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発音

• enPR: grēk, IPA: /ɡriːk/, SAMPA: /gri:k/
• 韻: -iːk

名詞

Greek (countable かつ uncountable; 複数形 Greeks)

1. (countable) An inhabitant, resident, or a person of descent from Greece.
2. (米国用法, countable) A member of a college fraternity or sorority, which are commonly characterised by being named after Greek letters. (See also Greek system)

   "Was Joe a Greek in college?"

3. (uncountable) Unintelligible speech or text, such as foreign speech or text, or regarding subjects the listener is not familiar with, such as mathematics or technical jargon; or statements that the listener does not understand or agree with.
   • 1821, Mary Jane Mackenzie, Geraldine, or Modes of faith and practice^[1], page 8:

     "I don't hear one word in ten that they say," continued Mrs. Abingdon; "it's Greek to me. However, ..."

   • 1859, Kinahan Cornwallis, Two journeys to Japan, 1856-7, Volume 2^[2], page 246:

     "It's all Greek to me," said my companion at the outset, but as the warrior continued, his fears arose within him; it might be sentence of death — what did he know what it might not be?

   • 1951, December, “Which Kind of Life Insurance Policy?”, Changing Times - The Kiplinger Magazine, volume 5, number 12, page 28: 

     ...preferred risk...family maintenance...20-pay life. That's a bare sampling of the merchandise you're asked to pick and choose from. If it sounds like Greek to you, don't worry. It sounds like Greek to most people.

固有名詞

Greek

1. The language of the Greek people, spoken in Greece and in Greek communities.

形容詞

Greek (comparative Greeker, superlative Greekest)

1. Of or relating to Greece, the Greek people, or the Greek language.
2. Of or pertaining to a fraternity or sorority.
3. unintelligible, especially regarding foreign speech or text, or regarding subjects the speaker is not familiar with, such as mathematics or technical jargon.

同意語

• Grecian
• Hellenic

派生語

関連する語

参考

Greek edition of Wiktionary

• Greek on Wikipedia.

• Category:Greek language for words in Greek
• Appendix:Greek Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Greek

統計情報

外部リンク

• Greek–English Dictionary: from Webster’s Dictionary — the Rosetta Edition.
• ISO 639-1 code el, ISO 639-3 code ell (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Greek, ell