: fanar

Further reading

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