χροιά

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek χροιά (khroiá) with semantic loan from French ton in the senses not literally connected with colour.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xɾiˈa/
  • Hyphenation: χροι‧ά

Noun

χροιά • (chroiá) f (plural χροιές)

  1. hue, tone (the shade or quality of a colour)
    Synonym: απόχρωση f (apóchrosi)
  2. timbre, tone color (the quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume)
  3. (figuratively) tone, hue, tinge (general character, atmosphere, mood, or vibe (especially as a connotation imparted to an utterance))
    Near-synonym: υποδήλωση f (ypodílosi)

Declension

Declension of χροιά
singular plural
nominative χροιά (chroiá) χροιές (chroiés)
genitive χροιάς (chroiás) χροιών (chroión)
accusative χροιά (chroiá) χροιές (chroiés)
vocative χροιά (chroiá) χροιές (chroiés)

References

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

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