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Greek
[ greek ]
adjective
- of or relating to Greece, the Greeks, or their language.
- pertaining to the Greek Orthodox Church.
- noting or pertaining to the alphabetic script derived from a Semitic form of writing, employing some letters that originally represented consonants for use as vowel sounds, which was used from about the beginning of the first millennium b.c. for the writing of Greek, and from which the Latin, Cyrillic, and other alphabets were derived.
noun
- a native or inhabitant of Greece.
- the language of the ancient Greeks and any of the languages that have developed from it, as Hellenistic Greek, Biblical Greek, the Koine, and Modern Greek. : Gk, Gk.
- Informal. anything unintelligible, as speech, writing, etc.:
This contract is all Greek to me.
- a member of the Greek Orthodox Church.
- a person who belongs to a Greek-letter fraternity or sorority.
- Archaic: Usually Offensive. a cheater, especially one who cheats at cards.
Greek
/ ɡː /
noun
- the official language of Greece, constituting the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages See Ancient Greek Late Greek Medieval Greek Modern Greek
- a native or inhabitant of Greece or a descendant of such a native
- a member of the Greek Orthodox Church
- informal.anything incomprehensible (esp in the phrase it's ( all ) Greek to me )
- Greek meets Greekequals meet
adjective
- denoting, relating to, or characteristic of Greece, the Greeks, or the Greek language; Hellenic
- of, relating to, or designating the Greek Orthodox Church
Sensitive Note
Derived Forms
- ˈҰԱ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- Ұddz noun
- Ұi adjective
- t-Ұ adjective noun
- -Ұ adjective
- ԴDz-Ұ adjective noun
- -Ұ adjective noun
- -Ұ adjective noun
- d-Ұ adjective noun
- ܲȴ-Ұ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of Greek1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of Greek1
Example Sentences
As he looks back on his trajectory, Garcia’s own hero’s journey through Hollywood seems to mirror that of the Greek character Odysseus: a man faced with great challenges that at times feel insurmountable yet formative.
Exhausted, broke and heavily in debt to the United States, Britain told the US that it could no longer continue its support for the Greek government forces that were fighting an armed Communist insurgency.
Called “The Four Sibyls,” the frescoes depict the female seers of ancient Greek and Roman mythology, including the Roman, Cumaean, Erythraean and Delphic sibyls.
As the savage reality of their own inadequacies was hitting them right between the eyes, Kieran Tierney had possession 20 yards into the Greek half.
Of course, this gendered insult was nothing new—the ancient Greeks regularly insulted women as dogs in heat—but the 1990s brought what Yarrow calls an unprecedented epidemic of b***hification.
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