φιλέλληνας

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek φιλέλλην (philéllēn), from φίλος (phílos) + Έλλην (Éllēn), with semantic loan from French philhellènes, from the plural of the same etymon,[1] in the sense 'supporter of Greek independence'.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiˈle.li.nas/
  • Hyphenation: φι‧λέλ‧λη‧νας

Noun

φιλέλληνας • (filéllinas) m (plural φιλέλληνες)

  1. philhellene, Hellenophile (a lover of Greece or Greek culture)
  2. (historical) philhellene (specifically, a supporter of Greek independence, especially during the Greek war of independence in 1821-29)

Declension

Declension of φιλέλληνας
singular plural
nominative φιλέλληνας (filéllinas) φιλέλληνες (filéllines)
genitive φιλέλληνα (filéllina) φιλελλήνων (filellínon)
accusative φιλέλληνα (filéllina) φιλέλληνες (filéllines)
vocative φιλέλληνα (filéllina) φιλέλληνες (filéllines)

Antonyms

References

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

Further reading

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