ακρίβεια

Greek

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀκρῑ́βεια (akrī́beia).[1] By surface analysis, ακριβής (akrivís) + -εια (-eia).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈkri.vi.a/
  • Hyphenation: α‧κρί‧βει‧α

Noun

ακρίβεια • (akríveia) f (plural ακρίβειες)

  1. accuracy, exactness, exactitude
  2. precision, preciseness
  3. (time) punctuality
Declension
Antonyms
  • ακριβής (akrivís, accurate)
  • για την ακρίβεια (gia tin akríveia, in fact, actually)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Byzantine Greek ακρίβεια (akríbeia, expensiveness), from Koine Greek ακρίβεια (akríbeia, strict economy), from Ancient Greek ἀκρῑ́βεια (akrī́beia), with synizesis of final vowels into one syllable.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈkɾi.vʝa/
  • Hyphenation: α‧κρί‧βεια

Noun

ακρίβεια • (akríveia) f (plural ακρίβειες)

  1. dearness, expensiveness
    Antonym: φτήνεια f (ftíneia)
    1. (by extension) an item of good quality; an exclusive item
Declension

References

  1. ακρίβεια - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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