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Greek

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to Greece, its people, its language, or its culture.
  2. Synonym of incomprehensible, used for foreign speech or text, technical jargon, or advanced subjects.
  3. Of or relating to collegiate fraternities, sororities, or (uncommon) honor societies.
name
  1. The language spoken by people of Greece, particularly, depending on context, Ancient Greek or Modern Greek.
  2. The written form of these languages.
  3. A surname.
noun
  1. A person from Greece or of Greek descent.
  2. Greek cuisine, traditional or representative Greek food.
  3. Synonym of gibberish, used for foreign speech or text, technical jargon, or advanced subjects.
  4. Synonym of lorem ipsum, dummy placeholder text used in greeking.
  5. A member of a collegiate fraternity or sorority.
  6. A cunning rogue.
  7. A merry fellow.
  8. Anal sex.
  9. One of the Greeks, measures of derivative price sensitivity.
verb
  1. To cheat at cards.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of greek.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Greek (“nonsense writing or talk; gibberish”).
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Greek (“anal sex”).
verb
  1. To display a placeholder (instead of text), especially to optimize speed in displaying text that would be too small to read.
  2. To fill a template with nonsense text (particularly the Lorem ipsum), so that form can be focused on instead of content.
  3. To obscure a corporate logo that has not been permitted for use in a production.

Pronunciation

grēk /ɡɹiːk/ en-us-Greek.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-greek.wav

Word forms

Greek Greeker Greekest Gr. Greeke Greeks Greeking Greeked

Etymology

Inherited from Old English Grēcas (“Greeks”), variant of Crēcas, from Proto-West Germanic *Krēkō, from Latin Graecus of uncertain origin, perhaps derived from the toponym Γραῖα (Graîa) or from other Paleo-Balkanic forms from a tribal name Graii. Greek in any case has the cognate Γραικός (Graikós), the mythological ancestor of the Γραίοι (Graíoi, “Graecians”). Germanic cognates include Dutch Griek, German Grieche. The ⟨g⟩ in English and Germanic cognates was restored under influence from French grec and classical Latin Graecus. The adjective dates to 14th-century Middle English, replacing Old English Grēċisċ (“Greekish”) and earlier Middle English Gregeis. In reference to fraternities and sororities, a clipping of earlier Greek-letter in reference to their usual names being initialisms of mottos in the Greek language. In reference to terms used to analysize financial derivatives, from their usual names consisting of Greek letters.

Synonyms

Greek incomprehensible used for foreign speech or text technical jargon or advanced subjects Grecian Greco- Hellenic Helleno- Greeke Hellene gibberish lorem ipsum dummy placeholder text used in greeking anal sex

Related words

Griko Wiktionary’s coverage of Greek terms Greek–English Dictionary: from Webster’s Dictionary el ell ell ⁠ Dimotiki Dhimotiki Hellenic Hellenism Hellenistic Hellenize Katharevousa Koine it's all Greek to me

Derived words

Greek fire Greek alphabet Greek arts Greek calends Greek Catholic Greek Catholicism Greek chorus Greek Christian Scriptures Greek cross Greekery Greekesque Greek Fathers Greek foot Greek fret Greek fries Greek god Greek house Greekification Greekify Greekish Greekize Greek key Greek letter Greek life Greeklike Greekly Greekness Greek number Greek numeral Greek Orthodox Greek Orthodox Church Greek Orthodoxy Greek People's Liberation Army Greek pitch Greek salad Greek Sign Language Greek system Greek yoghurt Aeolic Greek Ancient Greek Arcadocypriot Greek Archaic Greek Attic Greek Byzantine Greek Cappadocian Greek Classical Greek Demotic Greek Doric Greek Epic Greek Greekless Greeklish Hellenistic Greek Homeric Greek Indo-Greek Ionic Greek it's all Greek to me Koine Greek Late Greek Mariupol Greek medical Greek
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